Jaime Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Edit; have split this from the veg box thread to keep the topic easier to follow for veg boxes. Sheila. The company have irritated me already.... To register you have to put in a title ie Mr, Mrs. They have a huge range of titles but none for same sex relationships! I have chosen to be a Lord for the day mainly because I couldnt be Princess or Dame I'm just going to look up the legislation but they are not allowed to disciminate in providing goods and service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 The company have irritated me already.... To register you have to put in a title ie Mr, Mrs. They have a huge range of titles but none for same sex relationships! I have chosen to be a Lord for the day mainly because I couldnt be Princess or Dame I'm just going to look up the legislation but they are not allowed to disciminate in providing goods and service Contact them Jaime and let them know...it might be a genuine oversight.. Personally I wouldn't feel that I have to order veg as part of a couple. I just used "Mrs"....... I didn't feel I needed to include Him Indoors in the transaction at all, or even mention it to him, so am honestly puzzled as to why they have to go beyond Mr, Mrs, Ms and perhaps Dr or Rev. Titles are a bit pompous and frankly using army rank in non army circles is considered the behaviour of a cad and a bounder. If you like the look of their stuff, just order as Mr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Personally I use just my first name if I can get away with it but use Miss if required as I am not (officially) married. (Don't care if they think I am an old spinster when I tick the age bracket 40-50) My friends Corri and Suz have never worried about being 'Miss' and my former bosses were both 'Mr'. Is there a prefix, or whatever it is called, for someone who is in a civil partnership? Or a same sex relationship? Should there be one? Those of us 'living in sin' don't seem to be too worried that we don't have something to describe our 'status' - but perhaps it is important to you Jaime? Sorry, just asking out of interest really. Something that I had not really thought about before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Surely you're still Mr or Mister whatever your relationship. You would both just be Mr. Though I am liking Lord (though that would work in the same way) I don't think you can blame the company as I don't know if there really is any alternative I was asking DH which we should order when nhe pointed out to the [rather slow] that we've grown all our summer veg so don't need to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted May 19, 2007 Author Share Posted May 19, 2007 The irritation was mainly that I HAD to choose a title and ordinarily I would have just put my name. But there was every combination of M/F ie Mr & Mrs, Lord and Lady, Mr & Ms, Mr and Miss, Rev & Mrs, etc etc. Who orders their £7.50 box of veg in the Name of Lord and Lady Effingham-all. I have done a very polite email advising them of their Faux-Pas. There isn't a same sex partnership equivalent to Mr & Mrs. My understanding is that most people maintain their own surname - you have to change by deed-poll unlike when you get married. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I'm assuming you can order as an individual I would hate to order as Mr and Mrs Especially as we ARE Lord and Lady Effingham-All Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I'm assuming you can order as an individual I ordered as Mrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Who orders their £7.50 box of veg in the Name of Lord and Lady Effingham-all. Actually Jaime, I live next door to a wonderful Lord and Lady: Michael, Lord of Ancram, Ninth Earl of Lothian and Lady Jane. (Daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk)... and they order weekly veggie boxes. . They are the nicest people you could ever meet, despite being stinking rich and privileged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OH Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 We brought my Mum a Sky satellite package so that she have a more varired selection of television to watch on those long cold lonely winter nights, she also happens to support Manchester United, but let's not go there. During the ordering process the nice people at Sky asked what my mother's title was, so I replied without hesitation that she is a Baroness! My mum was thrilled to bits, but found it hard to explain to the satellite fitter why she had fallen on such hard times! At the end of the day, there are more important things in life to worry about. Like, will "Ooops, word censored!"nal ever win the football league again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Him Indoors used to have a colleague who was a Lord. A very nice down to earth chap who had brains and had achieved a professional qualification and earned his own living. The fact that he was a lord came to light by accident ...he had never mentioned it.....he left his chequebook lying around and it said Lord .....of ......where yours and mine would say Mr or Mrs ....... He was very embarrassed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Oh for goodness sake! When will the insanity end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Christian, I am really sorry, but I don't think the veg company has an option for "Baron". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Can't comment on Riverswale but can comment on Riverford who we have been using for very many years and never been dissapointed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Ever since Aubergines arrived in this country, I have found them rude and snippy. Now they are so not pc!!! I'm outraged jaime! Don't get me started on the kiwi fruit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OH Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Our veg man has a thing about cumquots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I think I've lost the plot with this thread somewhere - wasn't it a request for vegbox recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I think I've lost the plot with this thread somewhere. Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Christian, I am really sorry, but I don't think the veg company has an option for "Baron". Riverford do, as do abel&cole!!!! I often return home to find a couple of courgettes at my door! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Is there some sort of double entendre thingy going on here that I'm just not getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 seriously though (who me???) I have never used a veg box service as i'm not around all week, but just found out they do one offs or every month etc. Will give it a try soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Nor me... but my Lord and Lady neighbours do. I would find it difficult to cope with whatever they throw at me.. which is what I think most do... There are some veggies which I wouldn't have a clue about. Sorry for the asides.... I was just bemused how an innocent thread about veggie boxes could end up talking about the political correctness of acknowledging same sex relationships on an online order form..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I often return home to find a couple of courgettes at my door! No comment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 (He means me and OH ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Annie - i never thought of you as a courgette before! I always pictured you as more of a fruit than a veg - a strawberry perhaps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 or a gorgeous little cherry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
