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The Invasive Technology & Retail Powers Act 2013
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Originally posted by french frank View PostIt wasn't a picture of a man holding a 'spy' shoe, was it?
But how did you know?
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Originally posted by Padraig View PostIt was a smart phone, ff.
But how did you know?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by Padraig View PostIt was a smart phone, ff.
But how did you know?
http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=h...d=0CJABEP4dMA0
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Originally posted by ahinton View PostAh! Mystery solved at last!
Tired but happy they retraced their steps, one of them hanging his head in shame and slyly hoping to redeem himself by producing a diverting little jewel he had discovered along the way.
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Originally posted by Padraig View PostThanks to ff.
Tired but happy they retraced their steps, one of them hanging his head in shame and slyly hoping to redeem himself by producing a diverting little jewel he had discovered along the way.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23682568It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Interesting to read the responses to my starting point on here, if a little disappointed at the lack of enthusiasm for my proposal.
No, this was not a spoof thread as has been suggested, but something I feel is genuinely required. Indeed the City of London were suitably alarmed at a public backlash that they have suspended the trialling of these devices.
Some responses were of the view that these are situations that cannot be legislated for. Well, everything can be legislated for. It's just a question of the parliamentary will. I'm sure there were those who said that it would be impossible to implement a Clean Air Act ('56 & '68) or a drink-drive limit (Road Safety Acy 1967), or to police the rogue timeshare industry. Well, each of these things came to pass in time.
I thought the notion of what I've styled as 'cash cow Britain' might have struck more of a chord, but perhaps that is naieve given that the British consumer is apparently a most passive, even subservient beast. For example, we have all of us been party to the death of the British high street, though that is another discussion for another time.
Elsewhere, there were suggestions of Victor Meldrewism and balaclava. Well, I've put myself up for that kind of ribbing and yes, I do have my fair share of 'I don't believe it' moments, but I just think it is shocking and unnerving that as citizens we are so manipulated and controlled in a growing number of ways; but still, I will march on banging my drum and hoping for the return of winter when this blasted balaclava may become a bit more comfortable!
SHB
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Originally posted by Stillhomewardbound View PostInteresting to read the responses to my starting point on here, if a little disappointed at the lack of enthusiasm for my proposal.
No, this was not a spoof thread as has been suggested, but something I feel is genuinely required. SHB
I must say though, that I confused your thread with another, so I apologise to the author of that thread too.
A spoof thread is not per se inferior imo to other more serious discussions, so by describing yours as such, I did not think I was being disrespectful. But, of course, once the mistake was made........
Sorry, SHB. No offence intended.
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Originally posted by Stillhomewardbound View PostA sub-section of this act could make provisions for the phenomenon of late which I would describe as 'Retail Interrogation'. I mean, the manner in which shop staff are drilled in the art of retail insinuation (and occasionally shaming) for the purposes of maximising the spend of each customer. A trend that is now applied so uniformly across the retail sector that from M&S to Selfridges, or Sainsbury's to Tesco's, Boots to Superdrug, the experience for the customer at the till will invariably follow these lines:
Did you find what you were looking for today?
Only the one item, is it?
Would you like a bag?
[Upsell] Would you like another one? You'll get it half price.
Do you have our points card?
Would you like our points card?
Is there anything else?
It's when you see these questions applied so mandatorily (and they are for the staff) that you realise that there is a kind of malign conspiracy at play, and such as you need not be taken for innocuous staff pleasantries.
Ditto Waitrose loyalty card. If we didn't have this then we would not have been one of the minority who were given a 10% discount card valid for a month.
I do feel sorry for the staff in banks trying to cross-sell/up-sell. It is clear that they don't want to do it but nevertheless are still made to do it by their management. Again, a polite 'no thank you' and a smile is all it takes.
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