Exactly, I'm still registered at my uni GP (up north) two years later. Currently in London, attempted to register at the GP by emailing the form they need alongside all the documents, no response, but I don't want to put people at risk by going into the surgery itself.
You can, I did it around August this year. The application to the new GP, which is in a totally different city to the old GP and therefore aligned with different trusts etc, was entirely online, I didn't visit the practice at all. The new GP then used the NHS app to verify me as being who I said I was. (no not the covid track and trace app, the more general NHS app, same one that I order my repeat prescriptions through). I then got called by the old GP in London about a week later who said they saw that I was on a "leavers list" or something (I forget exactly what she called it) and wanted to check I definitely intended to exit their practice.
Oh god I have so many stories like this. My manager didn’t know how to create a text box on word, she also didn’t understand how to add a header or footer, or how to do a screenshot (print screen). Granted this isn’t the absolute basics but it’s stuff I just do and don’t even think about! They act like it’s “sooooo complicated” and ok for us “young ones” (I’m 32A senior colleague once spent 3 hours trying to print about 30 PDF's because she was opening each one and file, print, format etc...
She was complaining about how long it was taking and I had to cut in and be like 'you realise you can just select them all together and right click print, then you can get on with your day while they are printing out?'
She is on about 3x my salary so she was paid a fortune to spend half her day sending a folder to print
)There is a management fast track system in place to try and place more IT literate people into management across the public sector
My old boss used to tell people i had 'advanced excel skills' because I could do a table and use formulasOh god I have so many stories like this. My manager didn’t know how to create a text box on word, she also didn’t understand how to add a header or footer, or how to do a screenshot (print screen). Granted this isn’t the absolute basics but it’s stuff I just do and don’t even think about! They act like it’s “sooooo complicated” and ok for us “young ones” (I’m 32
I work in Finance where everyone can do these things Had a manager once who was such a technophobe. She couldn't work out how to use the wireless printers in the office, so would send me things to print all the time. This didn't stop even when she MOVED TO A DIFFERENT BUILDING ("Kazizzle can you print these and run them up on your lunch break") and even when I moved teams she would message me asking me to print things and she would pick them up later on that day! I also used to archive her emails for her because she couldn't figure it out.A senior colleague once spent 3 hours trying to print about 30 PDF's because she was opening each one and file, print, format etc...
She was complaining about how long it was taking and I had to cut in and be like 'you realise you can just select them all together and right click print, then you can get on with your day while they are printing out?'
She is on about 3x my salary so she was paid a fortune to spend half her day sending a folder to print
I feel you. We have several offices and when someone comes in from another one they are constantly going 'jazyblu can I send you something to print, I'm not set up on the printer here and I'm in a rush'. Yes you are, it is a network system, you have worked here for a DECADE if you can print in one office you can print in them all because it is the same network. Why is that so hard to understand
They're advising it if you live with an elderly person or if you live with multiple people who are all going in and out of the house often.
I got this a lot when in the office. One of my colleagues when she started and was the most accredited member of the team with relevant industry charter ship status etc. Two older male colleagues said”oh, are you here to help us with our documents and printing things”I feel you. We have several offices and when someone comes in from another one they are constantly going 'jazyblu can I send you something to print, I'm not set up on the printer here and I'm in a rush'. Yes you are, it is a network system, you have worked here for a DECADE if you can print in one office you can print in them all because it is the same network. Why is that so hard to understand
These are the people who are struggling from home and 'need the office' the reality is they don't need the office environment, they need people around them who can do basic tasks for them.
The potential for vaccine passports and travel in general is a big reason I'm going to get the vaccine. I understand the concerns but I think there are risks either way. I'd rather risk the vaccine than risk Covid. The data says as a young person I should be fine but it's a virus. A virus doesn't care who you are it just wants something to latch onto.My old boss used to tell people i had 'advanced excel skills' because I could do a table and use formulas
Back to Covid, I really hope they don't start introducing vaccine passports, I haven't read up on any proposals but if nothing else I'm way down the list for the vaccine so won't get mine until later in the year. Would hate to be unable to do things just because of that
Oh I absolutely agree! That's why I want mine, I just don't want the vaccine passports introduced before I've had my vaccine so other people can go on holiday and I can't through no fault of my ownThe potential for vaccine passports and travel in general is a big reason I'm going to get the vaccine. I understand the concerns but I think there are risks either way. I'd rather risk the vaccine than risk Covid. The data says as a young person I should be fine but it's a virus. A virus doesn't care who you are it just wants something to latch onto.
I think vaccine passports will likely though. Countries can't go through this again. I'm baffled that people are still traveling internationally now. I've seen posts online where people, usually in an LDR, are flouting lockdown restrictions in their respective countries by meeting up in a 3rd country like Mexico or Turkey. I totally understand wanting to see each other and I hate to sound unsympathetic, we're all struggling at the end of the day, but these scenarios aren't helping the overall situation. Not to sound like a witch, I'm sure flights and accommodations are cheaper as the travel industry is struggling as well, but it must be nice to have so much disposable income during a global pandemic.
I guess another way to look at it is, we'll have plenty of time to save up for an awesome holiday once it truly is safe to travel! I may even spring for a first class flight, why not?
This reminds me of the praise I got when I introduced the snipping tool to my office a couple of years agoA senior colleague once spent 3 hours trying to print about 30 PDF's because she was opening each one and file, print, format etc...
She was complaining about how long it was taking and I had to cut in and be like 'you realise you can just select them all together and right click print, then you can get on with your day while they are printing out?'
She is on about 3x my salary so she was paid a fortune to spend half her day sending a folder to print
I can understand why they are necessary, and as someone way down the list, it'll be a while for me but its funny how Govt's can mandate things like this, yet can't seem to get a grip on other things that have been an issue for years and years.
I can see them being necessary if we get to a point where the vaccine 90+% stops you catching it and also stops you transmitting it, but we're not there yet so why do you need proof you've had a vaccine that stops you personally needing hospital admission if you contract it, just to go to work or visit another country or pop to the pub or wherever else they dream up that we need to flash our shiny new passport?I can understand why they are necessary, and as someone way down the list, it'll be a while for me but its funny how Govt's can mandate things like this, yet can't seem to get a grip on other things that have been an issue for years and years.
I'll go and have a chunky Kit Kat before I start ranting and derailing the thread
BBC breakfast had show jumping - trained at 4 months old during lockdown - piglets on this morning
Yeah I had a telephone appointment with a GP nurse in November last year and she asked if I was on any other medication? (I am) I had wrongly assumed she would have a screen up with all medical records on but apparently not...This 100%! The NHS are so far behind it’s laughable sometimes. Not completely related but just things like doctors in hospitals writing paper notes with their awful handwriting, and then no one can read them anyway so that information is basically lost forever
