I don't care for tipping in general, because people's tips are influenced by factors the server can't control, like their appearance or how happy they're able to come across.

My approach is to tip a flat percentage regardless of how good or bad the service is. Thus I prefer service charges for the ...

Guardian article on how customers have reacted or not reacted to the TGJones rebrand of WHSmith's retail operation.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/24/tg-jones-brand-replaced-wh-smith-high-street


The demographics of the customers in that article are a bit telling. News, cards and ...

There's a place near me that sells bubble tea + vapes. The latter feels seedy and has prevented me from ever going in to buy the former. It feels like vapes has taken over from mobile phone unlocking as the preferred sideline.

I always wonder how companies like UPS choose their network of drop-off ...

I don't understand how popular deliveroo/just eat etc are in supermarkets, whenever I'm in Waitrose or Sainsbury's there's often a chorus of ding-dongs from the scanners of the shop staff to no doubt indicate there's a new order for picking

I agree they're overused but I do actually find these ...

I keep seeing people getting these recipe boxes delivered by subscription, probably because I live among lazy people.

As a lazy person myself, I should be the ideal target for this stuff but so far I can't see the appeal. The food always looks kind of bland, like it would be a downgrade from the ...

AmazonFresh (still clinging on for now?) have doors on their alcohol sections too, but I think that's so they can do their age verification.


I went into the Canary Wharf branch last week, intending to impress a friend with it before their demise.

Except they have torn out one of the entrance ...

MacOS is definitely not perfect, but it’s a lot less noisy. I’m still running an M1 16” Macbook pro and it’s still smooth, battery life amazing and no crapware. It’s not for everyone, but it’s considerably more polished than the open source distributions, and a lot less naggy than Windows if all ...

Maybe they need the logo on screen for 30 seconds so you don't misread it as 'big oil", which is what I did for the first 10 seconds.

I wonder how much of this is to do with mybb limitations. Or maybe I'm just inclined to blame it because I despise mybb with a passion.

Sainsburys sending out an email saying that to pay with nectar you now need to use the QR code barcode on the app, or the magswipe on the card.

I'd be amazed if the magstripe has anything more than the account# and name on it. So I expect this option to either be dropped or to require physical ...

Sainsbury's Nine Elms in London has escalators up to the store itself.


I'd kind of taken this for granted without considering how unusual it is. Are there any other stores where almost the entirety of the ground floor is given up to parking?

(The old Sainsbury's Nine Elms was a conventional ...