45 minutes late and counting
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@Firefly123 hope you son ok tonight ,please give a update at their poor excuse tomorrow when you phone them , @PTSDdisabled hope you are ok too
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@Firefly123,
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.
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thats fine@ptsddisabled im on here to try and help people, need to talk alway here for you all
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Firefly123 said:
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Tardis said:@yadnad; Did you mean to sound like you were accusing the OP of lying? @Firefly123; They have treated you appallingly. I hope you do follow through with a complaint. You must let them know exactly how this has affected your son. I really hope you can get some sleep tonight.
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Yadnad said:PTSDdisabled said:@yadnad.
Hope that made you feel big and powerful. Bet you are the sort that would set a homeless person on fire!
Put it another way IF you decided to go to the shop and was out of the house when the assessor came and went how would you try to get out of the situation you are in. You can't very well admit to going out for a start.
So you tell the DWP that no one came to the house as you were in all of the time never leaving your armchair. Who is going to prove otherwise?
And that is the sort of reasoning that the Case Manager would do. Is it true, did the assessor not turn up? Or was the claimant out?
They would generally have to believe what you say as there is no evidence one way or another. Not everything is black and white.
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. -
It's been a very very stressful day as it is i think most people come on here for genuine advice from others who understand and being a carer for 3 young adults with a range of difficulties disabilities can be a very lonely place at times.
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@Firefly123,
Happily most people are here to support each other, not make snide comments then whine when they get called out! -
Yes I think so
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PTSDdisabled said:@Yadnad
We know where you are coming from, any hysterical excuse to smear people. I wonder if any of the people accused of not being in have video evidence, or third parties who could vouch they were in and no one came?
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.
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I hope you get a swift and positive resolution to this. How hard could it have been for them to just give you a phone call? I remember the sleepless nights when I was battling with them earlier this month. It is so hard. And on top of all the rest we have to deal with!
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Yadnad said:PTSDdisabled said:@Yadnad
We know where you are coming from, any hysterical excuse to smear people. I wonder if any of the people accused of not being in have video evidence, or third parties who could vouch they were in and no one came?
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! -
yadnad, our last appointment letter said they would arrive between 9 and 11. So when exactly are they 5 minutes late?
And the last time I phoned the DWP it took over 45 minutes to get through... -
Tardis said:yadnad, our last appointment letter said they would arrive between 9 and 11. So when exactly are they 5 minutes late?
And the last time I phoned the DWP it took over 45 minutes to get through...
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PTSDdisabled said:
why are you on this forum? Do you think the vulnerable are your prey? Not this one chum!
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.
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OK yadnad, I know I shouldn't be feeding you, but:
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! -
Yadnad said:poppy123456 said:Do this today before they close at 6. This way you're covered just incase they send the file back to DWP. If they do this then there's a chance to claim could be refused. Good luck!
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 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?I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help. -
Yadnad said:PTSDdisabled said:
why are you on this forum? Do you think the vulnerable are your prey? Not this one chum!
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.
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? -
I give up trying to help on this thread.
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
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