I read Simon Hoggart's Saturday Diary column most weeks, I particularly enjoy the 'labels & signs' reader contributions. In the age of UGC & social media sharing it feels rather quaint in a newspaper column (admittedly read on my tablet).
I read Simon Hoggart's Saturday Diary column most weeks, I particularly enjoy the 'labels & signs' reader contributions. In the age of UGC & social media sharing it feels rather quaint in a newspaper column (admittedly read on my tablet).
"Loads of signs, warnings and minatory nonsense this week. Companies continue to treat us like idiots. I fear I have lost the names of the readers who sent in a picture of "Tesco pudding rice. Ideal for rice puddings". And there is the packet of "sketching pencils" from WH Smith, labelled "ideal for sketching". Of course that is not enough; we're told: "During all creative activity we suggest you wear overalls and/or old clothing, and that you cover furnishings and flooring." That's for pencils. What would they recommend for paints? Wetsuits?
Pam Laurance was baffled by a packet of "mini-mansize tissues", but not as baffled as Tina McKay was by a recruiting ad in this paper. It was for a product manager for the cut-price company Groupon, which claims to be "owning the strategic roadmap for the goods buying platform". Sounds more like an instruction leaflet for Eddie Stobart drivers."
Michael Winner, David Cameron and the Tories' approach to women
http://gu.com/p/3dbky
http://gu.com/p/3dbky
"Loads of signs, warnings and minatory nonsense this week. Companies continue to treat us like idiots. I fear I have lost the names of the readers who sent in a picture of "Tesco pudding rice. Ideal for rice puddings". And there is the packet of "sketching pencils" from WH Smith, labelled "ideal for sketching". Of course that is not enough; we're told: "During all creative activity we suggest you wear overalls and/or old clothing, and that you cover furnishings and flooring." That's for pencils. What would they recommend for paints? Wetsuits?
Pam Laurance was baffled by a packet of "mini-mansize tissues", but not as baffled as Tina McKay was by a recruiting ad in this paper. It was for a product manager for the cut-price company Groupon, which claims to be "owning the strategic roadmap for the goods buying platform". Sounds more like an instruction leaflet for Eddie Stobart drivers."
Michael Winner, David Cameron and the Tories' approach to women
http://gu.com/p/3dbky
http://gu.com/p/3dbky
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