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How does that happen…?
Every week I do a big shop with Sainsbury’s and have it delivered - my kids think I am super lazy because there is actually a rather large Sainsbury’s across the road I can see from my bedroom window! I hate shopping. I hate the rude, inconsiderate people that always seem to be out when I am so shopping online suits me down to the ground. I love it. When it all goes smoothly that is.
It seems to me that Sainsbury’s employ a bunch of half wits who have trouble reading and can’t work out when you purchase three items because you want three items or it says it’s for the combined cost of £10 but substitute it with ONE of something similar that has no offer! Also, it’s very strange that when you purchase a brand name it is conveniently not available and you have to have their brand instead. Their own brand stuff naturally shows up if you do a generic search for say sugar but I found out quite by accident that if I searched for a branded sugar it was actually cheaper for the same amount. So be a bit more savvy when you’re doing your shopping, it can pay off if you look properly.
The other niggling thing that seems to happen more and more often is the changing of the weights of things rather than the price. I have always bought meat by weight due to have six children, five of which are boys who love their meat, so I need to know they are going to have enough but it was on one occasion I was cooking pasta and everyone was complaining that there was hardly any meat. I said it was the same as I had always bought 1kg so went to check the packaging in the bin and low and behold there was only 700g in it. I discovered this quite a while ago but it’s something that is happening all the time in all sorts of things. If you notice on their adverts now, they have the small print saying ‘price perception’ - just a nicer way to say we are really robbing you but you think you’re getting a good deal!!
And speaking of robbing you… this is a photo of my receipt that came with my shopping today. The fifth item down is for some eggs, which happened to be a substitute of higher value. I ordered one box and got one box except my bill says11 boxes @ £32.89. I never used to look at my receipts until one week I thought I had bought something but it wasn’t in the cupboard since that time I have made a point of checking the receipt and pretty much every week there is something missing so I always do a cursory glance to check and a good job I do too! Can you imagine the amount of people that don’t check their receipts and shopping, especially if someone else unpacks the stuff - you’d be totally unaware. However, this seems like a strange mistake to make bearing in mind they scan the prices - who would do that 11 times unknowingly? I know they can enter quantities in on the til but they have to go through a number of screens first to prevent, I assume this happening which leads me to believe this was a scam. The delivery guy was perplexed and the advisor at the call centre couldn’t believe it either. Therefore people, I suggest you check your receipt, check your shopping, check the prices because someone out there is hoping you don’t.
Live well for less my arse!
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Went to see Mr Big on Tuesday (20 September) and this is my signed poster and tickets that I have framed from the last time I saw them in 2009. I love this band! :o)
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Some people give pleasure walking into a room, other’s by walking out…
My mum - no idea where she got it from but she had loads of wise words!
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Don’t wanna go out don’t know who I’ll meet
Don’t wanna breathe that filthy air on the street
Don’t make me burn ‘neath that hole in the sky
I’m too scared to live and I’m too young to die
Don’t get the door it’s the man from the bank
He wants my house but I won’t give it back
Here comes the vultures as I’m starting to try
I’m too scared to live but I’m too broke to die
Stop smoking, stop drinking
It’s not even safe no more … sleeping with women
I gave up driving I thought I might crash
And I can’t go private cos I ain’t got the cash
Expensive business this keeping your health
That’s why I’m too scared to live cos I ain’t got the wealth
Stop whinging, stop moaning
But it’s hard enjoying life, when I can’t do nothing
(SOLO)
Can’t drink the water can’t swim in the sea
And my television’s too corrupting for me
Then someone told me it’s wrong eating meat
I’m too scared to live and now I’m too scared to eat
I’m so depressed just can’t take it no more
I don’t know what I’m even living for
One thing that keeps me from a suicide
I’m too scared to live but I’m too scared to die
Keep trying, keep fighting
That’s easy for you to say, but I feel like crying -
I’m not a fan of…
… labels and titles which probably all started when I worked for 21 years with local government and the civil service. I started my working life as an audio typist. Over the years sitting in the same seat I became a word processor operator, then an admin assistant, admin officer, team leader and IT liaison officer. Many a colleague took pride in their newly acquired, more prestigious titles but at no time in that long procession of titles did our salaries ever go up except by the usual annual increments so I came to the conclusion they can call me what they like, it never changed the fact that I was a typist!
This is one of the reasons why I dislike the word entrepreneur. It’s another way to make something very dull and boring sound interesting and more important. According to the dictionary, the word was borrowed from the French language and means ‘one who undertakes or manages’ from the old French ‘entreprendre’ which means simply to ‘undertake’. The word came across the English Channel in the late 15th century but didn’t stick around it would seem as we weren’t that poncy then! Fast forward to the 22nd century and every Joe Bloggs is an ‘Entrepreneur’! :o)
I’m not one for fancy talk. I like things to be said plainly and clearly, that way there can be no confusion (another reason why I dislike text speak, unnecessary abbreviations and slang but that’s a whole other kettle of fish!)
I mean really, what does ‘entrepreneur’ conjure up in your mind when you hear it? Someone with a business that is successful in a smart suit sitting in a plush office like Peter Jones or Alan Sugar - some one that has made it? Or the bloke sitting at the kitchen table trying to make his millions with last night’s washing up in the sink because his wife is a ‘mumpreneur’ and didn’t have time to stack the dishwasher before she put the kids to bed so she could get on with her business?
The fact is, it means someone, anyone risking business on their own trying and hopefully succeeding, to make a profit - isn’t that what ALL business try to do? That’s how it goes - that’s life. If using a more decorative term makes someone feel better by all means go ahead and use it but to me it serves no purpose. There is far too much glossing over going on in all aspects of our lives, no one wants to see the cracks and no one want to be who they are under it all either.
A pig’s ear doth not a silk purse make - It is what it is…
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PatBlogahan.com: I Figured It Out -OR- Huh?
Years ago I had a great therapist. Her name is Judi. She is a really special person and she was the start of a large transformation for me. I am forever indebted to her. I should call her more often to thank her and give her my love. Anyway, I mention her because I’ve been wondering why people…
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Jaynee: R.I.P Amy Winehouse
On Saturday 23rd July 2011, the world lost a musical legend - Amy Winehouse. I was at The BRIT School on that very same day along with hundreds of other graduates of the prestigious school who were there in celebration of 20 years of the BRIT school. The Obie Theatre was filled with young aspiring…
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The secret of happiness is not found in seeking more but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
Socrates
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Meet JAYNEE, good friend of Vanessa White from The Saturdays. This is her debut single ‘You Ain’t Got Me’ - available on iTunes and Amazon - NOW!! http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/you-aint-got-me-single/id445122012
Listen to it once and have the catchy chorus stuck in your head all day - she will get you!
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A customer wanted her babies hair enclosed in this double sided locket. It was really difficult to get the hair in but I managed it in the end! Photo was printed on waterproof paper as it was not possible to seal the frame with the hair in. It turned out really well and the customer loved it!
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