Disclaimer: no gin was involved
Over the past fortnight:
- Event I was looking forward to has been moved to a week earlier than original. Flights, transport and hotel all booked and paid for, cannot claim on any insurance as there is nothing preventing me from traveling.
- Ordered a particular article as a birthday present for a relative, totally wrong article delivered. Only just found out and have fired off e-mails, so awaiting some response.
- Trying to analyse some data at work, continually given the wrong data set as well as 25% of information missing. Expectations unclear, despite my questions. Deadlines set at 2 days' notice.
I can probably mitigate 3 as I have 25+ years' experience in the field, but it is irritating and de-motivating.
1 I am upset about, not because I am losing several hundred pounds, but because I was looking forward to the event and now there is just a disappointing black hole!
2 Will have to await reply from company.
As I don't have any gin to hand, would ouzo be an acceptable alternative?