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A few days ago sadly we lost my mother in law, but maybe I can share with you some of the problems along the way.
The mother in law went down hill very quickly, andi had to spend some time at her flat filling in for times the wife and sisters coulnt make as she required close on 24 hour care, but her wish was to remain in her flat.
When she died, what happened next i didn't expect.
cancelling her bills i was going along nicely till i came to B.T. as usual the person on the other end of the phone said, "account number" which i gave
and then was asked her name which i gave, "sorry " came back the reply,
thats not the name.
I looked on the bill and they yep it was in her husbands name (who had died some years earlier) so i gave his name, sorry sir, can we speak with him please,
if you can sir i said hes been dead for some years.
well said this prat on the end of the phone, why wasn't the account name changed?
because, i replied when he died, your advisors told the wife not to worry about changing it.
Then my next job was to get the death registered, now having never done this before i had to rely on others for advice, so first of all i had to phone to book an appointment!!!!! advised b fneral directors to do this as early as poss.
yes this lady said, oh no dates for Dover registry for a week and a half!!!!!!
but you could go to ramsgate in 3 days time.
ok will go to ramsgate.
i went(as requested to my GP to let them know of the death and asked the receptionist, this is my first time dealing with such matters do need anything else
as im off to ramgate to register the death in 3 days.
no she said, the doctor will sort all that.
Off i toddled in the rain on the long bus journey to ramsgate and nightmare of finding the place, once there the receptionist first question was, "do you have the death certificate?" i said no, i thought the doctor sent that to you.
well she said, i'm afraid we cant meet without it.
so what do i do now?
well deal library is open t moz and an appointment free at 0930
and the death certificate is at your docs.
so i sorted it picked it up took it to deal and finally sorted it.
then we moved on to the funeral itself, trying to make sure friends and famlly knew the arrangementsd off i toddled to albany flats.
i rang the warden as i was unsure of the flat number of one of the mother in laws friends.
hello i said im enquiring about this lady x who is a friend of my mother in law who sadly passed away and im sure mrs x would like to know,
oh im sorry said the warden mrs x died 2 years ago.
oh i said im sorry to hear that.
mrs x used a shop i knew of and i popped in to see them and said how sad it was mrs x had died.
died they said she was in here 6 months ago.
oh blimey i said the warden said she had.
the shop gave me mrs x daughter mobile number and i sent her text with the news
and lo and behold mrs x sent us a sympathy card!!!
just shows how much can go wrong
and dont always believe what you hear.
