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4bee
19th December 2019, 09:54 AM
A Kmart spokesperson said the retailer had reached out to the customer to offer support as part of a commitment to ensuring all product are “fully compliant with regulations and safety standards’.


What in the hell happened to "Urgently contacted" or simply "contacted?"

What a load of ballcocks!

rick130
19th December 2019, 10:12 AM
Welcome to the world of corporate speak!

John_D4
19th December 2019, 10:17 AM
What in the hell happened to "Urgently contacted" or simply "contacted?"

What a load of ballcocks!

Because ‘reached out’ can mean ‘we called, they didn’t answer the call, job done’. It doesn’t say if they actually spoke to the person or not.

4bee
19th December 2019, 10:49 AM
Ok John, what about, "We have tried to contact bla blah blah?" [smilebigeye]

Eevo
19th December 2019, 01:42 PM
Ok John, what about, "We have tried to contact bla blah blah?" [smilebigeye]

no as some people might perceive that as kmart blaming them

or they will say, kmart didnt try hard enough.

Bigbjorn
19th December 2019, 02:56 PM
no as some people might perceive that as kmart blaming them

or they will say, kmart didnt try hard enough.

The rule at Social Security was that you were deemed to have received the notice when it was posted to your residential address. Or to a postal address if Australia Post did not provide a delivery service to your home. "We sent it therefore you got it."

4bee
19th December 2019, 04:00 PM
Not to MV registrations/Transport SA here it doesn't Brian.

They tried that one on for a late rego excuse for us & it was later found it had been sent to their Port Lincoln office for processing as they claimed they were too busy in Adelaide to do it.
Why Pt Lincoln? Who knows, thing is their "System" didn't report a redirection so they would know where it was & they couldn't locate it.

Then I discovered a Date "Received In" stamp on the back of one of their forms which they had sent to me which the "hard of seeing"/visually impaired" staff had overlooked. Deeeeer.

Actually this case in point made for a long topic on 891 ABC Radio. (Matt & Dave). They (TSA) did apologise after their switchboard (891) lit up like a Xmas Tree. People all over had had the same experience. Of course they initially started out denying there was a problem. Stupid ****ers We then took to sending it 'Registered' each year but have had no problem for the last few years so have gone back to the normal postage [holds breath] We also had our Medical Practice copy it into their system for a quick retrieval if it goes off the rails again.

It was bad for a lot of people because as it was a Medical ok to drive declaration, people had to go back in many cases to a Consultant & you know how long that can take to get an appointment, especially when your licence is about to expire.


Public Servants my arse! :rocket::rolleyes:

ATH
19th December 2019, 08:18 PM
"Public servants". Complete misnomer that. Self servers would be much more accurate. Once they've got the job that's it and they'll do anything to protect their cosy position.
AlanH.

John_D4
20th December 2019, 08:01 AM
Ok John, what about, "We have tried to contact bla blah blah?" [smilebigeye]

Still didn’t say “we have contacted” only that you tried