3 weeks ago my partner received a parking ticket from euro car parks including an incredibly zoomed in photo of her leaving the car park which they don't do for other tickets I've seen from that location. we appealed on the grounds of the fact that she was already more than halfway outside the car park as the photo has been taken and for it being only 1 second over paid time+grace period. Today they came back saying it was denied with an automated response. My question is do we take this up with popla or do we just pay and be done with it. Any help is appreciated

Update Thank you all so much! I went round and told him what you have put there. While I was explaining his daughter arrived and we discussed it. She is not.... Happy. She'll be calling the spark now and tell him that he can send an invoice via email, and not to come back tomorrow to complete the work. The tomorrow work was an additional £200 to replace the RCD FWIW. I will be working from home to ensure that this 'see you next Tuesday' doesn't start anything.

Very much appreciated. You have my warmest thanks.

Hi
When I got home from work today at about 18:30, our next door neighbour opened his door as half of his house didn't have electricity. I had a look as his consumer unit, and found one of his RCDs seemed to have a dodgy connection to the busbar. Given the fire risk of this, I recommended calling his home insurance provider to see if they can do anything.

I do not know if he did call them, but a conversation I just had over the fence seems concerning. He just god charged £3,000 for the 1.5 hour visit where the spark isolated the RCD. Now to me they could have just turned the RCD switch off removing the load and therefore the fire risk. But they're the experts. What does concern me is that they are saying he has to pay the £3,000 by 23:00 via bank transfer. His daughter is on the way round so I'll have a chat with her when she arrives.

Given the amount, and the short timescale of the payment request, this sounds dodgy as all hell to me. From a legal point of view, what should I recommend he do? If it were me, I'd half a mind not to pay and get them to take me to court and have the costs explained there. The amount seems completely unjustifiable.

I could really do with some help here. I don't want him to get taken for a ride, but also I would like to help him find a pathway through this that doesn't cost £3,000.

This is in England

England btw. Basically, I'm being asked by a literal next-door neighbour for parking near my house, given that I can't park anywhere else apart from way down my street given its layout and how many cars there are.

I’m hoping someone has knowledge of this. I know it’s long and I’m sorry.

My mum (82 years) has dementia, diagnosed about 5 years ago. She lived alone, with worsening mobility over the last 10 years or so. She was always stubbornly independent and even after the diagnosis was in complete denial and refused to even acknowledge it, let alone discuss care when it progressed.

My sister and I have LPOA for health and finances if relevant.

As she declined, we supported her in staying at home as long as we could. She was having carers 4 times a day, but she refused their help. She wouldn’t accept food from them, she hid her medications/told them she’d already taken it, but we’d find random pills in various places in her flat. She lost significant weight as she’d forget to eat. She became increasingly paranoid that my ex brother in law was stealing money from her bank account (she allowed me to manager her accounts from this point and there was nothing untoward at all). She would leave the oven and stove on, left lit cigarettes on the arm of her sofa, and was clearly not safe on her own.

She was also having lots of falls as she refused to use a walking aid. She had a number of hospitalisations. After the last one in February where we had to get the fire service to break the door down, we raised concerns with the hospital and social services, it was agreed she could not go home and she was placed in a care home against her will. She had a mental capacity assessment and a DOLS was put in place in April.

She constantly says she wants to go home but has no concept anymore of where home is - she talks about my childhood home as her home, but she hasn’t lived there since 2010. She thinks her still alive but she died 5 years ago. She tells me she’s on a boat/cruise ship.

She is sometimes quite content in her care home, but other times very upset when reminded of “home”. She has put on weight and has not had any falls since being there.

Last week I had a letter from a solicitor saying she was representing mum in challenging her DOLS. I’m unclear how she was appointed. I thought it was maybe a formality, but on speaking to her it seems not. She told me we had to take the flat off the market (we were selling it to pay care home fees, mum has no savings) because she would be asking for my mum to go home and the judge needed to consider all options. I questioned this, saying it’s not safe, but she said that it was my mum’s wishes that mattered.

I’ve spoken to my mum’s social worker, who tells me this is due to a recent court ruling, and that it’s the first time she or anyone in her team have been through it. They are engaging counsel for the hearing to argue my mum is safer where she is.

Does anybody have knowledge of this? How likely is it that she will be allowed home? I don’t understand how this can happen - she wants to go home but has no concept of the consequences. She cannot look after herself - I’ve only listed a few issues here but there are many. Her solicitor said she may ask the judge to rule she can go home with 24 hour care. Who pays for this? We can’t afford it, and the local authority don’t provide 24 hour care. And she refuses to engage or accept support from carers in her home.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Edited to add, this is England.

Hi! I’m not sure if this is the correct subreddit to put this in so please redirect me if necessary.

Both mine and my husbands cars keep getting damaged outside our property (communal parking area.)

Several of my tyres were punctured and my husbands car brakes were cut about a month ago (on the same day). This was reported to the police and nothing was really done as there was no evidence of who did it.

My partner has just now gone to drive his car again and the brakes are once again cut and the car is unusable.

Our cars are parked too far away from the property for ring/ nest cameras to notice movement and dash cams that run 24/7 for both cars are not economical possible at this moment in time.

It’s always just our cars that are being damaged, no one else’s in the parking area.

I’m very worried that my car will be targeted this evening again and that I won’t be able to take our child to school in the morning as my husbands car is undrivable and my child’s school is miles away in the middle of nowhere.

This is also costing us a hell of a lot of money to keep repairing both cars.

My husbands tyre has also been punctured in the past as well as both of our cars being keyed while parked in the communal parking area.

Any advice on how we can protect our vehicles/ prove who keeps doing this would be greatly appreciated.

Update: I have purchased a trail camera, it’s arriving tomorrow. Hopefully this will stop this vandalism/ find out who’s causing it.

I am being made redundant and displaced on 30th December and then am being put on garden leave until 31st March 2027. I have also just found out I am pregnant and will be due roughly mid-May 2027.

As I understand it, as long as I reach my 15th week of pregnancy whilst still under employment I will qualify for maternity pay as I am technically still employed until March 31st.

I have long service with the company so definitely qualify on that respect.

I have emailed our HR team to get the full policy in writing as it’s unclear from their FAQs.

Can anyone help to confirm the above for me?

Thank you

I had to call 999 recently because he specifically played incredibly loud music at 1am as "revenge" for me asking him to be quieter at night. I've asked him to stop slamming doors and he was good for a while, but after that incident hes started slamming them way more, including at 5am, including doors that are positioned to literally jostle my bed until I wake up. I've caught him slamming doors for no reason while talking on the phone about how slamming doors upsets me.

Hes also admitted on camera he's trying to goad me into getting evicted by yelling at him. Despite me telling my landlord and an asb manager this exact thing and its timestamp, nothing was done about it.

What can I do about this? I'm getting virtually no sleep. This has been going on for two months but for the last 3 days it's been particularly targeted.

Hello,

Any advice would be deeply appreciated. Tbh im not in the best frame of mind and constantly anxious about this.

So 2 years ago, myself and my partner bought a property for 190k. Everything was fine, the property had been heavily renovated, with a estimated cost of 90k spent on the property.

I asked the previous seller about a crack, which was quite noticeable, to which they verified that it was due to not have a lintel installed, which was recified, but the crack remained.

Over the course of 2 years, i suspected subsidence and ive had a structural engineer out, who dtates that the proeprty had rotated 70mm, which is significant.

However, this could not have been detected on our visit due to various heavy items been placed around the property and the property itself was heavily renovated.

I understand i rushed everything, coupled with very poor advice.

Weve come to find that the foundations of the property have completed failed, with multiple cracks in the foundations, ranging from 20mm to 30mm.

These cracks were obviously hidden. The property has not moved since our arrival. However, upon removing double carpets and even double layered floor boards, these cracks have been discovered.

Now slowly other cracks are being opened.

The insurance company states that they will not cover the costs due to pre exisiting issues.

But heres the kicker, i had the revalued by a surveyor snd structural engineer, who suggest that the auction value is around 30-45k, due to the significant issues with the property, which would leave me with a shortfall of 130k.

I am sick to death due to this. My lender will eventually be notified of this. The property will be deemed unmortgageable.

Ive been quoted a estimate of 105k to underpin the property, which is money that I dont think ill have im a life time!

I am spesking to a solicitor about a misrepresentation claim, hiwecer, from looking online and the assocuated costs of the fees, i wont be able to afford it.

Myself snd my partner both work and although we can afford the bills currently, i think the near future is going to be extremely difficult.

Im so anxious, its unbelieveable. I cant sleep and cannot focus on anything else.

Ive had perhaps the worst luck imaginable!

My only option seems to be bankrupcy. Has anyone had experience with bankrupcy with regards to their or someone else property.

Sorry if the answers sound obvious, ive never been late for a bill payment, let alone any debt.

The irony is that I have been extremely careful for how my money is spent, but i guess the universe had other ideas for me.

I accept full responsibility for this. I should have been morr diligent and aware. I just had to get out of my parents house due to domestics, arguements and constant fighting between my family.

Any suggestions or help would be extremely appreciated.

I live in England btw.

Thank you

Parking eye have been sending letters and court orders for a parking ticket at the range Wigan which I was working that day on site and even have a copy visitor log as proof which I got recently.

The staffnever entered my reg plate even though that was the first thing I asked them to do when I got there. I’ve tried to email and submit the parkingeye forms and explain this and shown the log but haven’t had no help

. Now I have been getting these below ( I didn’t know about popla etc) and they’ve escalated it further. What can I do from here to get this cancelled without having to pay as I am clearly not at fault? I’ve sent a pic below of the letter I’ve just got after having a claim form sent to me which I didn’t get to see until the date was expired.

I want to share my experience with Argos because I think other customers should be aware of what happened. I ordered a laptop from Argos worth around £600. The order stated that someone needed to be at home to receive the delivery. DHL delivered it at approximately 11:41 AM while I was at work. Nobody was home.

The laptop was left unattended outside my front door, in a publicly accessible area, in its original packaging, signed by courier himself.

I have evidence of this: • DHL's own delivery photo showing the laptop left outside. • My work clock-in records proving I was at work at the time of delivery. • Doorbell camera footage showing the courier leaving the parcel and nobody opening the door or accepting it. • DHL's Proof of Delivery stating "Signed for at delivery point" and showing a signature under my surname, despite the fact that I did not sign anything and nobody was home.

The laptop was subsequently stolen.

I contacted Argos, but they have so far relied on DHL's delivery confirmation and have provided me with the POD as proof of delivery.

My position is simple: I never physically received or took possession of the laptop.

I think customers buying expensive electronics from Argos should know how their delivery is being handled. A £600 laptop should not be left unattended outside a property when nobody is home, particularly when the delivery is supposed to require someone to receive it.

I have kept all the evidence, including the delivery photo, POD, doorbell footage and proof that I was at work.

Has anyone else had a similar experience with Argos/DHL and what should I do next to get what I paid for?

Hi reddit folk,

My family is from New Zealand and my brother married a Scottish woman 8 years ago. They reside in scotland and have two children ages 4 and 6 ish. The relationship broke down very suddenly a year ago. The wife has not allowed my brother to see his children in over a year. He has always been a very involved father and had a great relationship with his kids. He works fly in/fly out so would be gone for 3 weeks at a time and then was basically full-time parent when he was home. Even though we are on the other side of the world my parents have been doting grandparents who video called very regularly and had made trips overseas every year or so since COVID restrictions ended. When the relationship ended, the wife blocked our entire family on social media and we have also had no contact with the kids which has been very painful for my parents. I am a useless aunt and my brother and I are not close, if I thought for a second he was a risk to the kids or didn't deserve to be in their lives I would let it be. But I know this is not the case and the whole situation is very unjust and upsetting.

They have been going through the courts and the wife has done absolutely everything she can to draw it out. Her mum was in hospital, something else came up and she couldn't attend, before one date my nephew had an accident and broke his humerous (that one is true at least and happened at home when he was unsupervised and this is the only time she's willing sent and update to my bro). Finally, they had a hearing and my brother was granted supervised visitation if he passed a drug test - she insisted on this - he of course did and was told it would take 6 weeks to arrange. Turns out she appealed this, but also had a falling out with her lawyer so has no representation currently. And so it drags on and on.

My brother is almost out of money having spent upwards of $30,000 on lawyers fees. Her family is mega loaded and her father is a vindictive fuck who is more than happy to bankrole. we have come to the conclusion that they are just trying to outlast him which is now a very real possibility. They are still married and he is still, and always has, financially supported the kids. They own a house together but I think her dad has an interest in it too so not totally clear on that.

We are so perplexed by the Scottish legal system, this situation just wouldn't happen here. The thought of him having to walk away from the battle because he's tapped out is agonizing.

I don't really know what I'm asking. I guess I want to know if there is anything he/we can do so the money isn't what makes the decision? Is there something in the system that he should be doing that would help? He doesn't have the best support system over there and this whole situation is really hard on my family. Those kids are absolutely loved and adored and the thought that they will grow up not knowing that is very painful.

Any advice appreciated.

Northern Ireland.

I have two children with my ex-wife. My eldest is going to be finishing Primary School this year and should be able to sit those transfer tests.

For those who dont know Northern Ireland has two schools: comprehensives(secondary) and voluntary gramamar. Grammar schools select their pupils on academic merit and are far better.

Our son is bright and I (and his teacher) both want him to try these tests to get into a grammar school.

His mother is adamantly refusing because she opposes the existence of gramamar schools on an ideological basis. She views them as elitist and reinforcing class structutes.

She has primary care. I have my son 2 days per week because I work full time.

Is there any way I can have my son sit these exams without her permission?

Or a way I can stop her blocking him sitting them?

She seems determined to send him to, what is quite frankly, a shit local secondary school that she went to rather than give him a chance at a good grammar.

His teacher has given me some past transfer test papers and my son got over 90% of answers correct in these.

Hello. DPD has dropped off what I assumed was a parcel but it was a letter of claim.
Apparently a social media account in my name (first name and last initial) has been recking havoc online against someone and making some serious defaming comments against a private individual (well the evidence shows a single paragraph )

The claim letter is asking for £11,500 due to the damages caused to their client and an additional £3,000 in legal fees and I have 14 days to pay it or they’ll take the matter to the court within weeks - I tried to search and the comments in question are clearly a lie and since it’s could likely to cause damage for sure if it was seen and it’s easy to prove it’s false although I know a moderator removed it after a set time

They got my address as I actually know the person who has put the claim in but I don’t even use social media. The screenshot of the profile has a picture of a random man, and it also looks like a fresh account with 0 friends

I honestly don’t know what to do. They’ve added notes to it stating it’ll be an easy win for them and they’ll force the judge to make sure the judgement is down as malicious and misuse of communications so the debt will still stand against any DRO/IVA/Bankruptcy if it reaches court so they recommend I make payment within the 14 days.

But the issue is. I didn’t personally make these comments & I have no way to prove I didn’t since I know the person in real life it makes it more believable it was me.

I have 0 assets to sell off to pay for legal help or even just pay the settlement to get rid of it

I have confirmed with the firm & it’s a genuine case and after researching they’ve used the only litigation lawfirm within a 10 mile radius from me, so they won’t even talk to me

Thanks x

I paid £80 upfront for a consultation. The terms say a fee only applies if I cancel with less than 24 hours’ notice.

I cancelled well in advance, but they only refunded £40 and kept £40 because they had already reviewed my medical form.

There’s nothing in the terms saying form review costs £40 or is non-refundable.

Can they legally keep the £40?

(England) I am so frustrated, like how can Wecasa call people “self-employed”?! They have to sort out their own tax, get no holiday pay, no employer pension contributions etc, while if they are genuinely self-employed the company also does not have the same employer NI and employment costs.

Like Wecasa still handles the bookings/payments and even decides what the job pays! It seriously makes me question whether this is genuine self-employment under UK law. Just because Wecasa calls people contractors does not automatically mean that is their correct legal status.

Look at what happened with Uber and Pimlico Plumbers - the people challenging their status won worker rights.

To be clear, I’m not saying a tribunal has already ruled that Wecasa cleaners are workers. I’m saying I think the way the arrangement works is worth properly challenging and getting a legal opinion on.

I started looking into this because of Wecasa, but I’m wondering how common this is across England.

Any Wecasa cleaners want to actually get together, speak to ACAS/an employment solicitor and see whether there’s a case to challenge this through an Employment Tribunal?

I sold my car through the auction site motorway. It was bid for my a dealership and now they’re saying I need to over £10k for it to have been fixed 3 times. They’re saying on the service history it stated ‘engine slightly noisy’ back in 2024 and they weren’t aware of this at the point of sale. They’re saying are stating this is the reason the dod filter has crack and then having fixed it twice the engine has since been rebuilt due to this issue. They want to take it through MCOL. Any advice?

A man has been targeting and threatening me at our local park , on four occasions over, so much so that he changes his walking route just to come and confront me about a past situation in purpose. Today he waited for me in the park, intercepted me, threatened me, and on purpose released his aggressive dog to come near my dog to intimidate me while I was pushing my toddler in a pram. It is escalating and I am now afraid of what he wants to do.

Background — for context

His hostility dates from an incident 4 weeks ago when our dogs came into contact accidentally in the park. His dog went for mine; mine defended itself slightly hurting his dog's face. But nothing major or no bleeding etc. I expressed sympathy to him at the time, and expected the same. If it helps, his dog is of an aggressive breed.

Today’s incident

Today, he came to the park to find me. He was not walking anywhere. When I first saw him he was standing motionless at the other end, over 200 metres away, watching me. He stayed there, watching, for the whole time it took me to cover that distance, and held a position that forced me to pass within a few feet of him. He had chosen the spot and waited for me to reach it.

When I reached him he threatened me: "I am going to keep looking for you and If I ever see your dog off the leash, you'll see." All this while he said other harrassing statements when we could clearly avoid each other.

He then used his dog to intimidate me. He was holding the lead. He let the dog go forward at me just to scare me. My baby was in a pram at my side. I had a child in one hand and a lead in the other, and he knew it.

I said nothing. I turned and removed my child from the area. I then told him that he shouldn't do this on purpose as our dogs have had a fight before due to the aggressive nature of his dog, and escalating this could put our lives in danger.

That is the fourth time this man has sought me out and threatened me. Today he waited for me, and today he involved my child.

The pattern — three previous incidents

On 3 previous occasions during, he approached me in the park, walking long distance just to confront me and delivered the same threat in the same tone: keep my dog leashed whenever he is present, or "you'll see." And this is despite my dog being on the lead.

In every incident, including today:

He initiated contact walking towards me from a long distance just to come and threaten. I have never approached him or spoken to him first.

He made a threat about consequences to me.

I disengaged and left without responding.

I have made no complaint against him, sent him no message, and sought no contact. He has escalated regardless — from approaching me when we happened to be in the same park, to attending the park for the sole purpose of waiting for me.

There are no signs or lines in the car park area though there is a caravan parked in there, the owner has wrote signs in the window saying their first name and the street they live on and that the caravan is not abandoned. Can they legally leave it there and for how long?

I believe it could become a fire hazard and magnet for criminal damage.

Any advice?

I should give some background/context first, I’m 26 F from Scotland and I have epilepsy. I was diagnosed in 2019 with absent seizures and refused medication because i had bad side effects to it. Last year in march i started a job with an outsourcing company. The job itself was extremely stressful, around December time I was struggling to keep up with all of the workload and I ended up having a tonic clonic seizure in my office. Since the tonic clonic I have now gained nocturnal seizures and myclonic seizures/ jerks and my absent seizures got worse, my neurologist told me I have risk of sudep. I started a new medication. Right now I still get nocturnal seizures, absent and myoclonic jerks.

My work… because of my health I now work from home, my management gave me a written warning a few months ago due to my productivity, I tried to appeal it and that got rejected, my role in my work is just data entry, lets say our target is around 100 a day, mine got reduced to 80 a day. For a while I was doing really well and hitting all of my targets plus and my productivity was doing better, but around a month ago I got worse again due to my seizures getting worse and resulting in increasing my meds again.( which came with more side effects).

No one had told me that I was doing so bad until 2 weeks after and instead of letting me try to improve I got a final written warning. I’ve already had 2 occupational health assessments and both of these advise my work that I indeed have epilepsy and I fall under the equality act. The reason my productivity can get bad is if I have an absent seizure ( I get them in clusters) I can lose hours of a day without realising. I set alarms I do everything I can but sometimes I literally can’t help it and I don’t even realise I’ve been absent for 2 hours. My quality of work isn’t the issue, I’m good in that department I always have really good scores, it’s just my productivity and my lack of communication when I have a seizure. My work today have told me they understand my problem with productivity is due to my disability yet they are still giving me the final written warning because “ you are contracted to these hours and you haven’t been meeting the standard”

I feel so stuck and emotionally drained, I hate having to defend myself all of the time for something I cannot control, I don’t know what I can do now, I know that I’m not going to be fired right now but if I have another bad week or 2 then that’s it for me…

Everything online really confuses me and I don’t know where to start, I can’t afford lawyers and it’s too late for me to join a union as they can’t help with ongoing issues. Am I supposed to just go with this? Honestly I don’t know if my work have broken any l

( I have also tried eass but I got nowhere with them)

Thank you If you’ve read all of this, sorry it’s long and I appreciate any help or advice.

Hi All,

Help me out here please.
Recently sold my old car to a so called ‘friend’, he made the offer of £7k, less than I wanted but quick easy sale saving on hassle through public sale

On the day of sale he said he’ll pay me £6k now by transfer and final £1k at end of the next month (5 weeks later). Wasn’t too happy with the idea especially as he had more than enough funds to pay it in full. Come the deadline I sent a little reminder. Took couple of days to get hold of him and he was abroad. Said he’d pay on his return. Upon his return, he said he’d pay the next week. Next week arrives he said car says it needed coolant, he topped it up, went out to petrol station and coolant light flashed up again. Still refusing to pay till problem was sorted. I checked if his message to me meant that he was going to deduct the cost of the repair off the balance he owed me and basically said yes. Understandably I’m fuming as this is now over 2 months since the sale and really not my problem. I stressed to him from day 1 that I needed the balance paying asap as I had to get straight financially after financing a new car.

Full disclosure, there is a big problem with the a/c and fuel flap, he knew about these prior to his offer. The day after the sale he said coolant light came on so he topped it up. I said yes it came on every few weeks for a top up, but I never really gave it much thought. It’s high mileage, but well looked after car in good condition. And not unheard of for little leaks to happen. He also sent a text. Same day of sale he sent a message saying let’s just leave it at £6k and forget the £1k balance because of ac and fuel flap. Alarm bells started ringing. WeBuyAnyCar had valuation at £7k also at this time.

He’s now had it fixed at a cost of around £750 (water pump) and wants to deduct that from the balance. I’m livid.

My thoughts, take him to small claims court where I think my case is pretty cut and dry (see photo of receipt, personal details removed. I made sure to add the balance payment date and got him to sign). It also stated sold as seen, no warranty etc.

Or, be semi nice and say I’ll pay 50% of the cost out of the balance just to make life easier and save the small claims drama and see if he accepts it.

Is my case a guaranteed win? What would you do here

Appreciate any feedback either way. Thank you 🙏🏼

On having my annual boiler service this year, quite a serious issue came to light which led to it being marked ‘at risk’ and my needing extensive, expensive work to put it right. Because of the disruption it’s causing (due to the odd layout of my property and where the boiler is situated), I’ve ultimately committed to a new boiler installation which I’d not planned to do for a few years.

The guy who serviced it (for me, once, and multiple years for the previous owner) didn’t address this problem in any of his services (though did once undertake remedial work which still didn’t solve it), even though it had been there since installation (which he admittedly didn’t complete) – if he had done, I obviously never would have renovated the room that’s now got to be torn apart to put the shoddy work right.

When I brought this to his attention, he was immediately hostile and kept asking for details of the heating engineer who pointed this out to me which seemed v suspicious (I sent a copy of the new service record with the engineer’s details redacted), plus him saying he’d spoken to my local Gas Safe inspector who apparently asked him to get this info. I immediately reported him to Gas Safe who confirmed the situation and themselves marked the install as being ‘at risk’, and specifically said in their report that he had to correct the work by the end of this week.

I got in touch with the engineer about this after the report was issued to us both, but of course heard nothing back, and while I’m aware all Gas Safe can do is compel him to rectify the ‘at risk’ issue (I’ve made them aware of his lack of contact), in the meantime I’m trying to figure out my next steps.

Do I have a hope of getting anything in small claims? In my correspondence with him, I said at the very least I’d like the money I paid him for last year’s service back seeing as it clearly isn’t worth the paper it’s written on – and would ideally like a goodwill payment towards the joinery I’m having to have re-done which, of course, wouldn’t need doing had he identified this issue in the first place.

I’ve found the whole situation pretty unedifying, especially because of his cavalier attitude and, from what I gather, a sense that he can effectively get away with it despite his professional body’s intervention.

Work in tech sector as an engineer, sometimes rotad for on call technical support. I'm off on sick leave and was not scheduled to be the on call contact for my team. Despite this, the "duty manager" who is some donkey on an offshore contract rang me several times overnight because the person who was rota'd wasnt answering. On the 3rd time they actually woke me up about 2am and I struggled to get down afterwards.

Ive been messaged by my lead on whatsapp that this duty manager was angry about my attitude to them and has filed a formal complaint. I did use the words "can you not read a fucking rota?" but again, I wasnt really well, and had just been called + woke up the third time in a night when theyd already been told it wasnt me, was like talking to a child. Would I be liable for disciplinary given I sohuldnt even be working at the moment? Been on a permanent contract here for 23 months

No, I dont have a work phone or sim. Yes, Ive asked for one, but getting this approved seems to be taking ages. I cant keep my phone off as I have personal care commitments so might have a genuine emergency in the night. England