Another quick batch of stuff that I can’t help commenting on:
1. An E.coli outbreak in Wrexham that has left a woman and a three year old girl seriously ill has been traced to one particular fish and chip shop. And it turns out that this establishment had “poor hygiene conditions and major non-compliance with food legislation” in a Council inspection a year ago.
Which rather begs the question, why was it allowed to stay open? Why was it only recommended for annual checks, rather than being immediately shut down and not allowed to re-open until all problems had been addressed?
2. An American woman is suing her college because she has been unable to find work since graduating. She says they didn’t give her enough career development advice.
It may be just me, but haven’t the college completed their obligation by giving her the education she paid for? She graduated – a bachelor’s in information technology – so surely they’d done their bit? Isn’t the rest up to her?
Of course, the fact that she’s suing them has nothing to do with the fact that she’s got $70,000 of student loans to repay.
3. Apparently, UK consumers are being tricked into buying shoddy goods, by fake UK websites – according to a report by Trading Standards. It seems that a number of websites that end in .co.uk are not, in fact, based in the UK but China and rather than selling real merchandise, they sell cheap knock-off rubbish. UK consumers are, according to Trading Standards, being lulled into a false sense of security by the .co.uk suffix and think they are dealing with a British company.
Which just goes to show what a bunch of idiots UK shoppers can be sometimes. If you can’t be bothered to take some elementary precautions when shopping online – like finding out who you’re buying from – then you deserve everything you get. And let’s face it, these sites are only popular because they’re cheap – if the consumer wasn’t trying to get something for nothing, then we wouldn’t even be talking about this. Let’s be clear – these people got what they paid for.
I said it recently but I’ll say it again – it’s the internet; have some common sense.
