At the gym today, they had a large screen television in the lobby. It was playing an advertisement for some fancy flexing and bowing gym equipment so people can exercise at home. If you exercise at home, I guess you wouldn’t need your gym membership anymore.
While shopping in a dollar type store recently with my creative daughter who was seeking art supplies, the store was playing a local radio station over the speakers, perhaps to keep parents entertained. The radio talk show announcer said that you had to be careful shopping in dollar type stores. The talk show mentioned specifically that we shouldn’t buy baby toys or dog food because we couldn’t be guaranteed about the quality of certain ingredients.
The gas jockey asked me (again) if he can check my oil. Actually, he can’t. There’s no dipstick. You have to push a button on the car’s computer. And, by the way, the oil is synthetic and lasts 24,000 km or about one year. However, I sure use a lot of windshield washer fluid. It would be nice if someone offered to top that up once in a while.
A salesperson sent me a technical report as a preliminary sales pitch. Since I couldn’t interpret the report, there was no sale. I wonder how many professionals, including lawyers, accountants and consultants, send technical information to their clients while failing to realize that it is the professional’s role to interpret the information and educate the client about their options and actions.
Hmmm…
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