The ultimate test of customer service is how you deal with problems
My holiday in the sunny Dordogne is by now a distant memory.
Well, almost.
You see when I got back from France, I had a surprise. A nasty one. The car-hire charges came in at double what I was expecting.
It’s not the first time [...]
Why doing nothing is easier than doing something
Are you throwing money away? I am. For months now, I’ve known that I could get cheaper broadband.
In these trying economic times, every penny counts – and we’re talking about pounds here. I know I could do it, and that I should do it. So why [...]
Find it, position it, sell it
Last year, somebody sent me flowers for my birthday. It was a lovely gesture, but it’s not the flowers that stick in my mind. Instead, it was the way they were delivered.
Not by a surly, shaven-headed driver in a white van. But by a fresh-faced young guy with [...]
Whatever happened to WYSIWYP?
I was on holiday last week. And it’s left a little bit of a bad taste in the mouth.
No, not the croissants, pains au chocolat, brioches and and foie gras. They all went down a treat.
The aftertaste I can feel rising in my gorge is the bitter tang of misleading pricing.
That’s right. I [...]