• @kautau
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    1838 months ago

    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.”

  • SpicyAnt
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    838 months ago

    “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?

        • @Jerb322
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          108 months ago

          Check box, yes or no…

      • @Tangent5280
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        248 months ago

        They continue to be the powerhouse of the cell

        • @69420
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          48 months ago

          Mighty Mitochondria

    • @[email protected]
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      318 months ago

      Did you recently (or less recently) stop breathing for more than 10 minutes, and if so, are you or not a professional freediver?

    • @aeronmelon
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      238 months ago

      “Hey Sanka! You dead?”

    • 520
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      Mocking Query: Coorta, Coorta, are you dead yet?

      • vrojak
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        28 months ago

        “I thought you had died of old age.”
        “Died? No. Became stronger? Yes.”

    • @[email protected]
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      18 months ago
      • Is anybody there?

      • No.

      • Ok, that’s good. For a moment I thought there could be a could be a stabby knife murderer hiding in the closet.

      • Nope, there’s no one here.

      You can guess how the story ends…

  • @[email protected]
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    728 months ago

    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?

    • @[email protected]
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      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.

      • @NABDad
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        238 months ago

        I’ve been living in my house for 26 years and we still occasionally get mail for previous residents.

        • @Dkarma
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          48 months ago

          I’m still getting their fucking medication. Lazy ass boomers.

      • @[email protected]
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        78 months ago

        I just throw it away. It’s been 7 years, so that’s on the previous owners if it’s something important.

        • Pankkake
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          18 months ago

          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.

          • @[email protected]
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            28 months ago

            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.

  • @painfulasterisk
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    548 months ago

    Well, I guess here response should be to forward all her bills to the pension administrator, such as mortgage, utilities, groceries, petro, etc. If she’s dead, then why should be paying for items that only the “living” enjoys?

    • @[email protected]
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      138 months ago

      For some reason the attendant at the gas station wouldn’t accept my pension managers phone number as payment… Maybe the cashier at wallmart will be more understanding.

    • @cynar
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      158 months ago

      At least until the last time, then you need an alternative note.

      (It’s also a discworld reference, for those who are confused)

      • @SirSamuel
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        38 months ago

        There are always three. The Mother, the Maiden, and the… other one.

  • @Kna
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    408 months ago

    For anyone in th UK who has just read the pensions are administered by Capita, this is no fucking surprise.

  • @[email protected]
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    178 months ago

    Fuck you, you ol’ bitch! We aren’t fallin for that again. With your walking around and being live. You’re dead.

  • @londos
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    128 months ago

    I mean, with respect, has anyone confirmed that she isn’t Chuck Grassley?

    • conciselyverbose
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      208 months ago

      They refuse to believe her statement “I’m not dead”. The title is kind of convoluted, but not wrong.