Weeble ([info]clockworksaint) wrote,
@ 2009-01-16 20:51:00
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Defective Friday
Not a great day:
  • I discovered I've lost my bank card. I haven't used it since Tuesday, I think, and have no idea when it might have gone. I phoned in and cancelled it. They said a replacement might take up to 7 working days to reach me.
  • Of course, I only discovered that when I went to withdraw cash this evening, so I only have £3 on me.
  • Also discovered that my mobile phone has died without warning. I thought it slightly odd that the battery had run out today. When I got it home and plugged it in it made a horrible strangled noise and now it won't do anything.
  • We decided to order pizza online, but then they wouldn't accept Keirstan's card for no obvious reason. (Actually, I suspect it might be because the site forces you to pick your address from a list and the format it's in there doesn't match what's on her bank statement.) We managed to scrape together enough change to pay on delivery.

Oh well. Nothing catastrophic, but all rather frustrating nonetheless. Perhaps some Spelunky is in order...

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[info]_sideshow
2009-01-17 12:51 am UTC (link)
Was it Dominos? I've never got it to accept a card, always pay cash-on-delivery.

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[info]clockworksaint
2009-01-18 12:28 pm UTC (link)
Yes. Their site is pretty retarded in all ways.

Oops. I'm still logged in as Wibble. Hmmm. I wonder what he'd be annoyed with more... me commenting under his name or me logging him out of everything? Let's watch and find out.

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[info]clockworksaint
2009-01-18 11:06 pm UTC (link)
*sigh*

Dominos accept my card fine. I spelled out our address differently from Keirstan when I registered at the bank. I think the council tax, electricity bills and the post office records all format the flat number slightly differently. It's a total pain. It looks like the Post Office records that websites use have the format (this is a random example, not our actual address):

2-L [new line]
99 Foobar Road

Some websites that use the "enter your postcode then pick from a list" method only give the first line, resulting in a choice like this:

Choose your address:
1-L
1-L
1-L
1-R
1-R
1-R
2-L
2-L
2-L
2-R
2-R
2-R
G-L
G-L
...

I don't even know if there is the standard format for flat numbers. It seems the US standard is to put apartment numbers after the street address:

1234 Big Long Street Apt 23
Townsville TX 12345
USA

But I can't find anything that states clearly a standard format in the UK.

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