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23 Oct 2015 - A4 protest sheet delivered *  to 2g Memory Service

* delivered is euphemism for stuck with difficult glue to the glass front of the Widemarsh Street premises

Hereford Memory Service protest page 3 Nov 2015 here 


  

Carer Brian is angry with carer provision.  Carer Enid is exasperated with ditto and it’s being reduced.  Obviously, both are at the end of their tether.  I have been shouting “tether” at 2gether – 2g,  for three months.  Towards the end of that period, a meeting took place.  The amount of stress involved in arranging it was so much that it was necessary for my daughter to clinch the deal.

Apart from the superficial use of the word sorry, the outcome of the meeting was that support would be arranged.  After ten working days, there has been very little other than 2g finding out if I want to send my opinion of its website. Most of all, I wanted an immediate connection to an existing support group.  What could be simpler than that?  The 2g website is low priority before actual support.  Move NOW as requested  re contacting Dr L.  I can’t see him until 2g has acted.

The 2g approach to emails is wrong.  I send them but receive no proper response until threats are made.  If I must resort to pasting sheets of paper in public places, this is just the start. Stage 2 is the windscreens within your nearest car park.  Next stop, the windows of the Hereford Times plus large windows of shops in the centre of Hereford.  Tip of an enormous iceberg.

Ask staff in the 2g Memory Service [2MS] to point you to my website .  Meet Brian and Enid in the Carer section.  Meet Nicholas Stacey among two dozen at-present-hidden  pages devoted  to 2MS.  Go to the series updates.


Most carers  have felt trapped in a vice and now, with decreasing provision, the vice is becoming tighter. "Service" providers need not be so heavy handed resulting from cuts.  

   To the tune –

“Wake up, little Susie”

2g singing to itself – little = small-minded

 

Wake up, little 2g, wake up    x2

2g’s been sound asleep

Wake up little 2g and weep

The email’s here and we don’t care

And we're in trouble deep

Wake up, little 2g    x2

Well, when we gonna send a reply

When we gonna give a sigh?

What are we gonna tell our colleagues

When they say, "Just tell a sorry lie"

Wake up, little 2g    x2

 

Unanswered emails amount to ten

Well, 2g baby, looks like we goofed again

Wake up, little 2g    x2

We gotta be more O-pen

 Wake up, little 2g, wake up      x2

The answer won’t  be so hot

It won't have much of a plot

We fell asleep, our goose is cooked

Our reputation is shot

 Wake up, little 2g      x2

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Find “Wake up, little Susie” on YouTube and sing the 2g version along with the Brothers Everly.  It might sit next to them one day.   

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 listen here

End of A4

Relax and compare the lyrics 

  

“Wake up, little Susie”

2g singing to itself – little = small-minded

 

Wake up, little 2g, wake up    x2

2g’s been sound asleep

Wake up little 2g and weep

The email’s here and we don’t care

And we're in trouble deep

Wake up, little 2g    x2

Well, when we gonna send a reply

When we gonna give a sigh?

What are we gonna tell our colleagues

When they say, "Just tell a sorry lie"

Wake up, little 2g    x2

 

Unanswered emails amount to ten

Well, 2g baby, looks like we goofed again

Wake up, little 2g    x2

We gotta be more O-pen

 Wake up, little 2g, wake up      x2

The answer won’t  be so hot

It won't have much of a plot

We fell asleep, our goose is cooked

Our reputation is shot

 Wake up, little 2g      x2


 

 





 We both fell sound asleep


Wake up little Susie and weep


The movie's over, it's four O'clock


And we're in trouble deep



Well, what are we gonna tell your mama?


What are we gonna tell your pop


What are we gonna tell our friends


When they say "Ooh la la"?



Well I told your mama that you'd be in by ten


Well Susie baby looks like we goofed again
 


We gotta go home                
doesn't rhyme



The movie wasn't so hot


It didn't have much of a plot


We fell asleep, our goose is cooked


Our reputation is shot

 



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                                        Hereford Memory Service protest page 3 Nov 2015   here 

  1.                                         Notes to 2g 9 July 2015   (Homepage) here