. I am sure that many large organisations don't know their corporate posteriors, from their corporate elbows, whether they be British Gas, British Wallycom, banks or even so called regulators. We seem to live in the age of the flow chart, the jobsworth and the risk assessment. I just wonder what kind of twonk thinks up these euphemistic platitudes and do they really believe people will swallow them? Still, when you look at some of the marketing tripe some fall for (I include many manifesto pledges, from all sides, in that but will say no more), perhaps their expectations are not so fanciful.Yet the public love big firms. I have said that a lot of marketing works by mixing that which smells, with stupidity. In these days of much online shopping, there is also the issue of bent search engines, which is why I try to avoid them and if I use them (There is one, very well known one, I will not use), I go beyond the first pages. Before there were such things, I knew where I got certain things and that still applies. I certainly don't find it necessary to live on a smart phone (Which is just as well, as I don't have one). Speaking of "Smart", to what extent is it a euphemism (Perhaps for "Racket") when applied to phones?SteveClem wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 7:01 pm Generally, the bigger the company,the worst the customer service. Small businesses value and care for their customers. When I sold my business to a big FTSE 100 company, I was appalled by their customer service and their care towards our staff.
Couldn’t understand why they paid good money to buy a flourishing business and then tried hard to destroy it.
It was the worst 2 years of my life, trying to keep the business going and look after our people. Eventually I just gave up and resigned.
Subsequently the big company has struggled and dropped out of the top rank.
. Drivers sometimes become unwell at the wheel, and cars DO sometimes break down still. Yes, modern cars are generally more reliable and we use the hard shoulder less often but there is still a need for it. Often I see emergency vehicles using it when the motorway traffic comes to a halt......Which is why I said "when it becomes the norm". My wife's 2 year old Nissan has it as does my son's 3 year old Skoda, therefore I think it is coming more quickly than we think.ManyMinors wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 2:33 pm How many of us do you imagine drive cars with "automatic braking" though
If this is what is being referred to then I've got it in my Honda Jazz! Allegedly - because I've never actually put it to the test - the car is supposed to brake automatically at low speeds to avoid a rear-end shunt with the car in front. In certain circumstances the car does bleep and a warning light flashes if it thinks I'm approaching the car in front too quickly but as for actually applying the brakes that's something I like to be in charge of...…... with my right foot.What’s automatic braking? Sounds dangerous !
? I suppose there would still be an outlet for vanity, in that a BMW SUV taxi would cost more to rent than a Fiat 500 type of thing.
Inside Out North West: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dnb7
Very much so.leafie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:41 pm Will be interesting to see how many "incidents " are down to drivers completely ignoring the red X lane closed sign on the gantry even though it is illegal to ignore it. My experience is that countless drivers just carry on down the closed lane and nothing seems to be done.
), were roundabouts (Just seemed all wrong) and I had to watch, if I did a three point turn, that I didn't take to the left.