Monday, 20 July 2015

EE - bunch of incompetents

There must be many reasons why EE has the worst customer service record in the UK:

http://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/23711/ee-has-worst-customer-service-record

One of them is certainly down to incompetence.  Having had an old (non-smart) second mobile on Orange for many years, I made the mistake of switching to EE when I upgraded the phone in early June.

Needless to say, it was beyond EE to simply transfer my details and balance from my old account (internal to the 'EE' structure).  No, they had to make a song-and-dance of misleading the customer what was going on for over seven weeks until I've got to the point where I've given up and will be switching to ANYBODY apart from EE as soon as I can.

The staff in the local shop came up with a different story each time I visited to chase it up, and the off-shore staff who had to make the changes promised each time that "...it will be done tonight..." - all to no effect.

Is it all a way to save money to keep on paying Kevin Bacon for the increasingly excruciating adverts, or perhaps it's to fund their second-rate 4G cameras (buy a GoPro and be done with it)?

Any suggestions for a half-decent mobile provider gratefully received.






Thursday, 9 July 2015

Action from Sainsbury's British Championships Birmingham Alexander Stadium 5th July 2015

More action from the Sainsbury's British Championships at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.  A day of sunshine and heavy showers....and lots of medals

 L-R: Bethan Davies (Cardiff), Johanna Atkinson (Middlesbrough) and Heather Lewis (Pembroke) - medallists from the Women's 5000m Race Walk

Tom Bosworth (Tonbridge) celebrates his UK record in the Men's 5000m Race Walk

Niall Flannery (Newham) celebrates his win in the Men's 400m hurdles


Chijindu Ujah (Enfield & Haringey) celebrates his win in the Men's 100m

Johanna Atkinson celebrates her win in the Women's 5000m Race Walk

Joseph Hylton (Birchfield) goes head-to-head with David King (Plymouth) in Heat 1 of the Men's 100m hurdles

 Laura Muir (Dundee) leads the field on the way to her win in the final of the Women's 1500m 

Kyle Langford (Shaftesbury Barnet) celebrates his win in the Men's 800 Final

Anyika Onuora (Liverpool) crosses the line in the Women's 400m Final

Charlie Grice (Brighton) leads the pack on the way to his win in the final of the Men's 1500m 

 Eilidh Child (Pitreavie) wins the Women's 400m Hurdles Final

Greg Rutherford (Marshall Milton Keynes), UK Champion in the Men's Long Jump

Lawrence Clarke (WSE Hounslow) outpacing the field to winning the Men's 100m Hurdles

Bianca Williams (Enfield & Haringey) comforts Asha Philip (Newham) after she pulled up in Heat 2 of the Women's 100m Semi-Final

Matthew Roberts (Newham) making the bar bounce in the Men's High Jump

James Dasaolu (Croydon) coming home in front of Ojie Edoburun (Enfield & Haringey) in Heat 1 of the Men's 100m Semi-Finals

 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (fresh from recording an appearance on Question of Sport) coming home in Heat 2 of the Men's 100m Semi-Finals

Robbie Grabarz (Newham) clearing the bar in the Men's High Jump

Lauren Deadman (Havering) leads the pack in the early stages of the Women's 5000m Final with the rain coming down

 Stephanie Twell (AFD) celebrates winning the Women's 5000m as the sun comes out

Lynsey Sharp (Edinburgh) on her way to winning the Women's 800m Final

 Rabah Yousif Bkheit (Newham) wins the Men's 400m Final....

....ahead of Nigel Levine (WSE Hounslow) who just pipped Martyn Rooney (Croydon)

Dina Asher-Smith (Blackheath & Bromley) wins the Women's 100m Final

Chijindu Ujah (Enfield & Haringey) wins the Men's 100m Final

Action from Sainsbury's British Championships Birmingham Alexander Stadium 4th July 2015

Some action pictures from Day 2 of the Sainsbury's British Championships.
 Dai Greene (Swansea) wins Heat 3 of the Men's 400m hurdles

 Eilidh Child (Pitreavie) wins Heat 1 of the Women's 400m hurdles

 Montell Douglas (Blackheath & Bromley) wins Heat 5 of the Women's 100m

 Sean Safo-Antwi (Enfield & Haringey) wins Heat 7 of the Men's 100m

 Jonnie Peacock (Charnwood) comes home in Heat 8 of the Men's 100m

 Jessica Ennis-Hill (Sheffield) wins Heat 1 of the Women's 100m hurdles ahead of Serita Solomon (Blackheath & Bromley)

 Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Liverpool) comes home in Heat 2 of the Women's 100m hurdles

Yasmin Miller (Derby) comes home in Heat 3 of the Women's 100m hurdles

Lucy Hatton (Corby) wins Heat 4 of the Women's 100m hurdles

 Laviai Nielsen (Enfield & Haringey) comes home in Heat 2 of the Women's 400m

Christine Ohuruogu wins Heat 3 of the Women's 400m

Jessica Ennis-Hill (Sheffield) comes home third in the final of the Women's 100m hurdles

 Luke Gunn (Derby) leads the pack in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase

Tom Wade (AFD AC) coming out of the water in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase

Holly Bradshaw (Blackburn) winner of the Women's Pole Vault

Deborah Martin (Ashford) in the Women's High Jump

Isobel Pooley (AFD AC) clearing the bar in the Women's High Jump

Morgan Lake (WSE Hounslow) going over in the Women's High Jump

Zharnel Hughes (Shaftesbury Barnet) celebrating his win in the Men's 200m

 Jennie Meadows (Wigan) setting off in Heat 3 of the Women's 800m

Ben Williams (Sale) in the Men's Triple Jump

Lennie Waite (AFD) leading the way in the Women's 3000m Steeplechase

Isobel Pooley (AFD AC) celebrating her clearance of 1.94m in the Women's High Jump

Isobel Pooley (AFD AC) discussing tactics with coach Fuzz Ahmed after clearing 1.94m in the Women's High Jump

Bianca Williams (Enfield & Haringey) in the Women's 200m final

Margaret Adeoye (Enfield & Haringey) winning the Women's 200m final

 Louise Bloor (Trafford) in the Women's 200m final

Zharnel Hughes (Shaftesbury Barnet) winning the Men's 200m ahead of Danny Talbot (Birchfield)

Zharnel Hughes (Shaftesbury Barnet) celebrating his win in the Men's 200m