11 February (Part 3) - Bexley council cut off
As noted last month,
Mike Ellsmore, Bexley’s Director of Finance, plans to
retire. I wonder if one of his underlings, Tariq Bashir, is eyeing up the job.
Mr. Bashir is responsible for paying Bexley council’s contract bills, but he
didn’t. The result was that Bexley council’s staff mobile phones did not work
for a couple of days. EE cut them all off for non-payment.
Social Services were unreachable by vulnerable clients. Can’t have done Tariq’s
promotion prospects a lot of good.
Don’t laugh. The last time Bexley council screwed up their communications systems,
someone died.