Why does life admin overwhelm me so much?

[Lamont77]

Anyone else sometimes feel completely overwhelmed by general life admin that seems to be non stop and never simple.

Here I am, awake since 4am because I renewed insurance over the phone yesterday and checked the policy this morning (was working til late) and some of the details I asked for are incorrect. So I'll have to call again at 8.30. Such a small thing, and hopefully easily fixed - but it does bog me down that routine things never seem simple.

Also made worse by the fact I can't get anyone on the phone most of the time. Another example is the Dr's still haven't given me medication despite receiving letter from hospital in October! I've called 3 times and they tell me they will action it and call back ??? I've ended up just buying it online but I'm pretty sure that's not safe.

Gas fire broke, gas fire man apparently came on Tuesday but no phone call and didn't hear the door. So that's been rearranged after chasing it up twice.

I could go on 🤦‍♀️ but yes, life admin sucks and often drags small things out into larger, annoying things, and I generally hate dealing with it and if I was rich I'd most certainly get a PA

Ah think I found it...#53 How to do less, do it better and live more? @Babybooboodedoo ??

In danger of sounding old, nothing is done properly these days

@Itwasgoodwhileitlasted

In danger of sounding old, nothing is done properly these days

I completely agree. When I find a decent company I tend to stick with them now.

It's overwhelming because everything has gone to batshit. Billion passwords for this that and the other but no bugger to ever answer a phone.
Last year I ordered a new Christmas tree from well known big store and they delivered a bedside table instead ffs. We took as it was a large brown box and we foolishly assumed what we ordered was inside.
Cut a long story short we kept it free of charge as shop could not be bothered picking up at height of Covid.
Most stuff I deal with turns to batshit, this being the best example.

@Itwasgoodwhileitlasted

In danger of sounding old, nothing is done properly these days

I knew we were heading for a downward spiral when two things happened. Captions on tv screens were not being spelt correctly, and Land Registry started making mistakes.

Whilst nothing compared to the 150,000 plus deaths and things such as not being able to attend funerals, I think Covid 19 has shown up the companies who only do the minimum customer service they can get away with, given half a chance. Banks and Ryanair come to mind, and there are many others.