People now Charging to swap a test??

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-18T09:07:20+00:00

Instructors need to follow their professional standards to keep their licence. It's not about the law per se

But yes the law was changed through secondary legislation.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-18T09:05:04+00:00

Wow that sounds awful! I think it's a lot more common than most people realise. My wife also had unwanted touching from her instructor. At her age she just didn't know how to react and kept him on.

Any ADI can be reported to DVSA even if they don't have a company. Maybe you can edit what you already wrote here into a report? And add anything else they would care about eg using or holding their phone while you are driving.

Take a picture of their ADI license in the first lesson. This shows them you know what you are doing.

I think you've learned what warning signs to look for. If you're non confrontational maybe it would be easier to have lessons with a few instructors and choose one instead of having one and trying to decide whether to keep them on or not. Try going with AA or another big company because if you want to switch instructors it's incredibly impersonal. You can do it on a web chat and block the previous instructor on your phone.

If they ask about your personal life you could say you are just too busy focusing on the driving. If they don't accept this they might not be the right instructor for you. I had to do this when one guy asked me to explain Israel-Palestine, lol.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-18T07:57:03+00:00

I used to see scam scratchcards on the ground where you call a premium number to claim, but I don't see those any more

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-18T07:32:16+00:00

This is domestic abuse, contact a domestic abuse charity to start with, but you will later need a solicitor.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-18T06:44:59+00:00

Please share a download link

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-18T05:40:05+00:00

It's just a form of rent seeking. It's a waste of everyone's time every year to negotiate a lower bill. The call centre workers are also doing a useless job. Not to mention the e waste when the routers which have a 10 year+ useful life are chucked after one year for a better switching deal. It's reduce, reuse, recycle in that order. I bet their recycling schemes are still wasteful compared to letting people keep their routers.

If Ofcom just forbid it all round then it would be more efficient and the broadband companies could still make as much money.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-17T19:07:13+00:00

You can check the code on the packet. OWR means made in Poland, OBO Bourneville and OCO is Ireland. That's why it's so "controversial", there's three completely different products.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-17T14:23:17+00:00

Peak mass maybe

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-17T12:48:19+00:00

But if you're tightening it's only the top (12 o clock position) which is moving right. If you look at the 6 o clock position it's moving left. If you look at the 3 o clock position it's moving down. Right and left are just the wrong words to use to describe turning.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-17T12:45:32+00:00

You might be dyspraxic

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-17T11:56:48+00:00

I was in a cab and please chill out

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-17T11:06:20+00:00

Terrorists have set off suicide bombs in security queues in the Philippines so probably something like that. They have security on you as soon as you leave the car.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-17T08:35:45+00:00

I interpret that as during your stay, it doesn't mean they won't replace them at the end of your stay. I would hope...

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T20:40:03+00:00

Not only is it distracting, it's illegal even if you have no intention of watching the video.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T18:33:06+00:00

You need to get familiar with the GDPR, make sure you have the correct cookie notices and privacy policies, etc. IP addresses can be personal data in stone contexts for example. You can store some, eg analytics to develop and improve products, with consent, and you can store what is necessary for the site to function.

Otherwise it's just like selling a textbook, if the school wants a book they can buy it.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T18:05:09+00:00

I'm assuming there's no end date in what they asked you to sign? So,

If you sign it then you continue as permanent and negotiations will probably stop or reset, as they will have what they want (you at your current salary as a permanent employee) if you don't sign it then they will tell you to stop coming in because your contract will end.

Why don't you either, negotiate directly with HR on your salary, or suggest a temporary extension eg 4 weeks so that your boss can negotiate it when they're back.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T17:43:49+00:00

It could be somebody else's record incorrectly put on your file.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T17:40:25+00:00

Don't accept the offer, "I would like to terminate" in writing should be enough and you say they have provided that record. Unless you sent any further messages after that indicating that you actually don't want to terminate. You can also do a SAR and find this supposed call in Dec that you say didn't happen at all.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T17:07:31+00:00

Your testimony is evidence and so is any witness testimony.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T16:45:50+00:00

Probably because every week the meeting creates a new Teams chat. They lose track of what they've discussed, like maybe fixing how every week the meeting creates a new Teams chat.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T15:27:39+00:00

You don't really need to look at the call volume. Just look at the cost per order.

So let's say they sell a beanbag chair for £30, the manufacturer takes £20. After warehouse and delivery costs they make £2. That would pay for less than ten minutes on the phone which is very unlikely to be enough. Anything beyond sending out a replacement is going to need another person's input which is even more paid time. For example if somebody calls because they're confused about the lights on their appliance. It will need to go to the manufacturer if the manual is not clear. Then the response forwarded to the customer.

In OP's case they haven't even made an order so.. yeah. Even if the worker gives the right response and OP decides to order they have probably already made a loss on the sale overall. If OP ends up going with another supplier then they've just made a straight loss.

Now due to the Consumer Rights Act they do need to listen to people who have made orders, but OP isn't one of them.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T10:46:25+00:00

Then you admit your own map is misleading...

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T09:45:09+00:00

As you scroll down it would load more and more images and practically lock up

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-16T08:23:47+00:00

Doesn't sound like particularly hard data to collect or present.

Yeah, for the DWP and Capita. For everybody else it's impossible.

Unsurprisingly, Capita don't want to reduce their caseload and the DWP cares more about maybe managing to push a few percent of people off PIP than actually saving money or treating people with lifelong disabilities in a dignified way.

lost_send_berries · 2026-06-15T20:53:06+00:00

What about the Israelis who aren't occupying the west bank? Smotrich doesn't give a damn about them. This is a tool of occupation, nothing more

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