Posts Tagged: Rants

Dear Retailers, Contrary to what you seem to think, changing the layout of your store does not result in me buying more. It results in me not finding what I was looking for, and leaving your store without the items I wanted to buy. A lose, lose situation I’m sure you will agree. Love, David… Continue Reading ›

I’ve just watched the first episode of Can’t Read Can’t Write a new documentary series on Channel 4. The series follows a group of adults aged between 21 and 58 that can’t as the title says read or write. I am shocked that a person can be allowed to leave school without even elementary reading… Continue Reading ›

My wife and I were due to take our little girl to see the Terracotta Warriors exhibition at the British Museum tomorrow, but upon checking the museum’s website tonight, we found that the exhibition is closed tomorrow for “security reasons”. Tomorrow is the last day of the exhibition (yes, I know we should have gone… Continue Reading ›

An Open Letter on the Subject of Customer Service Dear readers, customers and company representatives, I am sick and tired of bad service. Not of bad products and goods but of the service that supports those products or is the product itself. I am fed up with you seeing me as an annoyance, as something… Continue Reading ›

I was very sad to read that Walter ‘Wally’ Schirra has passed away. Wally was the only astronaut to fly on the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions and whilst he never walked on the moon his Apollo 7 mission was a vital step towards that incredible achievement. Of the 12 men that walked on… Continue Reading ›

I’ve always fancied visiting Boston but following this weeks events you’ve dropped way down my ‘To Vist’ list as it would seem you are populated by deeply paranoid and not very bright people. Here’s a clue Boston… if a terrorist is going to plant bombs across your city they probably aren’t going to make them… Continue Reading ›