PK and the pointless Tina Leonard

alastair · 06-01-2011 11:53AM

constitutionus wrote: »

jesus does she ever intend to tell us what these bloody plans ARE or mean or is this section of the show exclusivly for the half the country that already know ?

this is like listening to a fecking physics or applied maths lecture.

Jeez - 'just the facts' and she's damned too. I'd have thought that most people know what plan they're on (pretty much everyone is on 'B').

JonathanAnon · 06-01-2011 11:54AM

Tina: "Well Myles, this is gonna really annoy VHI customers, as it means a big increases in their premiums"....

I got that from the headlines Tina, thanks very much... Not great again from Tina today.. Good advice on using the website that compares the packages from the insurance providers, but she was not able to correct Myles' mistake on the Plan A and Plan B (VHI) supposedly being the "Rolls Royce" packages which I think you would have reasonably expected an "expert" to do....

alastair · 06-01-2011 12:02PM

JonathanAnon wrote: »

... but she was not able to correct Myles' mistake on the Plan A and Plan B (VHI) supposedly being the "Rolls Royce" packages which I think you would have reasonably expected an "expert" to do....

You sure about that? Someone corrected him after all.

constitutionus · 06-01-2011 12:12PM

alastair wrote: »

Jeez - 'just the facts' and she's damned too. I'd have thought that most people know what plan they're on (pretty much everyone is on 'B').

everyone ?

must be news to the half the country that dont HAVE health insurance and might like to know WTF theyre talkling about.

but im sure the light shining out tinas arse has blinded you to such facts.

JonathanAnon · 06-01-2011 12:18PM

alastair wrote: »

You sure about that? Someone corrected him after all.

I'm positive. Myles said it was a texter who informed him, and it was at least five minutes after he had made the initial mistake.. I was actually waiting for Tina to confirm or deny his assertion that VHI Plan A and Plan B were "Rolls Royce" plans when he said it (as Myles himself sounded unsure), but alas Tina stayed silent...

I dont like to keep knocking the girl, but she surely would have been expected to know this basic stuff..

alastair · 06-01-2011 12:21PM

Well, the same light must have blinded you to the requirement of being a VHI customer to give a damn what the plan designators mean. If you're a VHI punter, you'll typically know what your plan is.

alastair · 06-01-2011 12:27PM

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I'm positive. Myles said it was a texter who informed him, and it was at least five minutes after he had made the initial mistake.. I was actually waiting for Tina to confirm or deny his assertion that VHI Plan A and Plan B were "Rolls Royce" plans when he said it (as Myles himself sounded unsure), but alas Tina stayed silent...

I dont like to keep knocking the girl, but she surely would have been expected to know this basic stuff..

I missed the texter bit tbh. It doesn't mean Tina isn't aware which plans are which though - she might just have not being paying attention to Myles at the time. He did say they had landed her with the story at short notice, so her focus could have been on whatever papers she was referring to.

constitutionus · 06-01-2011 12:30PM

and here i thought the national broadcaster had a duty to inform EVERYONE as to whats going on.

not to baffle half the country with gobbldlygook.

you know, on the OFF chance they might actually want to take up insurance for the first time themselves ?

the only discernable fact i took from that interview was theres a 15% increase which we all bloody knew from the start.

mrsdewinter · 06-01-2011 12:31PM

Srsly Alastair... Do you work for Tina?

alastair · 06-01-2011 12:32PM

constitutionus wrote: »

and here i thought the national broadcaster had a duty to inform EVERYONE as to whats going on.

not to baffle half the country with gobbldlygook.

you know, on the OFF chance they might actually want to take up insurance for the first time themselves ?

the only discernable fact i took from that interview was theres a 15% increase which we all bloody knew from the start.

You're not too attentive then, are you? Because the fact that 40% of VHI punters will be paying above that was flagged pretty clearly.

alastair · 06-01-2011 12:33PM

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Srsly Alastair... Do you work for Tina?

Yeah. I'm in the same fictional quango. Thanks for your taxpayer dollars!

constitutionus · 06-01-2011 12:39PM

alastair wrote: »

You're not too attentive then, are you? Because the fact that 40% of VHI punters will be paying above that was flagged pretty clearly.

must have missed that with the appalling interview consisting of mass gobbledygook.

woefull woefull stuff.

Poly · 06-01-2011 02:00PM

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Tina: "Well Myles, this is gonna really annoy VHI customers, as it means a big increases in their premiums"....

Good advice on using the website that compares the packages from the insurance providers,

The only other piece of advice she offered was asking for the VHI corporate plan, she didn't even credit Charlie Weston, the one who made this common knowledge.

alastair · 06-01-2011 02:23PM

Poly wrote: »

The only other piece of advice she offered was asking for the VHI corporate plan, she didn't even credit Charlie Weston, the one who made this common knowledge.

It was Dermot Goode who made this common knowledge - well before Charlie Weston wrote his piece. He's got no copyright to the info, and Tina has covered the same ground before now.

Some of the earliest media coverage of the corporate schemes:
http://www.munster-express.ie/business/money-times/time-for-health-insurance-members-to-fight-back/
http://www.anglocelt.ie/opinion/columnists/articles/2010/01/14/3993977-moneytimes-with-jill-kerby

constitutionus · 06-01-2011 02:35PM

alastair wrote: »

It's as if you over-reached with your claims of 'gobbledygook'. To the point that you're prepared to pass yourself off as barely sentient. That's some trick alright.

thats strange.

cause from my point of view it looks like your just talking out your arse about what "everyone" thinks or knows, without actually realising its just your opinion.

alastair · 06-01-2011 02:42PM

constitutionus wrote: »

thats strange.

cause from my point of view it looks like your just talking out your arse about what "everyone" thinks or knows, without actually realising its just your opinion.

Lets put it this way - you're the only one here who managed to miss the clear info that 15% was the minimum increase for VHI - unless anyone else was so confused by the discussion that they have failed to speak up? So far you're on your own, I'm afraid.

And it's not my 'opinion' that the info was broadcast - it's a matter of fact - a fact that seemingly flew over your head - but one all the same.

constitutionus · 06-01-2011 02:48PM

alastair wrote: »

Lets put it this way - you're the only one here who managed to miss the clear info that 15% was the minimum increase for VHI - unless anyone else was so confused by the discussion that they have failed to speak up? So far you're on your own, I'm afraid.

And it's not my 'opinion' that the info was broadcast - it's a matter of fact - a fact that seemingly flew over your head - but one all the same.

so now "everyone " is now everyone on the thread ?

BIG difference between that and the country alastair, you might want to be more specific when you go off on one about what "everyone " knows .

and you seem to have missed that my statment on your "opinion" was in relation to your staggering ability to speak for the whole country and know everyone is on plan b (despite, once again, half the country being on no plan at all) without any bloody proof at all.

hate to break this to you, but the ONLY person you speak for is yourself.

alastair · 06-01-2011 02:55PM

constitutionus wrote: »

so now "everyone " is now everyone on the thread ?

BIG difference between that and the country alastair, you might want to be more specific when you go off on one about what "everyone " knows .

and you seem to have missed that my statment on your "opinion" was in relation to your staggering ability to speak for the whole country and know everyone is on plan b (despite, once again, half the country being on no plan at all) without any bloody proof at all.

hate to break this to you, but the ONLY person you speak for is yourself.

eh..

the one and only person bringing up 'everyone in the country' would be...

you.

Straw man fail.

constitutionus · 06-01-2011 02:59PM

alastair wrote: »

Jeez - 'just the facts' and she's damned too. I'd have thought that most people know what plan they're on (pretty much everyone is on 'B').

whats this then?

constitutionus · 06-01-2011 03:00PM

alastair wrote: »

Everyone else seems to have managed to comprehend what was said. Strange that.

and this.

alastair · 06-01-2011 03:02PM

constitutionus wrote: »

whats this then?

A reasonable suggestion that VHI punters know what plan they buy. Nothing to do with 'everyone in the country'.

Sorry.

alastair · 06-01-2011 03:04PM

constitutionus wrote: »

and this.

A reference to the issue of you being the only one on this thread to have failed to grasp that 15% was the best news if you're a VHI punter.

Sorry - still nothing about 'everyone in the country'. But keep digging that hole.

constitutionus · 06-01-2011 03:05PM

alastair wrote: »

A reasonable suggestion that VHI punters know what plan they buy. Nothing to do with 'everyone in the country'.

Sorry.

no problem.

guess im just a stickler for wording now thanks to politics.ie.

i forget how much more relaxed it is here.

alastair · 06-01-2011 03:09PM

Nothing to do with being relaxed. Everything to do with not transcribing your own narrative on to what people post.

Bard · 06-01-2011 09:28PM

alastair and constitutionus banned for 3 days for dragging the thread off topic and engaging in a pointless argument on thread.

Thread CLOSED.

PK and the pointless Tina Leonard

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