Now all my cards are on my phone, which I always have with me, I can add offers or vouchers to redeem in the app before I do my shop and they automatically apply at the checkout, or I can use points elsewhere easily (for example Nectar at Caffe Nero by generating a QR code in less than a minute ...

Oh god can anyone be arsed with all that? Why have all these things become more complicated than ‘have some money off for being loyal’ or ‘here’s some vouchers for being loyal’?

I keep trying to use the New Outlook in the fear that one day I will be forced to do so but it just sucks. It's so limited compared to the "Old" Outlook, such as it won't let me set up a Quick Step to move an email to a folder in a shared mailbox. However there's no point because multiple times a ...

You lost me at “demented BBC bootlicker” to be honest.

I've noticed a few stores have started to get very utilitarian metal displays for produce. On first sight I thought they were left over from the 'misted veg' era but I'm pretty sure they're new.

One of those stores had a self service order terminal for the Pizza Counter, not unlike the ones they ...

If I’m going somewhere local I’ll nearly always just take my phone. I pay for practically everything on Apple Pay so the wallet is just clutter. In the event a shop had a fault I could always nip home and get my card.

If I’m heading to another town I’d take my wallet though as a just in case ...

You could print stuff in ten foot high letters and people would still ignore it.

WH Smith bought by the owners of Hobbycraft

https://news.sky.com/story/bluesky-13337092


… with the high street stores to be renamed as TG Jones. Which just sounds like something they’ve made up rather than meaning anything?

They’re keeping hold of the travel stores though.

Let’s hope the ...

I can’t get my head around the need to go to a counter for something that’s available on shelves elsewhere.

Yeah, I had this happen the other day too. It's definitely new and quite a disconcerting feeling. My Sainsbury's also now has a camera that identifies loose produce when you weigh it, so you don't "accidentally" press the wrong button. It's all making supermarket shopping quite a depressing 1984 ...

Could it have picked up a QR code by mistake? I’ve had that a few times now.