I do not enjoy shopping.
Okay this is not entirely true. I quite like shopping online.
Shopping online is perfect because I can spend money while sitting in my favourite chair, in my favourite room while watching my favourite TV show. Also everything is delivered to you. What could be better?
Actual shopping in a store is horrible. You have to trawl through the racks to find the right item in the correct size. Inevitably, the size you want, is the very size that is not longer there. Or the colour or style.
If you are lucky enough to find what you want, there are dressing rooms to tackle, crowds to manoeuvre around and the long wait at the checkout.
Today, with LOML (Love of my Life) in tow, I went to a very well known variety store. This store advertises widely that you 'get more. pay less'. I'm sure you know who it is.
Arriving at the store today there were signs everywhere saying '$10 off ... when you spend $60 or more on clothing, sleepwear, underwear, footwear and accessories for the whole family'.
Cool, I thought. I was there to buy footwear and clothing and $10 off is always welcome.
We spent far more than the required $60 and expected to see the $10 off at checkout ..... but NO!!
First condition was (in the smallest print possible) that the discount was not applicable to the 'essentials' line. Okay. Still expecting the $10 off, we were told that the other $150 worth of shoes and clothing we had chosen already had discount applied to them and therefore were not eligible for more discount.
When I questioned where this discount was marked on the tags or docket, I was told that the discount was 'built into' the price. WTF!
No amount of talking could convince the store representatives that this was ridiculous. We left, with our shopping, but no discount.
Be very wary folks. Stores can put up all the signs they like about discount, but when it comes to applying this at checkout time, they have ways and means to avoid giving you any discount at all.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Manners
Many things have changed since I was young, but none more than the etiquette of invitations and replies.
If we received an invitation to an event, we replied. We replied as soon as we possibly could. We checked our calendars and commitments and then either said we would be there or not.
When the date arrived, we turned up (more or less on time) and usually had a great time.
I have discovered that these days, when an invitation is received there are apparently some new options.
Thankfully, some people stick to the old rules. They check, they reply, they attend and they hopefully have a great time.
Others choose the newer options. They either do not reply at all or they reply, accept and then do not bother to turn up to the event.
What is this?
It is a reasonable expectation to attend an event and find food and drinks available and yet people do not seem to take into account the work and expense this catering incurs. If you are hosting an event, you want all your guests to have the best time possible. That includes ensuring no-one goes home hungry or thirsty. This is hard to do if you have no idea of numbers.
Conversely, over catering wastes time and money. Both scenarios are frustrating.
I know times change. Invitations have become less formal but surely some common courtesies could continue. Even if only for the practical reasons of planning.
If we received an invitation to an event, we replied. We replied as soon as we possibly could. We checked our calendars and commitments and then either said we would be there or not.
When the date arrived, we turned up (more or less on time) and usually had a great time.
I have discovered that these days, when an invitation is received there are apparently some new options.
Thankfully, some people stick to the old rules. They check, they reply, they attend and they hopefully have a great time.
Others choose the newer options. They either do not reply at all or they reply, accept and then do not bother to turn up to the event.
What is this?
It is a reasonable expectation to attend an event and find food and drinks available and yet people do not seem to take into account the work and expense this catering incurs. If you are hosting an event, you want all your guests to have the best time possible. That includes ensuring no-one goes home hungry or thirsty. This is hard to do if you have no idea of numbers.
Conversely, over catering wastes time and money. Both scenarios are frustrating.
I know times change. Invitations have become less formal but surely some common courtesies could continue. Even if only for the practical reasons of planning.
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