On 02/06/2021 17:59, R D S wrote:
On 02/06/2021 16:43, Robert wrote:
What makes Aldi think the person on the phone is not "Mrs" ?
A very dodgy assumption to make these days if they dont want fall foul
of their probable Diversity policy.

It occurred to me to pretend I was she.

When my dad was alive but very frail I tried once or twice to explain
that as I had power of attorney they could deal with me, but it was
always a failure. They wanted me to post all the papers to them, or
actually go into the bank or wherever. So I just started to ring up and
say I was him, and that worked much better.

Most of the accounts I use for buying things were set up by my late wife
and are in her name. I can't be bothered to change them. I've had a few
instances where they've insisted on speaking to her. That hasn't
generally ended well.

Bill