Last week we caught the 7.30am express train to the city. Well, it turned out to be the slow express because of a hold up ahead and each station we came to was overcrowded and an avalanche of people tumbled into our carriage. Then a wonderful thing happened. An anouncement over the P.A. system apologised […]
Very Clever Marketing
Last Friday night we were due to leave Hobart airport to fly back home to Melbourne at 10.00pm. We got a message that our flight would be delayed for two hours because of bad weather in Melbourne. When we finally arrived at Tullamarine airport, 1.30am we were further delayed by 20 minutes before we could […]
Who Is Bill Enquiries?
What’s worse than being poked in the eye with a burnt stick? Trying to communicate with Bill Enquiries. Bill has a very annoying habit of repeating him/herself. He/she kept asking me to press a number on the telephone to help me with my enquiries. Yes, you guessed it. It was an automated voice from a […]
Telemarketus Horribilis
In the past three days a plague of locusts have descended into my ear drum and I’m not happy. I’ve had millions of ‘em, well, over 15 poorly trained locusts who have blundered in uninvited. The locusts I’m talking about are a sub species of humanity called Telemarketus Horribilis. They’re a virulent kind which attack […]
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