Posted in anger, body, class_warfare, cliques, commerce, dickheads, emotions, employees, industry, loyalty, morality, opinion, organisations, person, politics, rants, services, sleep, society on October 22nd, 2009 2 Comments »
One of the tasks you have to attend to (desultorily) when you move house is changing one’s address with banks, utility companies and now the DVLA. Last night I had just finished addressing envelopes for both licence and car registration, when I heard on the radio that the postal workers’ strike would begin tomorrow viz [...]
As I haven’t written much here recently, my regular readership has probably dwindled to the level where it’s unlikely that anyone will remember, still less care about, our experiences with Ikea. Although they ended on something of a cliffhanger, the whole story is hardly so exciting that any other than the most obsessive fans are [...]
Posted in commerce, consumers, diary, dickheads, efficiency, employees, experience, health, industry, injuries, location, money, near, opinion, person, rants, society, technology, wedding on July 28th, 2009 6 Comments »
We’ve finally spent all of our wedding-gift Ikea vouchers, thank Christ. Not that we weren’t grateful for receiving them in the first place, of course: the final bill was reduced by an order of magnitude, which was a welcome surprise. And not that I don’t on one level like Ikea: the remarkably well laid-out showrooms [...]
Posted in blogs, class_warfare, cliques, commerce, employees, establishment, freedom, industry, journalism, loyalty, media, money, morality, nu-media, person, politics, society, websites on February 4th, 2009 2 Comments »
Late last night I ran out of time and, fearful of the onset of a migraine, didn’t commit this to blog publication. Political bloggers far better than I— especially septicisle—have summarized events better than I might.
Much as feminism is first and foremost about equality and not about misandry, the anger at imported labour at Lindsey [...]
Conversation, reported by K, paraphrased:
A: “I don’t know what it is. I just can’t get a boyfriend.”
B: “What about my mate? He’s quite good-looking. I can set you up if you like.”
A: “… Oh. No. Thanks, but. I mean… I’ve never met him, so there’s no point, is there?”
…
C: “So what do you do?”
A: “I’m [...]
Waitrose, which you’d think would consider itself a cut above, follows Costa Coffee’s lead by requiring all of its checkout staff to follow a script. I noticed that, for my age, I was being asked several times if I needed help packing; recently I’ve determined that the exact formula is:
Sorry to keep you waiting! Would [...]
