Amanda M

Fiercely loyal, reluctantly urban-living. Likes: wine, history, books & country walks. Dislikes: bad grammar, bad manners & bad wine. And bananas.

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@floreadsnwrites I read your review of the Style Pro brush cleaner and put mine in the dishwasher - it’s definitely not dishwasher-proof, mine came out a fraction of the size and misshapen. Just to warn you

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“Agent” on #dlr this morning: Cor, it’s awful, isn’t it?
Me: yes, imagine having to PAY for this.
Next “agent”: the problem is, there are 900 people on a train with capacity for 600.
I wonder what they could do about that 🤔

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Ah yes, the time of the year when I refuse to buy anything from a company which emails ‘no tricks, only treats’

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Coveted Mabel’s amazing plisse trench on #onlymurdersinthebuilding. But after some online sleuthing of my own, I now know why Mabel can’t afford an apartment. £600!

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Researching if it’s possible to buy a mobile jammer (inspired by Nightsleeper) to stop people who think it’s reasonable to play rubbish very loudly on public transport.

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Ah, autumn. The season when too many people walk around with the holding stitch in the vent of their coats still intact.

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.@TfL Still no lift at #PontoonDock (and no response from you). When is this going to be sorted out? It’s beyond ridiculous. Utterly fed up with the lack of action. Must be 3 months now.

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.@TfL Still no lift at #PontoonDock (and no response from you). Lugging a suitcase up the stairs caused me to miss my train. When is this going to be sorted out? Utterly fed up with the lack of action. Must be 2 months now.

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@SlurpWine do you accept Amex? I can’t find out from your FAQs

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@TfL the lift at Pontoon Dock has been broken for at least a month. Today I saw someone struggling up the (100) steps with a suitcase - if you had a pram or were disabled, it would be impossible. And telling people to go to another station really isn’t an acceptable alternative.

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@British_Airways Replacement flight over 24 hours later. Seats I’d paid to book were not honoured - right at the back with even less room than normal cattle - and no window, v claustrophobic. And delayed “at least” an hour and a half

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Flying off to Italy today - except @British_Airways has cancelled our flight. Because of “weather”. It’s sunny and mild. No-one to help either - staff say they ‘only know about booking in’

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@British_Airways Every other airline is flying and the weather is fine - this was your excuse an it’s clearly untrue. We’ve incurred a load of costs - how do we reclaim? Your website is another thing not working

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A girl dropped her book on the train and exclaimed “ooh la la” and I am ridiculously charmed.

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Commuting is no friend to linen.

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@marksandspencer you really need to clean your fitting rooms. I didn’t want to take anything off (especially shoes) 🤢

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@burger_lobster shame you’re not doing the bucket on Deliveroo anymore. Would have liked to have ordered it

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Forgot to take the long way round to get lunch to dodge the Oxfam chuggers at Moorgate. Usually they leave you alone if you seem to be on the phone - not this lot, one of whom signalled at me to get off the phone.

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@rosslyncoffee a question on your loyalty card please: if you have a bagel on the first side, does that mean you don’t get a coffee on the 2nd side? Or is it both?

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@NHSBartsHealth I have had a letter allocating me an appointment and telling me to call “on the above number” if I can’t make it. There’s no number. And the emails to the email address just return as undeliverable.