Consumer Update

Last Thursday I returned to the dry cleaners for the third time after depositing my laundry. After a lengthy circumnavigation of the rails by the assistant and “Have the laundry contacted me?” my corduroy trousers were found. I am not one for Check a Trade or Tripadvisor. I simply do not return.

Having bought the laptop/tv connection cable Tom the TV man advised it was simple to install, just inset  the jack at the back of the TV into the HDMI port. This was the advice of Woolly Cap in the Apple Shop too.

I duly located the appropriate port at the back of the telly and guessed correctly you needed to alter the HDMI on the source button.

Feeling rather pleased with myself I had a trial run. No picture, but sound.

After 16 attempts I managed to speak to Tom who was in the gym.

He said I had to go to system preferences on my laptop and tick the mirror under ‘Arrangements’. This produced a miniscule logo on both screens and a speck of a cursor. It was like the film Downsizing. My vision not being up to moving the cursor button to the safari logo to double click, I watched the broadcast on my laptop.

I have already said what a nice guy Tom is. I had the distinct impression though he felt I was intruding on his weekend time as he has a young baby. Had he been Polish in a start-up business I believe he would have come round to install it as he lives locally. Not only would he have had a satisfied customer but I would have rewarded him appropriately. I  normally give him bottle of wine and a furry animal from my collection for his baby Tahlia as well as settling his account on the spot.

I have no idea how he voted on Brexit but many did for it out of fear of losing their jobs and work. I fear two things. We will have a drain of our young talent abroad and a return to  the mediocre standards of service of the seventies.