So here I am, expecting to have a baby today (no signs of anything happening at the moment, fortunately!) when I get a phone call from OH. He has got in his car to come home and his car is dead. No ideas why - it has just broken down. So he thinks 'fear not, I have Direct Line Breakdown Recovery, they'll rescue me.' Direct Line man turns up and says 'where to guv?' OH says 'aren't you even going to have a look at it to see if you can fix it?' Direct Line man; 'We don't do that, you're thinking of the AA. We just take you to where you want to go.' 'Oh,' says OH. 'Take me home then - to Newbury.' Direct Line man; 'I can't do that - I'm only allowed to take you within a 10 mile radius of where you break down.' No amount of protesting about the heavily pregnant wife was going to get the Direct Line man to change his mind. 
Well what f*****g good is that? He broke down in Surbiton. They have offered to take him anywhere he wants within 10 miles of Surbiton, but clearly there is not much point in that, as all the garages are closed, it being 6.30pm on a Friday night. His sister lives in Thames Ditton, which IS within 10 miles of Surbiton, so at this moment in time he is being towed there, wondering how to get home. I cannot go and collect him because it is not safe for me to drive that far by myself at the moment (it takes about 1hr20min.)
I am so angry! I did ring Direct Line myself to rant at them, but got put in a queue and had time to reflect, and thought I'm just going to sound like a mad hormonal woman so I thought I'd vent my spleen somewhere were people will go 'there, there,' and not think I am nuts!
So thanks for reading. I believe OH is in the process of cancelling his Direct Line subscription which is renewable on the 1st August, and taking out AA cover instead. And if my sorry tale of woe persuades just a couple of you not to renew with them I'll feel happy their own crap-ness has deprive them of a customer or two.
Well what f*****g good is that? He broke down in Surbiton. They have offered to take him anywhere he wants within 10 miles of Surbiton, but clearly there is not much point in that, as all the garages are closed, it being 6.30pm on a Friday night. His sister lives in Thames Ditton, which IS within 10 miles of Surbiton, so at this moment in time he is being towed there, wondering how to get home. I cannot go and collect him because it is not safe for me to drive that far by myself at the moment (it takes about 1hr20min.)
I am so angry! I did ring Direct Line myself to rant at them, but got put in a queue and had time to reflect, and thought I'm just going to sound like a mad hormonal woman so I thought I'd vent my spleen somewhere were people will go 'there, there,' and not think I am nuts!
So thanks for reading. I believe OH is in the process of cancelling his Direct Line subscription which is renewable on the 1st August, and taking out AA cover instead. And if my sorry tale of woe persuades just a couple of you not to renew with them I'll feel happy their own crap-ness has deprive them of a customer or two.
