http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk Recent comments on The Weekly Gripe KBIS ©2008 http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/rss.jpg http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/comments.asp ResponsibleRottieOwner It is not quite fair to say that Isabelle Dinoire was mauled by her pet Labrador. She was but it was not as simple as that. Ms Dinoire was depressed , took an overdose of sleeping pills and then fell, hitting her head; she was unconscious and the dog, who loved her very much, almost certainly tried to rouse her and then, becoming frantic, started to claw and bite at her face. The dog did in fact wake her and after she woke it did not in any way attack her. Her family believe that the dog, which was destroyed, saved her life by rousing her from her unconscious state. I do agree with your basic point though that it is irresponsible owners who create dangerous dogs. Well done rescuing a dog in need and good luck with your new pup. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a309.asp Exasperated, You are the classic example of what is wrong with society today. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a100.asp I am a 22 year old female with a degree in biology. I come from a wealthy family, I volunteer at the local animal shelter (not one of these low life chavs you all talk about!) and I have just adopted a Rottweiler puppy. I chose her because they are a very intelligent, sweet and protective dog. I am taking her to training classes and consider myself a very responsible dog owner. She is no more a threat to society than people who break the speed limit driving...and lets be honest...how many of you have done that?! Whether a dog is dangerous or not depends on the owner, not the breed. Any dog can be dangerous if not raised properly. First face transplant woman was mauled...by her own Labrador. Do you want to campaign that Labradors are dangerous too?! http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a309.asp Brody is really ignorant. I wonder if she's American? http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a346.asp Ranter- It's not sky's fault that you never received your card, you should be complaing to Royal Mail as to why they haven't delivered...out with our control. Secondly when a replacement viewing card is ordered, the card which it's replacing is automatically cancelled otherwise people would be ordering numerous cards and selling them to their friends, and the card you were able to watch would have also cancelled eventually.Third- if you've lost your viewing card then there is normally a standard £10 admin fee but there are ways around that we don't have to charge you, be thankful that we didn't ask you to pay. Lastly - Sky are a company and like most other companies they aren't just going to give you money off of your bill unless you request it and provide them with a valid reason. In this case you were still receiving your services there was just a pop-up that kept comin up on your telly and YOU left it until last minute to call and by that point the pop-up would be coming up every 30 seconds...cancel your subscription or stop trying to find things to complain about. Dude77 - FYI that telephone number will bring you through to customer services. Customer relations don't have a direct number as they work from our head office in Livingston, they are an admin department for investigating complaints, occasionally they will make an outbound call to a customer in certain circumstances. AJ - I agree with everything you just said! Lee - I'm sorry to hear you weren't keepin well, I hope your getting better and I'm glad you had a positive experience. You obviously have good people skills and know how to speak to someone properly over the phone. It goes to show good manners can go a long way. When calling any contact centre remember the employees can either help you or make things more difficult, manners go a long way! http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a210.asp Today I witnessed something that really melted my heart.A shrivelled old lady being led by the hand of her daughter.It touched me,thinking how amazingly we get to reverse our roles in life.child depended on parent and parent on child as we get older.So important it is that we guide and lead our children in the right direction coz they'll use whatever we thought them to lead and guide us till our very end. So.. repect for our children is as importantas respect for the elderly ..Respect goes a long long way.. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a74.asp Think of Wales as the land of the wily wooly wallies, la la land to its adherents or perhaps I should say LLa LLa, as they sing their heads off in some eistedfodd. All through the night and well into the next day, in the land of their cousins. Let them keep one eye on the pot least it boil over. Their language policy is somewhat of the nature of the prevention of immigration. No one crossing the Severn from East to West has a clue what they are talking about. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a385.asp When the world ends you will burnt/cremated in a recycled plastic bag on top of a pile of logs cut down from an Amazonian forest. They said you were irreplaceable. But I don't believe them. I married an old carrier bag, and we ended up in land-fill. For fifteen years we were on the council-house waiting list, only ending up on the waste heap. So much for our wonderful society. We are all throw-away citizens nowadays. We all ought to be banned. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a814.asp And, relating to the above gripe, yes, it's getting hardly worthwhile to sell anything on either EBay or Amazon. Any tiny little profit is eaten up by listing fees, percentages and paypal fees. We do all the work and barely make enough to cover the postage. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a483.asp I've recently been having some problems with listing things for sale on EBay. I wanted to ask for help but all I got was 'Louise - the virtual agent'. Hopeless. Or they take you through a list of problems and if your query doesn't match any of them, then you're stuck. There seems to be no way to actually get an answer from anyone. I've also tried the forums but having no luck there, either. Why can't I contact a real person? http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a483.asp