Fuck you, you ol’ bitch! We aren’t fallin for that again. With your walking around and being live. You’re dead.
After the Guardian queried the process, the DfE said it would make an exception and decouple McGrath’s name from the deceased’s so that she would not be contacted about it again.
“We’re not gonna stop doing this to anyone else, just this one woman who went to the news.”
“In November I had received two letters from Teachers’ Pensions asking me euphemistically if I was dead,”
I am curious about how one euphemistically asks someone if they are dead. Any guess?
Dear Mrs McGrath,
Are you napping or are you taking “the big sleep”?
Sincerely, The teachers pension
We are writing to enquire as to the current status of your mitochondria.
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Is anybody there?
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No.
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Ok, that’s good. For a moment I thought there could be a could be a stabby knife murderer hiding in the closet.
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Nope, there’s no one here.
You can guess how the story ends…
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Did you recently (or less recently) stop breathing for more than 10 minutes, and if so, are you or not a professional freediver?
For anyone in th UK who has just read the pensions are administered by Capita, this is no fucking surprise.
I keep getting letters/bills/credit cards from banks, insurance, all sorts, for people who used to live here but moved away more than five years ago. I was sending them back with Not at this address / Return to sender written on them, but they’re still arriving.
Once I started writing Deceased - Return to sender, I stopped getting letters for people who no longer live here.
AITA? Could this be my fault?
No I have the same thing happen to me. I moved into a new house about 2 and 1/2 years ago and I still receive mail from a previous owner and not even the last owner like four owners ago. I was writing return to sender, not at address but they just kept coming. Maybe if I start writing deceased they’ll get the hints to stop sending them and then if that messes things up for the person that’s supposed to be getting the mail, they should have had their address change when they moved so it’s their responsibility.
I just throw it away. It’s been 7 years, so that’s on the previous owners if it’s something important.
I believe in the States it’s considered a federal crime to throw someone else’s mail away. It’s probably a crime in other countries too.
Oh well, I’m going to keep doing it anyway. If it was one year I’d handle it differently, but it’s been 7.
I’ve been living in my house for 26 years and we still occasionally get mail for previous residents.
I’m still getting their fucking medication. Lazy ass boomers.
wait, is the title wrong? the provider thinks she IS dead right?
They refuse to believe her statement “I’m not dead”. The title is kind of convoluted, but not wrong.
