Category: Life

Random thoughts on life

  • Just went to have my watch repaired

    Just went to have my watch repaired

    Just went to have my watch repaired. Handed it over and was told to come back in 20 minutes. Erm, you have my watch?

    @DavidArtiss on Twitter

  • Last weekend I learnt…

    Last weekend I learnt…

    Last weekend I learnt that, in McDonalds, ordering an Oreo “McFluffy” will make the staff laugh at you. Which is probably fair enough.

    @DavidArtiss on Twitter

  • My Wedding Singer Diary – Part 1

    My Wedding Singer Diary – Part 1

    In a few months time I’ll be performing in a show. I own a blog. Why, before now, have I not thought to combine them? Okay, we’re a couple of months into rehearsals, so this first part will be extra long and bring everything up-to-date.

    Okay, The Wedding Singer. One of my favourite films and probably my favourite non-SciFi film. It’s a show I’ve always wanted to do (if you didn’t know already, I regularly perform in local amateur shows) and BMTG (Beeston Musical Theatre Group) are performing it. Actually, I was asked if I would be in it, rather than volunteering myself, which is always nice.

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  • Ah, the irony of Dido Harding

    Ah, the irony of Dido Harding

    There are renewed calls for OpenReach to be split from BT which, I’ll admit, I totally agree with.

    However, when Dido Harding, CEO of TalkTalk, says…

    The reason why I care about this is that my customers are fed up with the fact that the network doesn’t work well enough and they know that they’re not getting the service they deserve.

    …it’s really hard not to choke on anything in your mouth at the time.

    In a Which? report last year of the customer service provided by 100 biggest brands, TalkTalk came third from bottom. That’s not even just ISPs.

    So, Dido Harding, when are your customers going to get the service they deserve?

  • Be afraid America, be afraid…

    Be afraid America, be afraid…

    A victory by Mr. Trump remains quite possible: Mrs. Clinton’s chance of losing is about the same probability that an N.B.A. player will miss a free throw.

    The New York Times