Category Archives: Consumer rights
Soap Wars: The Catholics Strike Back
When it comes to using moral outrage to help shift a few units, local newspapers can be every bit as shrewd as national counterparts like the Daily Mail and Daily Express. But this story isn’t about just any moral outrage; … Continue reading
Filed under Consumer rights, Getting oneself in the paper, Moral outrage
One man and his (fetid) dog
Today in the region: heartless bastards strike again. Basildon Echo, 4 November 2009: Guide dog Hamish is ‘too smelly’ for Rose cafe By Max Orbach A BLIND pensioner is furious after his guide dog was refused entry to a cafe … Continue reading
Filed under Consumer rights, Heartless bastards, Upstanding locals
Hatful of Sorrow
Imagine the scene: it’s Christmas Eve and you’ve had a frantic day of last-minute Christmas shopping and pram-dodging out in the freezing cold streets. At the end of it all, you’re gasping for a pint. You walk into a pub … Continue reading
Word count: 652. Topic: custard.
It must have been a slow news day in the seaside town of Whitstable, Kent, when the local paper decided to run with the story of a woman who wanted to buy custard, couldn’t find any, eventually found some, but … Continue reading
Filed under Consumer rights, Getting oneself in the paper
