TACD posted:

Except for US citizens, who have sovereign immunity from foreign viruses

Guavanaut posted:

Goons! Today is the day that you have spent your lives training for.

bionic vapour boy posted:

I feel like the answer to this is going to be "no" in Tory Hell Country but I'm wondering if there's any of you know if there's anything I can do if my letting agent is.... really poo poo?

In the 3 months since the landlord handed over to them they've let the guy they had doing some maintenance work sleep in one of the unlet rooms without telling us, regularly given us no notice at all when they were sending people over, and done basically nothing about the mice problem we have despite saying someone would be over next day (about a week ago now).

Today the owner of the cleaning company our agent uses came over to show around a new cleaner without any warning, and when one of my housemates asked who she was she flew off the handle and basically told him to keep his nose out of her business. Her business in our house.

It's really just exhausting and we're constantly being reminded that they don't really consider us as much more at home here than the loving mice!

big scary monsters posted:

The single biggest thing that could help reduce the spread of this pandemic would be Valve announcing a surprise Steam Sale.

big scary monsters posted:

The single biggest thing that could help reduce the spread of this pandemic would be Valve announcing a surprise Steam Sale.

big scary monsters posted:

The single biggest thing that could help reduce the spread of this pandemic would be Valve announcing a surprise Steam Sale Nintendo announcing a surprise early release for Animal Crossing.

jackhunter64 posted:

big scary monsters posted:

Pokémon GO otoh is entirely cancelled.

bionic vapour boy posted:

I feel like the answer to this is going to be "no" in Tory Hell Country but I'm wondering if there's any of you know if there's anything I can do if my letting agent is.... really poo poo?

In the 3 months since the landlord handed over to them they've let the guy they had doing some maintenance work sleep in one of the unlet rooms without telling us, regularly given us no notice at all when they were sending people over, and done basically nothing about the mice problem we have despite saying someone would be over next day (about a week ago now).

Today the owner of the cleaning company our agent uses came over to show arou nd a new cleaner without any warning, and when one of my housemates asked who she was she flew off the handle and basically told him to keep his nose out of her business. Her business in our house.

It's really just exhausting and we're constantly being reminded that they don't really consider us as much more at home here than the loving mice!

bionic vapour boy posted:

I feel like the answer to this is going to be "no" in Tory Hell Country but I'm wondering if there's any of you know if there's anything I can do if my letting agent is.... really poo poo?

In the 3 months since the landlord handed over to them they've let the guy they had doing some maintenance work sleep in one of the unlet rooms without telling us, regularly given us no notice at all when they were sending people over, and done basically nothing about the mice problem we have despite saying someone would be over next day (about a week ago now).

Today the owner of the cleaning company our agent uses came over to show around a new cleaner without any warning, and when one of my housemates asked who she was she flew off the handle and basically told him to keep his nose out of her business. Her business in our house.

It's really just exhausting and we're constantly being reminded that they don't really consider us as much more at home here than the loving mice!

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Problems with your tenancy agreement
You should be given enough time to read and understand your tenancy agreement before you sign.

Unfair terms
Tenancy agreements must not contain any terms the law says are unfair, such as:

• the landlord can use a 'break clause' to end the tenancy early, but you can't
  
• excessive interest on unpaid rent
  
• you're not allowed to have guests overnight
  
• that your landlord can come in whenever they want, without giving notice
  
• saying you have to fix repairs that the landlord is legally responsible for
  

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Complain to the letting agent
Your first step should always be to raise the issue with your letting agent directly.

Most letting agents and estate agents have a complaints procedure you can follow. Look on the agent's website or ask their office for details. They must tell you about their complaints procedure if you ask.

Set your case out clearly in writing and provide details of times and dates where relevant. Send a written complaint if the letting agent doesn't appear to have a complaints procedure.

The letting agent may investigate, ask questions, ask you to send copies of documents and inspect your home. The letting agent should write to you to tell you the result of their investigation.

ukle posted:

Any teachers hearing the same re school closures. Have a relative who texted me to say her school is now likely to be closed from Monday, I would assume this is nationwide.

Jedit posted:

If schools are closing it will be on an authority by authority basis. I haven't heard anything about closures in Aberdeenshire yet, and I would expect to hear that within an hour of an announcement.

big scary monsters posted:

Pokémon GO otoh is entirely cancelled.

hemale in pain posted:

haha those silly people phoning 111 with a cold even when they haven't visited a country with an outbreak

Tesseraction posted:

Several people with covid caught them from asymptomatic carriers who had visited outbreak regions.

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

lol



So glad a national newspaper is using a cartoon as its front page image

Tsietisin posted:

Your post suggests that you love in an HMO as opposed to renting out a house or flat, is that right?

If you do live in an HMO, as long as the people are only entering the communal areas, you basically have no right to stop them doing so.

Julio Cruz posted:

I'm the cartoonist who has to include a "Dr Rishi Sunak" name badge and "patient's name Britannia" because my audience are too loving thick to pick up on these things unless they're literally spelt out for them

Azza Bamboo posted:

We've had too much dithering and delaying on the issue, and everyone's tired of hearing about it. The country just needs to Get Covid Done.

bionic vapour boy posted:

I'm gonna try getting in contact with shelter and/or a renters union I think, though I have a nasty feeling even the mouse thing might be somewhere in the tenancy agreement

ukle posted:

Any teachers hearing the same re school closures. Have a relative who texted me to say her school is now likely to be closed from Monday, I would assume this is nationwide.

Jedit posted:

If schools are closing it will be on an authority by authority basis. I haven't heard anything about closures in Aberdeenshire yet, and I would expect to hear that within an hour of an announcement.

Qwertycoatl posted:

It's not just a ban of direct flights, it's a ban of anyone who's set foot in a Bad Country in the last 14 days, so it's not just a case of flying from Paris to NY via Heathrow.

Sanford posted:

Just had a management meeting, looked like we were going to instruct full working from home (software company) and then the Financial Director said unless we could, there and then, tell him where a 20% revenue boost was coming from to cover what he expects we'd lose he would veto it. We could not, and so he did. Company policy now is to use paper towels rather than hand towels, and all meeting rooms are to have at least one window open while in use. That'll do, I'm sure.

Angepain posted:

is this post in a secret code because you don't want to reveal you work for hm government and your "financial director" is actually boris johnson. blink three times if maybe

JRM posted:

Rees-Mogg replied that he had taken a Public Health England official into a division lobby and been told that the lobbies were “not a high risk”. But the expert did suggest opening windows, Rees-Mogg said.

Azza Bamboo posted:

But in all seriousness the case which needs to be made is that the losses will be greater when everyone is at home sick, not working, compared with the scenario they're voting on where everyone's at home working.

Sanford posted:

Just had a management meeting, looked like we were going to instruct full working from home (software company) and then the Financial Director said unless we could, there and then, tell him where a 20% revenue boost was coming from to cover what he expects we'd lose he would veto it. We could not, and so he did. Company policy now is to use paper towels rather than hand towels, and all meeting rooms are to have at least one window open while in use. That'll do, I'm sure.