{"id":627,"date":"2006-04-08T20:38:25","date_gmt":"2006-04-08T19:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/08\/dear-ben-and-jerry\/"},"modified":"2006-04-08T20:38:25","modified_gmt":"2006-04-08T19:38:25","slug":"dear-ben-and-jerry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/08\/dear-ben-and-jerry\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Ben and Jerry"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all, it’s only fair to mention that I do like your Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream.<\/p>\n

Now that’s out of the way, let me suggest that you’ve enacted a strategic error by making your branch on the Strand in London part of an easyInternetCaf\u00e9. This allow me to complain online about your service literally seconds after being subject to it.<\/p>\n

To be fair, the service itself would have been it OK had your staff been willing to accept a Scottish banknote. For future reference, let me explain.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Scotland is part of the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n
  2. The currency of Scotland is pounds sterling – the same as in the rest of the UK.<\/li>\n
  3. There are lots of people in London who don’t live there. Some have travelled from Scotland.<\/li>\n
  4. Scottish banknotes are legal tender throughout the UK and therefore people travelling from Scotland need not go to a bureau de change to change “Scottish money” into “English money”.<\/strike> Gosh, it’s not true. See the comments…<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    All I wanted was a cookie. I didn’t even particularly want a cookie, but I needed change for the slot machine to get my internet access. So you’ve lost out on a transaction and you’ve annoyed me. To avoid this happening in future, I suggest you accept legal tender currency when presented with it.<\/p>\n

    Oh, and I don’t like your Phish Food flavour ice cream.<\/p>\n

    Love,
    \nWill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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