tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post6057621654833520267..comments2023-04-09T16:07:39.987+01:00Comments on Wrinkled Weasel's World: Santa cancels due to wrong kind of snowWrinkled Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-54344430613446369102010-12-15T23:59:15.871+00:002010-12-15T23:59:15.871+00:00Twig, indeed, competition works. There is a lack o...Twig, indeed, competition works. There is a lack of will power, that is certain and as your story shows, somebody can make things happen.<br /><br />Ed, I don't think it is unreasonable to expect items ordered at the beginning of December to have arrived by now. As for gifts, they are for my children. I don't give gifts to anyone else and I do it because I think about them and love them. They don't get anything expensive, just little things that I hope will let them know I think about them.<br /><br />Jim, Glasgow seems particularly suseptible to the weather, but I am glad the former First Minister got a taste of reality.<br /><br />Rebel Saint. I had no idea you could email Amazon, so I did some investigating and yes you can. Not that it will do any good.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-32301187810924069632010-12-15T23:33:01.709+00:002010-12-15T23:33:01.709+00:00I reckon you're just pissed off because you le...I reckon you're just pissed off because you left it too late to order. Me too - I'm waiting for stuff promised a week ago. Maybe we should stop the pointless and expensive mutual present-giving? How about donating all those pounds to some worthy cause next year and not wasting them on "hideous tie, so kindly meant" stuff.Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-85794713146470149072010-12-15T22:06:16.075+00:002010-12-15T22:06:16.075+00:00During the last lot of snow one of my customers ca...During the last lot of snow one of my customers called to chase a delivery that hadn't turned up, so we called the carrier to be told by some drongo that it would be impossible to get through to our customers premises because of the snow and ice, and that the delivery would be postponed until after the weekend, agw.<br /><br />We informed the customer only to be told that he had received six deliveries from other carriers that very day.<br /><br />Armed with this information we escalated the problem to our carriers commercial manager and hey presto the impossible suddenly became possible.<br /><br />Competition works.Twighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698620636313191152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-70418468982707727482010-12-15T19:20:49.839+00:002010-12-15T19:20:49.839+00:00Last week I escorted Mrs Jim to Queen St. station ...Last week I escorted Mrs Jim to Queen St. station only to find nearly all trains cancelled and about 400 people waiting for the one she wanted. She decided to go home. First though we had a coffee. Sitting next to us was a face I knew who had also it seemed had not been able to travel. I 'overheard' him say, 'They can't organise anything in this country'. Who was he? Henry McLeish, former Labour Scottish First Minister. I suppose he should know.Jim Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817293012642419524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-46517535579069206032010-12-15T19:09:08.518+00:002010-12-15T19:09:08.518+00:00Me too. Just had an email from Amazon basically sa...Me too. Just had an email from Amazon basically saying "We have no idea where they are. Want a refund?".<br /><br />Though to be fair, this is the 1st time they've let me down in over 6 years.<br /><br />The letter I posted to my wife from Inverness, 1st class, 2 weeks ago, still hasn't arrived. I should have just brought it with me ... it only took me 2 days to get back home!Rebel Sainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932686715016006056noreply@blogger.com