DrAlexanderTobacco Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 The NHS suffers from crippling bureaucracy just like 99% of public sector areas - It's just far more noticeable due to the pressure/attention constantly cast on it (for good reason, ofc) My mum's a performance manager, essentially she's tasked with finding inefficiencies and correcting them. *Three* of the administrators working for her (Essentially they type up notes made by the consultants following surgeries) didn't know how to copy/paste. Every time they needed to copy a document (Some of them easily multi-page, 1000 word jobbies) they would type it out again. They refused to attend a computer skills course, and it's a 6 month process to get them fired. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Jesus. That is shocking. I'd get the ball rolling on that firing. Link to post Share on other sites
DrAlexanderTobacco Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 It's a long, drawn out process. Think the standard UK legal procedure for firing someone (A good thing!) but then add on double the meetings, improvement plans, etc. Not to mention if someone thinks they're on the way out, they could just go on long term sick leave, 6 months full pay. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 If it gets imbeciles out of the system, it needs to be done. These are the people costing the country money. If I was in charge, I'd open up the firewall to let them get on Facebook/whatever they shouldn't be doing during work hours, wait until they mess up and fire them based on something else they have no comeback to. Yeah, they could go on sick leave. Good luck getting a reference from me though. I'd destroy them. Have fun finding another job. Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 If sick leave was ever made public (accessible by any employer) it would cause a huge problem. Some people are genuinely on sick leave, if anyone knows of a doctor, who puts people on the sick for no reason, report the *fruitcage*. It would help end the myth that most people on the sick are faking it. Having dealt with people who were on long term sickness, due to genuine reasons, I'm more for sickness being private. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Brilliantly, my phone has decided to not charge. At all. Tried every combination of wall chargers, leads and vehicle ones too. Not a sniff. Bloody thing. Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I have to put the cord in in such a way the case rubber cover pushed the cord contacts in just a way it charges. Like instead of just opening the port door I have to almost take it off plug it in then the rubber case makes it charge. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Tried everything. To use technical jargon, it's fooked. Fairly common apparently on the galaxy S5. Yay. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Try getting a wireless charging mat. Might sort it if it's a connector issue. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 ^What he said. Wireless charging removes the wear and tear from the connector. You can get the sub-pcb with the connector on it as a spare and just stick it in, I've done it on an S4 and a Note-1 and it was child's play. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 To use technical jargon, it's fooked. I have a friend who used to work for royal mail, they had a lovely piece of jargon they used there. FUKT Failed Under Kinetic Trauma. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I have a friend who used to work for royal mail, they had a lovely piece of jargon they used there. FUKT Failed Under Kinetic Trauma. I do like that! As for a mat, would love one but dont have the cash to spare. Its all going on airsoft kit for the AI500! Edit, it wouldn't help that much as it gets charged in work vehicles more than at home usually Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 It's pretty cheap. Like £20 or so. Or get a mains charger and a spare battery to swap out. Charger and battery for £8 on ebay, Not too bad. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Thought about a spare battery too, but I'm guessing ripping the back off all the time will degrade its waterproofing. Swings and roundabouts! I suppose it's too much to ask that I would like a phone that I can run for 6 months without crucial parts failing. I mean, they choose the battery capacity and charge port design... Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 They didn't really design the charge port, it is an international standard designed by the USB people. Apple improved on it but the cables are dogshit. The new USB-C has a port like lightning but a better cable, all should be good. Realistically though, wireless charging is the way forward, no cable standards, no wearing components, no holes to mess with waterproofing. Perfect. You can get wireless charging car cradles, speaker pods and power banks too. It's the future, it was Tesla's idea too so it's cool. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yeah, should have said 'adopted the port'! I get wireless charging, and will embrace it, but as I said, the cash isn't there right now. It's also not really a solution as such. The phone is designed to primarily be charged with a wire Link to post Share on other sites
paranoiddroid Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 My s5 is doing his the tolerances for charging cables are d9gahit im hoping a new cable sorts it but replacing the charger every three months is taking the tbh. Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Twice today (both while my daughter and wife where out shopping so I leave the front door unlocked) a courier has opened my front door (porch door) and threw a parcel in. First one got an ear full, but the second one happened as I was on the phone (getting info about depression, long story). Is it just me, who thinks it's extremely ignorant, to just open a person front door, without even knocking? I'll be honest, even if they did knock, I don't want them lobbing a parcel on the floor. Disclaimer:- there are far worse things happening in the world right now. I am in no way saying this is more important. Just annoyed and wanted to vent some keyboard warrior justice. Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Twice today (both while my daughter and wife where out shopping so I leave the front door unlocked) a courier has opened my front door (porch door) and threw a parcel in. First one got an ear full, but the second one happened as I was on the phone (getting info about depression, long story). Is it just me, who thinks it's extremely ignorant, to just open a person front door, without even knocking? I'll be honest, even if they did knock, I don't want them lobbing a parcel on the floor. Disclaimer:- there are far worse things happening in the world right now. I am in no way saying this is more important. Just annoyed and wanted to vent some keyboard warrior justice. I have seen ups just dropkick packages 20', lazy *fruitcage*s! Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Put in a complaint. The company will know what driver was on what run and should give him a chewing out Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Surely it's best left in the porch than left outside? I know we have touched on this before. I still don't get the issue. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 We live at number 2. We had a package sent, which Yodel marked as delivered while I was sat in waiting for it. Then when we went through the online chat (as they don't have a phone line) they advised us it was delivered to number 5... but number 5 two streets away. Then the occupant of the house actually dropped it round for us. He didn't live on our street, or the one they told us it was at. TL;DR, Yodel are *fruitcage* useless. Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 I once saw LOADS of weightwatchers food left outside a house. Like 5ft tall 4ft wide of boxes! God knows what was going on there. Very nickable! Re: samsung. A few things; Have a look at the connector and see how the 'tongue' looks. You might be able to pry it upwards. If its not the battery its possible the power button is jammed in perma-off. Try tapping the button side on the phone and see if it frees up. If possible try with another batt and go from there. Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Surely it's best left in the porch than left outside? I know we have touched on this before. I still don't get the issue. I was in. If they had knocked (which they hadn't) I would have answered. That's the issue. They don't knock. Parcel force knocks. Tnt knocks. Hermes never knock. The one company that sounds like a disease acts like one (my personal experience). Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Ah right. Gotcha. It's just how they operate. They don't knock for anyone. Just in and out as fast as they can and onto the next job, don't want to hang around waiting for someone that might not come to the door. Link to post Share on other sites
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