topic Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017! in Welcome & News

Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Marjo — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:50:19 GMT

Hello everyone, happy Friday!

How has this year gone by so fast?

2018 is almost here so we wanted to say a huge thank you to all of you, from everyone in the Community Team, for all your help and support over the past year. We have very much enjoyed being here on the forum with you all and are looking forward to it in 2018 too.

To celebrate these great achievements from all of you added together, which are worth highlighting and being proud of, we are happy to confirm that we got 20 O2-themed hoodies to give away!!

If you'd like one (or if you don't, we still love to see you posting!), please reply in this topic to the question below. We will choose 20 quotes to receive a hoodie as a thank you for being part of our community.

--> UPDATE: The competition element for this topic has now closed. Thanks all for your participation.

We have the winners for the 20 hoodies!

See the list below, and if you find yourself on it, please send me a Private Message with your address (with your size if you haven't mentioned it yet) so we can send you the hoodie.

Winners:

What has been the best thing for you about being part of the O2 community?

(Also, please include a hoodie size in your reply, or if you'd prefer, PM me with it - this will help with preparing the hoodies quicker).

Happy New Year everyone!

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

MI5 — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 11:28:04 GMT

For me the best thing is the spirit of the community and how we all support each other and customers with the problems they face.
Even though we aren't customer service, we do fill a void and we can deflect a lot of the calls that CS would get, thus supporting the O2 family in its entirety.
PS. I'll need the largest hoodie you've got

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

pgn — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:01:30 GMT

The best thing from my perspective has been being able to get on the inside track of things happening with the company I use as my mobile service provider of choice. A lot of very knowledgeable people in the Community all help to keep me "in the know", and between the rails generally. Thank you all.

(and the chance to win a Large hoodie, too ;P)

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Cleoriff — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 11:54:22 GMT

For me it's simply being here. helping a few people and loving the banter and rapport with members. More importantly, it's continually learning new stuff.

PS I don't need a hoodie. (Still got the last one )

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

MercedesS — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:19:34 GMT

You all have made the year 2017 so wonderful for me... I cannot thank you enough for bringing me so much. You guys are

I wish you all a very happy new year

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:15:09 GMT

For me it’s being involved with a community spirit & giving my helpful knowledge of what I enjoy & trying to help where I can. I have also made many friends over the time I have been in the community & seen many new developments

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Wa10 — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:22:08 GMT

Happy New Year everybody!

The community spirit here is fantastic, something which is sorely lacking in so many online communities. Even in the face of adversity (and there's been a fair bit of that over the past 12 months!) everybody has each other's backs, always happy to lend a helping hand and offer words of encouragement. It's an amazing place, and makes me proud to be part of the community and the wider O2 family.

For me 2017 has been an absolute cracker of a year - coming after a run that was not so great, it's been the year where I've really rediscovered myself and my love for life.

If there's a hoody available, I'd be an XL or an XXL please (probably the latter after Christmas overindulgence )

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:37:19 GMT

For me it's being part of a community where I can ask tech questions & make friends

Like @Cleoriff I have & wear my previous O2 hoodie, thank you

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

gmarkj — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:21:05 GMT

This is a great place to provide or receive help without judgement on what you know or who you are.
Being able to help others provides a nice feeling, be that through a reply or a guide.
Plus some of the off topic posts are hilarious. Others a little disturbing. I mean, who has a whole wardrobe of Christmas jumpers/outfits?

For me, either an XL or XXL i believe...

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

jonsie — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 01:58:13 GMT

I don't want to dwell on this and as you all know it's been a horrendous traumatic year which I will be glad to see the back of. Eleven months of it was spent in hospital and I was absent for a couple of months but I was able to read the messages wishing me well and giving me much needed support.

To me this is what a community is all about and I have some good friends that I've met on here. Apart from that particular thread to which I'm referring there are a number who have kept in contact throughout the year by private messages both here and H4M.

Two particular community members are partly responsible for me being alive and I give my everlasting gratitude. They know who they are but I'm giving them a mention, hopefully not embarrassing them but just so that the community knows how it can bring people together and to become good friends. So, @Cleoriff@@Anonymous thank you so much for your continuing support despite your own circumstances. Another personal friend who I've met up with a number of times and who came to stay with me for a week that I'm going to mention is a member known to many @perksie who no longer posts due to ill health. He even made the trip from Yorkshire to come and cheer me up in hospital and wheel me to the pub. Thank you my friend and I hope 2018 is a better year for all three.

This is the way a community works. There are so many good people on here, too many to mention. Some recent new members have become welcome regulars here too.

Unfortunately next year is going to be even harder for me. I've not seen my wife for 7 months and despite daily communication and regular video calls, I'm hurting all the more because it could be months before I'm well enough to get back home to Thailand and just hold her. I was discharged from hospital three days before Christmas and moved into a home that I had never seen, in a strange little village where I know only my son. So yes it's going to be tough. I am getting help from the necessary services but I'm telling you all this because this community has been a tremendous help to me over the years but particularly this year.

Thank you to admin too for your personal messages of support and I wish them and each and every community member a very happy New Year and may 2018 bring you health, wealth and happiness.

Edit to add if I'm lucky enough then I'm a L (I'm only medium at the moment but everyone is trying to fatten me up...with much to my disgust, a little success!)

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Glory1 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 20:14:39 GMT

Being a member of this Community has introduced me to many new friends I have enjoyed 'bantering' with and from whom I've learned a great deal. Being able to help others where I can making me feel a part of this Community even more. And learning about new tech, new phones and just learning in general. No question I've ever raised has been thought to be stupid and has always been answered. Thank you all for making me feel so welcome, for the laughter, for the help when I needed it and for making 2017 a happy year for me in spite of the horror all around. A hoodie size XL please.

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Cleoriff — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 20:55:26 GMT

@Glory1Someone (@Bambino) told me when I first started here

"The only stupid question is the one you don't ask'. I have never forgotten that at all

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

welshsteve76 — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:23:45 GMT

The best part of the O2 community is the helpful and friendly nature of the people that frequent it, unlike a lot of other forums on the internet where people can be rude or insulting just becase you ask a question they see as easy. I have never found that with this community and it has helped me solve problems on a number of occasions, all with no fuss at all. Everyone is just nice, friendly and helpful. We all also have quite a laugh with each other in a light hearted manner, which is really nice in these stressful times. Beats the likes of facebook and twitter hands down (both of which I don't do btw).

If I am lucky enough to win I would need a medium hoodie BTW

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

PhoneChanger — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:22:51 GMT

The best think about being part of the O2 Community, is just that, the sense of being part of a community, people who want to help, support and advise other customers on anything from phones and tablets, to coverage, and others (off topic). Reading and creating great reviews and seeing how others feel about the network and changes, and a sense of pride when your answers help others. (would have to be an XL hoodie)

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Martin-O2 — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:20:57 GMT

I love this thread! So many members echoing the same sentiment which I share!

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Marjo — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:45:07 GMT

Hi guys, still time until the 15th Jan to participate in this if you haven't posted yet. I'd love to read more!

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

gindygoo — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:07:20 GMT

What is memorable about this community for me is how I was welcomed into the fold. It makes this place feel like an old favorite jumper that no matter how long has passed in between wearing it, it's always just as comfy.

I can pop in here when I'm having a tough time, if I'm looking to chat or if I'm feeling helpful and see a question asked that I know the answer to, I can try to help other's who are stuck.

Recently when my old Dad died I got lots of support on these boards, it was both supportive and heart warming. I'll always be grateful for that.

All in all, O2 community rocks!! 🙌

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

LauraMc1987 — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:28:39 GMT

To me the best part of the community is all the support. Everyone brings something different to the table and if you post you always find someone with the best knowledge to help you out. I love all the different personalities and the fact you end up chatting to people that you would never end up meeting in day to day life.

Happy New Year folks...I hope 2018 is a good one!!

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Bydandie — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:30:18 GMT

For me, it’s all about open and honest debate. There will always be people who are unhappy, but it’s about the community pulling together to conduct an honest appraisals of the situation to allow people to decide on their course of action.

I’m an XL if you’re handing a hoodie out!

Re: Happy New Year and Thank You for 2017!

Frogger — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:34:35 GMT

I enjoy being part of the community to keep on top of new ideas and developments. I learn so much from other members and I simply have to share that knowledge otherwise my brain would overflow.

(P.S. I'm a large size 🙂