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45 minutes late and counting

Well the assessor has not arrived yet making my son go into panic mode just want it over with
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Yes @Sam_Scope very frustrating and the fact I had to pay for two carers to take my other two out for 2 hours
I had the assessment but sent in a complaint the same day, the reception staff were next to useless as well!
@topshoes yes it is my sons been so stressed for days got no sleep at all last night and was in such a state the longer we were waiting will take him days to recover
Swearing black is blue that no one knocked at the door and that you had been sitting in the house all of the time.
I had the assessment on 23rd October and have not been able to get out of bed. Haven’t left the house since!
I hope one your son recovers soon.
Thank you, this is very distressing I missed a gathering of people whom I don’t see for about three months as a result of being so low.
I hope your situation is sorted out soon.
@Tardis yes I will be telling them as it's really not good enough
That must be really awful.
I rarely see anyone these days, hardly speak to anyone on the phone, I have only survived owing to my partner being a caring understanding person, without her I wouldn’t be here.
Luckily your son has you.
Thank you, I appreciate your comment.
I think the majority of people would wait in as to not miss their appointment. If someone went to the lengths of trying to cover up the fact they didn't wait in, went on an internet forum to look at excuses for missing the visit, found this post and used the genuine help offered to someone in need of it to rearrange their own appointment then fair enough. It's a bit far fetched and comes across to me as the same kind of paranoia people post about so called benefit cheats.
They didn't go to the shop so why was the response needed at all? It wasn't a thread asking for hypothetical situations or accusations towards people who may not even exist.
Happily most people are here to support each other, not make snide comments then whine when they get called out!
Maybe the best advice is to give the assessor 5mins and then telephone the DWP. It would sound better with an earlier call than one hours later.
why are you on this forum? Do you think the vulnerable are your prey? Not this one chum!
And the last time I phoned the DWP it took over 45 minutes to get through...
I'm sorry but if you can't see the possibility of some abusing this then I am wasting my time answering you.
You are right I wouldn't make it in the diplomatic world and nor would I want to.
No we are all vulnerable one way or another - some more so than others. I appreciate that. No one is my 'prey' - a ridiculous thing to say.
I'm just pointing out that to protect yourself in this particular case/thread, it would be far better to ring and complain earlier rather than later. The early calls would be seen to be in general, more genuine if it ever came to an argument later down the line.
See my above post addressed to Tardis.
A: it sounds like firefly did get straight on the phone
B: it ain't always easy to spend 45 minutes on hold when you have a very distressed adolescent to deal with!
I seem to remember just the the other day you commented on one of my replies and used the word fraud! Is there really any need to twist everything?
You would do me a favour of not responding to me, nor anyone else. You seem to derive some form of perverse delight in upsetting other people. One would have to wonder if you have ever posted anything useful or if you only post snide comments?
The OP did not telephone straight away - see the times of their posts
Poppy advised to telephone the DWP before 6pm - that was timed at 4.05pm
The OP should have been on the phone no later than 11.05am to both the DWP and the assessing company - the OP's first post was 12.21pm
Earlier is better than later - it would seem to all concerned be a genuine situation
Also if you are on the phone for 45 mins waiting you may miss a call from the assessor or assessment provider explaining why theyre late so it's probably better to call the next day as originally advised.
I noticed on another thread you say something along the lines of assuming peiple are lying because you dealt with the public in your gov job. I would just like to say that as a civil servant I knew colleagues who thought like yourself and I did the opposite. I always gave people the benefit of the doubt and even stood up to team leaders who said things like "99% of claimants are liars". Part of why I left is the attitude of mistrust of people who haven't done anything wrong - those types of personalities can wear you down when you're already ill. We would get evidence of hardship and people would scrutinise it to the point of wasting 3 hours on one letter to try and find some hole the evidence. I found that most people who were like this were obsessed in some way because they had illnesses or debts themselves and thought people were getting something they weren't. Just my opinion.
I totally agree with the original advice of calling tomorrow (today) and hope that you get it sorted OP. I can't imagine the anxiety of waiting in and nobody turning up... it's not on at all!
Thank you @topshoes @Tardis
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