On 7 February 2012 11:58, James Blessing <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7 February 2012 11:48, 'Dragon' Dave McKee <[email protected]> wrote: >> Me and my friends are currently mildly miffed with the local council >> about the meaning of "working days" > > Once upon a time.... > > Council offices tend to advance the stamp indicating the arrival of > documents at the point that the office officially closes (e.g. at 4pm > the stamp is advanced to the next day even if there are people capable > of dealing with it and documents continue to arrive within the > department) work may be still carried out on the paperwork *but* > officially the document didn't arrive until the date of the timestamp. > > I'm saying this right or still happens but this (for many, many years) was > SOP.
>From what I've seen it's SOP in pretty much every business, public or private sector, so long as it's to the advantage of the business. Cab companies often start charging Christmas day rate from 8pm (or even 6pm) on Christmas Eve as that's when the shift of drivers who will be working past midnight into Christmas day come on. The 28 day 'no quibble' returns period for mail ordered goods starts from the date of dispatch even if they are signed for on delivery. The 3 year 'Extended Warranty Guarantee' on your new washing machine starts on day of purchase, not when the 1 year manufacturers guarantee runs out so you're only getting 2 extra years. Stephen -- It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption. http://stephensorablog.blogspot.com/ | http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenboothuk | Skype: stephenbooth_uk Apparently I'm a "Eierlegende Woll-Milch-Sau", I think it was meant as a compliment. _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
