Cllr Seema has restored my faith in human kindness

Brian Leveson • May 18, 2022

Further to my somewhat grumpy blog yesterday about having our Blue Badge stolen, all's well that ends well, as Councillor Seema Chadwani steps in and delivers replacement Blue Badge (not literally, she's not moonlighting at the Post Office).

As some regular readers of the grumpiest blog in Haringey may know, I was in a furious mood yesterday because some person* took my son's Blue Badge without my permission. They were so much did not have my permission that they got it by smashing a window in my car. And rather rudely, no note was left to say who they were or where they had taken it....

(*see previous blog, I was not that kind yesterday)

Step in Councillor Seema

No there is a slither of humanity in this story - no the police haven't caught them, nor have I had the car repaired but what did happen is Councillor Seema Chadwani (that's Cllr Seema Chadwani, chief of the bins and the disabled parking).

Councillor Chadwani steps in and this morning I came back from my swim and there it was - a new Blue Badge!

Compare this to DVLA who still haven't managed to send the V5 after 2 weeks (although I see on the laptop it was issued Sunday this week), or Motorbility and their 18 month delivery time or DWP taking 46 weeks to process a change from a DLA to a PIP. - See yesterdays blog for what I am on about: https://www.difficultparent.com/blue-badge-stolen-and-we-are-being-screwed-by-the-systems-designed-t...

So, the thing to take away from this is ...

I feel quite animated!

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