Friday, June 27, 2008

Golden Helicopter Award

My wife and I I have just spent a week in one of our favourite places - where we used to live - in Wembury near Plymouth in Devon.
Nearby in the Yealm Estuary are two idyllic villages - Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo.
In Noss Mayo there is the most wonderful pub, The Ship Inn, in a delightful position by the creek, looking out across the two villages. The food is outstanding and the service second to none - so much so we went three times in 5 days!
So THE SHIP INN gets a well deserved GOLDEN HELICOPTER AWARD
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Ditched Helicopter Award - Abbey

This comes from David Winch:

"I am moving shortly and, having been completely satisfied with Abbey's home insurance products in the past, I contacted them for a quote for the new place.

One of the first things they wanted was the postcode, which I gave. I was met with the classic 'Little Britain' "Computer says No" response!

"This is an incorrect postcode, Sir. Please can you give me the correct postcode so I can proceed with your quotation?"

So I informed them that:
a/. This was the postcode on the Estate Agent's particulars
b/. I had put this postcode into Streetmap.co.uk and it had showed me the correct location to view the property
c/. While we were talking, I put it into Multimap.co.uk and achieved the same correct result
d/. Also while we were talking, I had entered the address into the postcode finder on Royal Mail's website and it had given me the same postcode

"Ah, but my computer's telling me it doesn't recognise this postcode. Is it a new property?"

So I told them that it was approximately ten years old, but I was aware that the village in question had all its postcodes changed - about four years ago! - so I hoped their system might have caught up by now.

The poor operative had no where to go but to say once more that she couldn't proceed without a postcode that her computer deemed to be correct.

Are you surprised that I've gone elsewhere?"

A definite Ditched Helicopter Award to Abbey

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