Its long but stay with it

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  1. accidentalgardener

    accidentalgardener Gardener

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    This is a genuine complaint to Devon & Cornwall Police Force from an
    angry member of the public

    A true email sent to the force, lengthy but brilliantly written.....
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    Dear Sir/Madam/Automated telephone answering service,
    Having spent the past twenty minutes waiting for someone at Bodmin
    police station to pick up a telephone I have decided to abandon the
    idea and try e-mailing you instead.

    Perhaps you would be so kind as to pass this message on to your
    colleagues in Bodmin, by means of smoke signal, carrier pigeon or Ouija
    board.

    As I'm writing this e-mail there are eleven failed medical experiments
    (I think you call them youths) in St Mary's Crescent, which is just off
    St Mary's Road in Bodmin.

    Six of them seem happy enough to play a game which involves kicking a
    football against an iron gate with the force of a meteorite. This causes
    an earth shattering CLANG! which rings throughout the entire building.
    This game is now in its third week and as I am unsure how the scoring
    system works, I have no idea if it will end any time soon.

    The remaining five failed-abortions are happily rummaging through
    several bags of rubbish and items of furniture that someone has so
    thoughtfully dumped beside the wheelie bins. One of them has found a saw
    and is setting about a discarded chair like a beaver on ecstasy pills.

    I fear that it's only a matter of time before they turn their limited
    attention to the caravan gas bottle that is lying on its side between
    the two bins.
    If they could be relied on to only blow their own arms and legs off then
    I would happily leave them to it. I would even go so far as to lend
    them the matches.

    Unfortunately they are far more likely to blow up half the street with
    them and I've just finished decorating the kitchen.

    What I suggest is this - after replying to this e-mail with worthless
    assurances that the matter is being looked into and will be dealt with,
    why not leave it until the one night of the year (probably bath night)
    when there are no mutants around then drive up the street in a Panda car
    before doing a three point turn and disappearing again. This will of
    course serve no other purpose than to remind us what policemen actually
    look like.

    I trust that when I take a claw hammer to the skull of one of these
    throwbacks you'll do me the same courtesy of giving me a four month head
    start before coming to arrest me.

    I remain your obedient servant

    ???????

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    Mr ??????,

    I have read your e-mail and understand your frustration at the problems
    caused by youths playing in the area and the problems you have
    encountered in trying to contact the police..

    As the Community Beat Officer for your street I would like to extend an
    offer of discussing the matter fully with you.

    Should you wish to discuss the matter, please provide contact details
    (address / telephone number) and when may be suitable.

    Regards
    PC ???????
    Community Beat Officer

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    Dear PC ???????
    First of all I would like to thank you for the speedy response to my
    original e-mail.

    16 hours and 38 minutes must be a personal record for Bodmin Police
    Station, and rest assured that I will forward these details to Norris
    McWhirter for inclusion in his next Guinness book.

    Secondly I was delighted to hear that our street has its own Community
    Beat Officer.

    May I be the first to congratulate you on your covert skills? In the
    five or so years I have lived in St Mary's Crescent, I have never seen
    you. Do you hide up a tree or have you gone deep undercover and
    infiltrated the gang itself? Are you the one with the acne and the
    moustache on his forehead or the one with a chin like a wash hand
    basin? It's surely only a matter of time before you are head-hunted by
    MI5 to look for Osama.

    Whilst I realise that there may be far more serious crimes taking place
    in Bodmin, such as smoking in a public place or being Christian without
    due care and attention, is it too much to ask for a policeman to explain
    (using words of no more than two syllables at a time) to these twats
    that they might want to play their strange football game elsewhere.

    The pitch on Fairpark Road, or the one at Priory Park are both within
    spitting distance as is the bottom of the Par Dock, the latter being the
    preferred option especially if the tide is in.

    Should you wish to discuss these matters further you should feel free to
    contact me on <???????>. If after 25 minutes I have still failed to
    answer, I'll buy you a large one in the Cat and Fiddle Pub.

    Regards
    ?????????

    P.S If you think that this is sarcasm, think yourself lucky that you
    don't work for the sewerage department with whom I am also in contact
    !!!
     
  2. lollipop

    lollipop Gardener

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    Thank you so much Paula,

    I adore the English Language, and think I will copy and paste this as a template to all my future complaint letters.

    It makes me feel a lot better about being a serial complainer, if a tad inadequate. I shall raise my game.
     
  3. The Nut

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    Excellent :):) truly magical Thanks for sharing Paula
     
  4. plantlife

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  5. borrowers

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    :D:D Very good. I hope it really is true. I would love to be so sarky.

    I am awaiting a response to my e-mail by tomorrow from the local Pensions Service, but.....I have had a reply to my e-mail to my local councillor(!) who will contact them for me. Can't believe it! Why are 'people' so incompetent?

    cheers
     
  6. accidentalgardener

    accidentalgardener Gardener

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    The local counsellor is scared of me :D :D
     
  7. clueless1

    clueless1 member... yep, that's what I am:)

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    I've been privileged to see the occassional lesser spotted police car in my neighbourhood. They are a very shy beast, you have to get all the local teenagers to be very very quiet, as any sudden noise or movement will cause them to disappear back into their burrows.

    The activity of drug deals taking place just down the street, or the kid on the mini -moto with no exhaust is just too much for this shy and delicate creature, so sadly I think the lesser spotted police car is a sight that we should make the most of, as I think they are becoming increasingly rare.
     
  8. walnut

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    They must be rare never seen one so don't know what your on about.:D
     
  9. plantlife

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    They should make a documentary about them and their living habits.
     
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