"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 18:09:34 on Fri, 22 Jul
2011, tim.... remarked:
All very interesting stuff. Thanks. Must be quite a problem for drivers
to
see a GP if it's one of those surgeries where you can't get an
appointment
(even for non-urgent things) until you try calling the reception at 8am
the same day.

So they go to the doctors on a day when they are on lates.

It may not be possible to wait until a day when they are both "on lates",
and calling at 8am manages to get you an appointment.

I was talking to someone a week or two ago about an employee who got
into
trouble because he took a day off at short notice to move house (one of
those occasions where they didn't know the completion date until the
last
minute).

The simple solution to this is to NOT get yourself into that position.

Very easy to say, but I'm sure there are people whose jobs are even less
flexible.

I know that there are, but this doesn't negate the point that when you are
agreeing to buy a house dictating the (rules for the)completion day is well
within your control. Accepting a last minute variable day is a concession
that someone in flexible employment can make, but someone on fixed shifts
cannot. Asking your employer (rather than the vendor) to be flexible in
this instance is unreasonable IMHO

If your work commitments are such that you have to have a completion on a
particular set of dates then you "offer" on that basis.

In the worst case, why does someone actually need to be present when a
removals firm is moving you?

Yes, you do. There's more involved than just shifting a bit of furniture.

You still don't actually need to be there.

tim