Monday, January 23, 2006

The problem with poor hearing

Have you ever had a conversation with someone and at one point you don't quite catch what they've said? However they're smiling so you nod and smile along. And then later you think about what it might have been that was said and: a) you realise that your response was totally inappropriate; or b) you can't believe they said that!

Naah, that can't have been what was said. Or if it was, it wasn't serious.

So anyway, the Inland Revenue. When they ask you to put in your debit card number and they say it should be 19 letters, they expect you to realise that they mean 18 numbers. Only they're counting the number that goes in a different box as well. It took me half an hour of struggling plus a phone call to the Helpline to sort that out. And I have A-level Maths.

4 comments:

Chris said...

Inland Revenue ALWAYS want more than you need to give them!!

Anonymous said...

Mrs Hinds we'd appreciate you not bad mouthing us. We are watching your finances closely.

Liz Hinds said...

Okay, so who are the likely suspects? Tim and Alun. Alun's not that clever a techy therefore my bet is on Tim.

Anna said...

I laughed yesterday when our roofer told me that he had fallen off a roof, crippled his left side and been off work for three years. He has a funny accent..... and it seemed like the place to laugh.... until he carried on, I realised what he was saying, and had to swiftly adjust my expression to utter horror.