Thursday, 19 April 2012

Bits and bobs

Apologies to those who were expecting more...

Daughter has norovirus and is upstairs finally asleep, having been up till gone two sat in the bathroom. I know. I was there. I am so hoping this is the same one that I had on 30th March, and not a new strain that I shall succumb to. I have never felt so ill in all my life. It was worse than childbirth. I couldn't move. I lost 8lbs overnight.

And how do I remember exactly what date it was? Why, it was the day after the 2 year warranty on the microwave ran out. I'd thought something wasn't quite right for a few days previous but didn't have time to investigate. And then when I was ill and younger son said microwave didn't seem to be working I was past caring. So it was about 4 days later that I finally tracked down the receipt only to find that I'd missed out by days. I wasn't impressed given that this was a Miele, which I thought would have been a lot more reliable. After all the Sanyo microwave that I'd had previously, bought from Argos for less than half the price, had lasted 5½ years before it expired. But fortunately the supervisor in the customer care department sanctioned an under the warranty free repair. Turned out to be a customer serviceable part, anyway. A "wave guide" which had got damaged and was turning the microwaves back instead of letting them through.

4 comments:

  1. I'm so sorry about the norovirus. One can't believe how low one can be laid until something like that happens.

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  2. Nice to hear that there is still *one* brand (albeit the most expensive one) that believes in customer service. Planned obsolescence I believe it's called.

    Hope you didn't get NV again and that your daughter is now fully recovered.

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  3. No I didn't get NV again, but now I've got inflammation of my left eyelid so I'm not liking this strange sunshine we're having which is a real shame seeing as how we've had so much rain recently, and also I can't wear my contact lenses for a week which is very annoying. Still at least it only took 25 minutes in the eye hospital, and I haven't got another ulcer on my eyeball (having had 3 of those in the last 2 years, which take 6 weeks to fully heal and which require at least 3 hours in the hospital). So, ups and downs.

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  4. Could you send the norovirus this way please? I could do with losing 8lbs.

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