Payments halted four times and left Eileen McGrath without income over Christmas
  • kautau@lemmy.worldEnglish
    183·
    10 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@mander.xyzEnglish
    83·
    10 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?

  • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zoneEnglish
    731·
    10 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?

    • JCreazy@midwest.socialEnglish
      24·
      10 months ago

      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@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        10 months ago

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

      • pearsaltchocolatebarEnglish
        7·
        10 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 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.

          • pearsaltchocolatebarEnglish
            2·
            10 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    10 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?

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
      163·
      10 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.

      • ADTJ@feddit.ukEnglish
        51·
        10 months ago

        Previous comment said forward the bills, not invoice the pension manager

  • Kna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    10 months ago

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

  • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    17·
    10 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

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

  • jackpot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    71·
    10 months ago

    wait, is the title wrong? the provider thinks she IS dead right?