I’ve been thinking recently that the time has come to buy some new t-shirts.
Actually, I say “thinking”, but I don’t really have any choice.
I’ve got more than one that have holes in them (other than the ones that should be there, you pedants!), and a couple where the threads are coming undone.
Just look:
This is more of an issue than you might think, Continue reading A Dedicated Avoider of Fashion
All this talk of bad customer service, and Mary Portas’ online poll has reminded me of an event that happened a few weeks back. (Btw – no surprise with that poll that John Lewis is near the top, and PC World/Comet near the bottom. Although I am surprised you can’t “add” stores – only pick from their existing list. And the Apple store isn’t in there).
A few weeks ago, I went to The Lanes. This is a non-chain bowling place in Bristol, that my girlfriend and I have been told is much nicer than Bowlplex/Megabowl, and does amazing milkshakes. I’m still not convinced that either of those statements are true. Continue reading The Lanes
Yeah, you heard me.
I’m an avid Twitter-user, and have felt slightly uneasy about uploading loads of photos to Twitpic, Yfrog and Plixi for a while now, but it’s taken me until this long to work out an alternate way. I’ve known it was possible for a while, but having seen Stephen Fry tweeting pictures to his own domain, from inside the Twitter iPhone client, was finally enough of a push to make me investigate it further.
I have just deleted the last photo from the sharing sites mentioned above. I’ve been trialling uploading them here for a few weeks now, and from now on, the photos I tweet from @BenPark will now show up (hopefully complete with associated tweets) at:
Well done me.
(Big thanks to the developers of Tweetpress for making the software that actually makes it work.)
Tonight sees the start of a new tv series where Mary Portas tries to help get the public get better customer service, and show up how crap some businesses are in this area. Which is ironic, given what happened to me this lunchtime.
For a while now, I’ve been working in Bradley Stoke. If you’re looking to take a lunch break around the 30minute mark, there’s not many places you can get to (and back from, obviously) in that sort of time. At the suggestion of my girlfriend, I have taken to going to the library with a book, as this is both free, and seems quite constructive. However, Bradley Stoke library is closed on Wednesdays, so today I thought I’d just go somewhere for a hot chocolate and a muffin. How hard can it be? Continue reading Hot Chocolate and a Muffin
It seems Liz Jones’ article may have been edited by the DailyMail before it went live. I think they made her look bad, so I thought I’d re-edit/improve it for her. Continue reading Liz Jones’ Real Article – Jo Yeates
I hate queuing, but this lunchtime I went to a post office to send two parcels.
It was gone 2pm, and there was probably 10 people in front of me. After 5 minutes of queuing, there was the same number of people on front of me.
As I was planning on taking a 30minute lunch break, this wasn’t going to work.
Google Maps on my iPhone found me another post office, and only 5minutes away. Off I went to Post Office #2.
It, and every store in the area where it was (except a 7-11) was closed.
Right – off to another post office. Continue reading The Post Office – Surely the Slowest Place in the World?
Earlier this week I bought something in Tesco. It had one price on the shelf, and a different one when I got to the checkout. I was in a rush so didn’t bother to query this.
Today I bought a bottle of hair conditioner. £4.48 on the shelf, and when I got to the (self-service) till, it showed £4.58.
I asked the self-service supervisor person, and she told me that due to the VAT increase, and the size of shop, the prices on the shelf might be the pre-VAT-rise price, instead of the post-vat-rise price that the till shows.
She added that if I wanted, I could check this with customer service, but they had a big disclaimer somewhere, so it was all above board, and it’s unlikely I’d get it for the shelf price.
Given everyone knew the VAT was going up, I don’t think this is good enough. The size of the shop is immaterial. Bigger shops have bigger budgets and more staff.
A part of me wonders if this isn’t just a clever way of looking like your prices haven’t gone up, while still putting them up. Most people know the price of milk, but if you buy 20 items, you’re less likely to notice if it comes out £1.50 more.
Is this even legal?
Displaying one price and charging another?
Either way, I’m going to be more vigilant with this. Maybe you should be too.
You’ve seen those videos. Someone goes off to the shops, picks up the latest must-have thing, takes it home, and films themselves opening the box, showing off the accessories, etc.
So I thought I’d have a go.
I can only apologise.
I’m glad to see that after a few promotions, Weetabix have gone back to having my favourite Weetabix picture on the back of their boxes.
It’s like an Art Attack. Neil Buchanon himself could have made it.
…Pretty though.
