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I, also, rarely go to our surgery and then I usually ask for an appointment with one of the practice nurses. The receptionists no longer ask me what is wrong with me . I always told them politely to mind their own business.

Mrs Shiney is not so polite . She also has studied some specific branches of medicine, is qualified in 14 different Complementary Therapies, has two degrees and a post grad and a wall full of qualifications, teaches some therapies and although she is officially retired still has some patients coming to see her.

The surgery have got used to her telling them off if they're not correct and asked her to be on their Patients' Panel.

Her last run in with them was in 2016 when they had a new doctor join the practice and take over the diabetes clinic. The first thing she did when seeing Mrs Shiney was to change her medication - or try to. When Mrs Shiney asked her why she was changing it the answer was 'that's the drug we always used in my last practice'! - which didn't go down very well with Mrs Shiney . When she asked the doctor whether it was a better one to take and, if so, why? She answered that it was just the one she knew more about. Mrs S then pointed out that if she had studied the BNF (British National Formulary - the book that explains all about each drug and its side effects) she would find that the drug she was recommending required the patient to test their blood every time they were going to drive a car!!! The drug that she was taking was almost identical but didn't require the blood test. She now prescribes the one Mrs S was having.

 

Just a slight complaint with a cheer at the end.

As I try to cut down on 'naughty' foods I do my best to keep off crisps, which I really like. I only like unflavoured crisps and ones that are not too salty and only buy them when we are entertaining (use them for nibbles). So I have been buying Tyrrell's lightly salted as they only have .5g per 100g. Most other makes range from .8g to 1g per 100g. As we were having guests at the weekend I went to buy my usual crisps and saw that they are now 8g per 100g - an increase of 60%.

So I emailed them to complain - who would have thought I would do such a thing?

They have replied saying that customer research has shown they prefer more salt and then told me that they make crisps with no salt at all. I replied that they don't sell them in any supermarket near us and they have told me that they will send me some.

 

Not often you get a good, clear, crisp answer to a complaint.

 

Thanks @Sheal they seem good but are too high in sugars (potato crisps have one fifth of that amount) for Mrs Shiney and I'm not keen on them. I'm an old fashioned crisp fan , with the blue twist , but modern 'hand cooked' crisps are thicker, crispier and tastier.

 

I agree but I don't like much salt on my crisps - just a smidgen.

I'll see whether we can grow a plant that looks like a carry-on bag