[jambutty]

The Aussies call us whinging Poms and they are right. We do complain a lot but mostly to each other when we should be lodging our complaints to the person who is empowered to do something about it. We moan and groan about how hard done by we are by the government or the local authority, but how many write to our MP or Councillor? Very few I’ll be bound. We all have a voice and we should use it when things go wrong. If more people complained (but not just to each other) we would have a much fairer country.

We the consumers have allowed ourselves to be walked over by commerce. If it weren’t for we consumers there would be no commerce.
We the electorate have allowed ourselves to be walked all over by successive governments to our detriment. The government is a servant of the people, not the other way around.

I had considered taking the offending shank back to Asda grego and I’m sure that they would have replaced it. But compared to the cost of a special trip to do so against the free phone number, the phone call won.