Sales assistants in shops seem to fall into two broad categories.They're either incredibly pushy ie. as soon as you walk in the door and before you've even had a chance to look at anything they're right beside you trying to "help" you.Or you have the complete opposite extreme that ignores you entirely. You know the type, they're too "busy" chatting with other staff to bother … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – Being Ignored In Shops
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More Inane Junk From IEDR
Either the IEDR believes its own PR or the PR company it uses are clueless.I'm not sure which one it is.In any case they've pushed out yet another one of those "look at how wonderful we are" type press releases. You know the type. A few facts padded by loads of waffle with pretty much no substance.Read about it over on my domain blog.And while talking about the IEDR Tom was … [Read more...] about More Inane Junk From IEDR
Rant – BF2142 + Windows = Painful
I don't use Windows that often. Generally speaking I use Windows in the office via Parallels Desktop to access one specific bit of software or when I remote desktop into a server on the LAN to bludgeon more rules into my Exchange profile.This afternoon I decided that a game of Battlefield 2142 would be a good idea, as killing random players on a multiplayer server is good … [Read more...] about Rant – BF2142 + Windows = Painful
Pet Hates – Emails With No Subject
Maybe some people only get a couple of emails a day... I know I don't.If you don't put a subject to your email I cannot know what it's about without opening it.This wastes my time and yours.A meaningful subject line means that I can prioritise the email, find it later or simply pass it onto the correct person.How hard can it be?Seriously … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – Emails With No Subject
Mac Keyboard Frustration
Image via WikipediaWhile I love my Mac there are some things that drive me mad.Where the hell is the hash (#) key?It's ALT+3 on my keyboard, but you'd have to be a genius to work that one out by yourselfAt least the tilde (~) is on the keyboard, unlike a standard Italian PC keyboard which seems to have it hidden from view for some inane reason. … [Read more...] about Mac Keyboard Frustration