Moonpig Mother’s Day disaster: Customers’ anger at wilted bouquets and late deliveries – Telegraph

It doesn’t matter, whether you have 100 or 1,000,000 good reviews. The 50 negative reviews will be the ones most people will remember. Losing customers destroys the revenue stream that would have been there for who knows how long.

Moonpig made a mistake here and are paying the price. And will continue to pay the price for the foreseeable future. People like me who look at this and wonder “am I willing to depend on this company to deliver on time?” So not only have they lost customers, they will lose potential customers.

Fortunately, this year I didn’t depend on Moonpig. I relied on Interflora, a company who has been around for longer than Moonpig and proven their worth over many years. Last time I ordered flowers from them, the local florist delivered it personally (no Yodel, no Parcelforce, no DHL).

This year, I took it up a notch. A bigger bundle of flowers, a box of chocolates and a bottle of Rose wine. The box was a lot bigger, so a different florist delivered it this time. I could see his van bouncing around my area as he delivered his goods. The flowers were great, just as the picture. Wine was chilled, and chocolates — well, we haven’t had them yet. ^_^

Two years they haven’t failed me. If I need flowers, I’m going to Interflora. Not Moonpig – even if they were cheaper.

 

Greeting card and gift firm bombarded with complaints on social media as customers post pictures of wilted leaves, smashed vase and empty box

Source: Moonpig Mother’s Day disaster: Customers’ anger at wilted bouquets and late deliveries – Telegraph

Your Fast Food Workout Plan

A good starting point to deciding if you indulge in a McDs, how much time you’ll need to spend burning it off..

You’re hungry, and you’re in a hurry – so you grab a burger, a taco, or a burrito. But before you take a bite, think about it: You’ll need to exercise a lot to burn off those calories. Even the options that seem light – the smaller burger, the breakfast sandwich, the wrap – are more fattening than you might think.So how much havoc can a fast food meal wreak on your otherwise healthy diet? We’ve crunched the numbers, compiled the calorie counts, and even created a simple interactive calculator so you find out exactly how much exercise it would take for you to work off each meal. Here’s to making healthy choices!

Source: Your Fast Food Workout Plan

 

Spooky

When you take the same train each day, you recognise the same people. What’s spooky is when you know what seat they’re going to take before they even get on.

One such person happens to get on at the same station as me, and get off to change lines at the same stop, and use the same lines, and get off at the same station as me.

This morning I found him in the same coffee shop as me.

Next thing I’ll probably find he works in the same building as me :/

Taking the Same Train Each Day…

When you take the same train each day, you notice things….

  • The person with the crazy hair
  • The person who reeks of BO or has a flatulence problem…
  • The person who always never has time to do her make-up and spends the journey doing her face
  • The person who always wears winter gear even in summer. Or summer gear in winter
  • The person always sleeping with their feet on the opposite-facing seats
  • The person who always brings a FULL-SIZED BIKE onto the train
  • The person who brings a smelly McDonalds/Burger King meal onto the train.
  • The person who has an open can of Red Bull (can’t they f**king change the smell on that thing?)

Spotify is moving its data to Google Cloud Platform

Source: Spotify is moving its data to Google Cloud Platform

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Android 6.0

So I updated my S5 to Android 6.0.1 using Cyanogenmod, and I’ve noticed some slight lagging. Apps tend to close themselves randomly, normally when less apps are running than on Android  5.1.1. Also, when using the tethered connection, there’s some lag there too, causing my online games to judder. Though that part is only hypothetical, I’m going to test this by downgrading my phone back to 5.1 and verifying whether there’s lag on my connection there. If there isn’t, I’ll report this as a bug.

Former head of Russian anti-doping agency ‘dies of heart attack’ – Telegraph

Nikita Kamaev resigned from Rusada in November after doping scandal engulfed Russian athletics

Source: Former head of Russian anti-doping agency ‘dies of heart attack’ – Telegraph

Am I the only one who is the slightest bit suspicious by this convenient “heart attack” – just a couple of months after he resigned and soon after the scandal really took hold?

Star Kart – Star Wars + Mario Kart – YouTube

This video took the maker a year to create, but boy is it good :)

Check out his other videos.