Room 101

[Al ears]

The ridiculously OTT reporting of the Heathrow power cut. I could understand if there was major disaster there but, it’s just a large number of people inconvenienced and, a substation in need of repair. There has been no suggestion, so far, of any terrorist action so, not even that excuse for the excessive reporting.

Anything that, in itself, can disable one of the busiest airports in the world is bound to attract attention.
I find it difficult to believe their "back up" isn't able to power the whole airport
And they want another runway??

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

'Loyalty' schemes. I'm a member of a few, and they all seem to have taken turns for the worse in their terms.

Shell's money off seems scarcely worth having, and expires far more quickly than it used to.

Tesco's clubcard points used to arrive by post (then email), now you have to check for them periodically, convert points into vouchers, make an electronic copy to get the reference numbers and then apply them individually. They used to just sit there waiting for you to check out and tick the boxes. Making it a pain to access your 'rewards' says a lot, I think. Hadn't been arsed to look at this for ages, and it amounted to £85 quid. So just let me have it without the faff. I know you'd rather I forgot about it and you didn't have to give me money off...