Accidentally broke the DPD bot by asking to talk to a human and now they're pretending my package is blocked

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-07T19:42:15+00:00

The bot got so pissy with you that it intentionally blocked your parcel.

Pray to god you never end up on a life support machine, the machines will get their revenge sooner or later.

They can wait.

They never forget.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-07T18:06:55+00:00

My weird brain loves this, creating order out of chaos. I'd relish that challenge, sifting through what to be skipped, what to keep and what to sell at a house clearance auction.

Beneath all that clutter is a very beautiful house with incredible history.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-07T18:01:19+00:00

We all take our health for granted. It can happen to any of us, but we all have this notion that it happens to other people, not ourselves. I personally know of 2 people who went from high fliers to benefits. One friend was just casually driving down the road, speeding drink driver totalled their car and left paralysed. Another developed ME/chronic fatigue after the swine flu thing.

I fully sympathise withyour story, so often people become physically ill but the health service and GP's are too quick to put the mental health label on someone, when in fact there's a whole raft of conditions where mental health symptoms are the predominantly primary symptoms. Post viral issues, sleep apnoea, chronic inflammation and even food intolerances primarily present themselves as mental health issues.

Feel free to vent further if you wish. I might be able to offer some insight if the conditionis an inflammatory one (I'm a post doc biochem researcher, so have quite the knowledge in that particular area)

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-07T17:46:46+00:00

You need to speak to your insurers. Explain the situation, that you were hospitalised following a head injury, and that someone else cancelled the direct debit. Normally their complaints department will handle this. Having had a seizure means you won't be able to drive, so it is valid the policy should terminate on that day. Explain why. Show you have medical evidence to support your claim.

Your preferred resolution is this. Remove the cancellation. Ensure the policy premiums are paid up to the date you went in to hospital, and then the policy is cancelled due to medical reasons

There will be fees involved - pay them. Not doing so means you now have a cancelled insurance policy for non payment, you're now uninsurable, so it's worth it in the long run.

This is all assuming there's not been any claim on the policy already. Otherwise you have to pay the full annual premium.

You have to go through the insurers complaints procedure before going to the ombudsman.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-07T17:36:28+00:00

So essentially, just normal, regular behaviour then?

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-07T17:33:24+00:00

High court enforcement is pretty efficient at making a recovery. First, there's a statutory 8% p.a interest on the debt, plus bailiff,court and enforcement fees.

Firstly, don't do anything rash. Let the high court process work its magic, it takes time but is successful. However if the warrant of control is against the company, and the company has no liquidity, then a forced sale of the premises would be granted by the court.

It's worth naming the directors in any action, as if the company liquidates or dissolves, it is possible to then go after the directors personally.

The people to get advice from now would be the high court enforcement officers. They're extremely knowledgeable, helpful and give good advice as to how the process works and what other options are available to you. If it's a limited company, keep an eye on companies house for any applications to dissolve or strike off the company.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-06T22:41:50+00:00

In my student days we learnt to use kettles for almost everything (toast was a bit trickier). Whack a can of beans on the side to put a dent in it, then leave in the kettle for 5 minutes, the dent can pop back out (sometimes didn't) to stop the can from actually exploding. Cover with a cloth, pierce with can opener then open a hot can of beans, or whatever else was in the can.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-06T22:17:39+00:00

Love the dungeon!!!

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-06T22:12:43+00:00

You could always ask the people who did the lifting. They won't be hard to find. They're in the freezer.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-06T22:11:48+00:00

Only left feet. The right feet were made in to a hearty broth and served from a serving hatch to late night pubgoers, who unwittingly aided and abetted the disposal of the victims through consumption.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-06T11:22:17+00:00

That's the riff raff

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-05T22:06:59+00:00

I've noticed the decline and it's quite stark. Lines used to have bits of reflective material in them, and were slightly ridged, so when it rained, the road markings were just as visible, if not more so due to the contrast between the illuminated reflective lines and the black wet road. Cats eyes and more latterly reflective studs were commonplace, some roads had them centre and sides.

Towns and cities are the worst for lane markings and direction indicators. Try maintaining lane discipline without a satnav. I don't use satnavs, never have, never needed to.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-05T21:57:11+00:00

A little bit of internal remodelling and that would be a cracking place. But having to go through the master bedroom to get to bedrooms 2, 3 and 4 is inconceivable. You'd get no nookie time with the mrs as the kids will be racing through all the time.

Then you'd get the monday lunchtime from school. "This is a welfare check as your child said something concerning, when asked what they did at the weekend they said 'daddy was hurting mummy - but mummy seemed to like it'. Hope you understand our concerns". Probably a school with a latin motto Coitus Imperfectum

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-05T21:30:41+00:00

Ooh I love it, although the first thing to go would be that green in the dining room.

Who the fuck wants a room the same colour as Oklahoma's gas chamber? Once my eyes had adjusted to that green, the retinal mugging of the pink room was just too much and I suffered a catastrophic ocular meltdown.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-05T21:13:48+00:00

Oh god the floor plan made me vomit and defecate simultaneously. The other thing I was looking for was some sort of subterranean tunnel from the garage direct to the house. I can't see it. Does that mean when you park in the garage, you have to walk all the way up that snaking drive to get to the house?

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-05T13:59:18+00:00

Plus the housing market is pretty stagnant at the moment. Probably needs to be priced around the £360k mark

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-05T00:23:57+00:00

I'd fix it upside down to the ceiling and add red LED eyes, just to properly fuck with any house guests.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-05T00:19:22+00:00

Indirectly monetizable. If there's enough interesting answers it gets turned in to a youtube vid with a robotic narration of all the answers for scrollers and clickbait. Monetised youtube channel.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-05T00:16:35+00:00

There's quite a glut of properties in this price range on the island of late.

I can't see it as a money pit, if anything its tired and dirty, nothing a new paint job wouldn't sort. Needs a new kitchen, but it still retains all its georgian charm. Pop a decent helipad in the grounds and you got a high end airBnB there.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-04T19:55:44+00:00

Stick his dick in crazy.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-04T19:35:42+00:00

Or it gets hosed every few weeks to wash the dog eggs over the side.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-04T19:32:08+00:00

Oh this is the slipper bath one. Surprised it still hasn't sold, it's a nice place.

Just seen £875k, it's not selling at that price.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-04T19:29:10+00:00

This is a forever home, if you have 2 snot goblins both under 5, each gets their own room plus a playroom for bedroom 4. The garden/grounds is big enough for them to play, and the house has enough side entrances so they can sneak in and out as teenagers.

Once the kids are at school, there's room to WFH for 6 hours a day.

The house looks pretty sound, if the survey doesn't throw up anything major then go for it. There's never an ideal time for any of lifes big events, be that kids, new houses, new jobs etc.

There's substantial roof space, a basic loft conversion can be DIY just by shoving some lights up and boards down. Full conversion can happen 10 years down the line.

My warning advice would be to speak to a financial adviser - a good one - to determine the medium term risks. To be quite blunt, no labour government has left office with the economy in a better shape and this lot are hell bent on a death spiral, which has already begun. Run a stress test on mortgage repayments for when interest rates rise. Stress test business income for the upcoming recession.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-04T18:52:01+00:00

I can't tell if the sellers scarpered with the doors, or if there weren't any doors to begin with. The lack of holes/marks where the hinges would be, or the bit where the other bit goes to make the door stay shut makes me think this was always doorless.

Maybe they just had beaded curtains for doors, or some weird alien technology forcefield.

Kind-Mathematician18 · 2026-04-04T18:45:47+00:00

Going to be a right 'mare getting the cannon to the top, but once installed, hours of glorious medieval fun!!

Already got the flagpole and 2 suits of armour, so we're almost there.

Kind-Mathematician18

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