Marks and Bastard Spencer have RUINED ds2's birthday

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ds2's birthday tomorrow, he's 7

it will be the first birthday dh has ever been away, so I have busted a gut to make it special for him

I ordered something off M&S online which he really, really wants and opted for the extra charge to have it delivered today, in time to be wrapped etc

They said the payment wouldn't go through, there was a problem with the card etc, I put it through over and over again

eventually dh phoned them, from Brazil, and gave all the details over the phone and double-checked with the woman that it had gone through and would still be delivered today, 18th August

so I rang up customer services today to ask if they had an approximate time as I have to take ds1 out to a party later

they said it hadn't gone through and was marked as not paid for

eventually after more schenanigans it turned out that it was because our visa debit card is a co-op bank card - they accept visa debit cards but not visa electron (which ours isn't) - apparently, this woman laughingly told me, the first four digits of the co-op cards are the same as electron cards, so they don't work! nobody asked dh whether it was a co-op card ffs

so the present isn't paid for and won't be arriving after all

I know it sounds trivial but I am SO upset, it has been a tough two weeks without dh here anyway and I really thought I had done a good job of making his birthday lovely

BASTARDS

This thread should really be nominated for classics, it has some of the best one liners EVER. Now that i have had the chance to read it properly it reminds me why i love Mn, Thought it was the opposite when i read the first page earlier.

MN Kindness everyone offering to help.
Swearing in its crudest form.
The person who buts in with " spat in your eye, you lucky bastard"
Doubting Thomas's, cause most of us have nothing better to do than make up stories about fictional M&S deliveries.
Flounces ah I wish I could enjoy a glass of wine and savour the moment as i read.

Made my fuckin day this thread has,i really needed a laugh so thanks ladies.

Oh & Custardo i am first in line for the bespoke whittled teapots.I can pay you in bonbons or sherbet lemons?

I got top trumped the other day by my brothers girlfriend. We have some lambs up at theirs, they were with us while we bottle fed thm and brought them on and were to be up there for 6 weeks, last week they got chased by a dog which resulted in an injury to one of them which then led to maggots in th ewound, luckily they did finally see sense and got someone in. DH and I found out about it via FB with girlfreind sounding upset and briother joking about it didn't matter as we were going to eat it next month. Phoned them up and said how upset we were and angry with them to be told by her that it was trivial compared to her father dying. Yes her father dying is horrible but so was the suffering that the lamb was enduring plus as a footpath runs past the field we would have been the ones being reported to the RSPCA. We are no longer talking. A simple sorry from them would have sufficed.

I would maybe believe that it was a momentary 'arghhh' moment and the OP wasn't a total drama llama if it wasn't for the other thread she started informing everyone she was leaving. I've never understood that. If you have actually had enough and don't just want people to beg you to stay why don't you just go?

I wonder if the next time someone posts a thread about being cross about something I should pipe up with "My dad killed himself!"

I wonder if that's tragic enough to stop anyone from ever talking about anything ever.

I did it, announced I was leaving.....more to make myself leave!! But I came back months later, should have namechanged not to look like a tit.

I simply cannot understand why it bothers you so MQ?

Why are you so irritated by it?

greeny, will your son understand if you tell him the present is on it's way? Am I remembering correctly he is AS? (apologies if i am confusing you with someone else...!)

If he has a cake and something to unwrap on the day, it will surely be ok.
It is horrible when birthday plans go awry. I hope it all turns out ok. x

Filthy......she got the present!!

oh bloody hell, I somehow managed to only read one page of this thread. It seems things have moved on somewhat....

If I ever left I would flounce. I would want to tell people I was going. I am probably a drama llama. And I would probably be a tit and sloop back.

wipes brow. My return wasn't as 'woo hoo' you've returned like Green's....she should be grateful

Oh I love a good flounce.

at OliviaMN

oh yeah Pag. when IF I flounce I am going out with a bang. (and I'm taking aall you bitches with me)

There should be a theoretical flounce section.

'i am thinking of flouncing. How sad would you be?'

I'd get the 'don't let the door slap you on the arse..' style stuff. Except from Sarahstratton who needs my advice on selling her skanky pants.

Er...so what was the thread title...?

Am reading whole thread now (backwards, just to be awkward.)
''Is there some kind of language problem or have we had another mothercare drive?''

fivegomadindorset - her father dying does have the top trumps and why if your sheep are at your brothers are you not helping them to look after them, if you only found out on fb, then you mustn't have asked about them/checked them etc.

You sound as bad as your db and his girlfriend

I don't know. It just irked me that I was reading and willing for someone to tell the OP that her sons birthday wouldn't be ruined (as she told the customer services dept which made me cringe on her behalf) and that all she had to do was pull herself together and go and get a present. But everyone preferred to dance around the issue and make sympathetic noises. Even to the extent that unmentioned tragedies and the absence of the father have been used to excuse the OP's unreasonableness. And yes I realise it's hard for kids when they are separated from a parent but suggesting that a present from one shop will soften the blow better than a present from another shop is a stretch too far imo. I've seen far more reasonable people given a kicking for ranting on here.

Then MQ, you should call that on those threads.

I didn't think it was reasonable for someone to bring up a tragedy in order to undermine someone's rant.

And the shouts of cliquery are mighty boring this week TBH.

How does one become part of the "clique" or "Royalty" I wonder?

Surely you don't arrive on your first day on MN as a member?

Well I recognise your name Shirley but I doubt many recognise me cos I name change a lot (like my privacy). If we posted identical threads I would be more U than you I'm sure. People stick up for their friends on rl and on here. That's just a fact.

Just trawled through this. Best line ever - 'you're either lying, deluded or Amish'. Quote of the week please!

I agree with that MQ. (I AM ALWAYS REASONABLE GODDAMMIT)

It's the nature of the beast I suppose. The flip side to having made friends here is the constant refrain of cliquery.

A double edged sword and no mistake.

drama llama

I have to know what the original thread title was...