lisajb57's Opinions

Just wondering if anyone else has used Abel & Cole before.

They are a company who deliver organic produce to your door of supposed quality products.

Never been so disgusted in a company before and closed my account stating quality as the reason and they didn't even bother to contact me.
The produce I received was terrible. I don't expect it to be perfect being organic and not shop graded but the apples were bruised and marked, the bananas were so green they glowed and when ripened tasted of wood (note they only sell in season produce supposedly), the garlic had seeded and was poor quality with one bulb being marked and bruised and the two bags of mushrooms were so battered that I only had around 20% of them actually whole.

Just wonder what experiences other people had had of this company?

Following on from the news story this morning. After the father of a soldier killed recently was given only 1 days paid leave they are now seeking there to be a minimum paid bereavement leave for those who lose someone who is killed in action.

Now whilst I think that those who fight do a fantastic job and they and their families should be treated with all respect I don't think that women who said "its more traumatic for someone who loves a loved one in this way" referring to killed in a war when enlisted.

My issue is, this sets the request for a specific bereavement leave only for those who lose an enlisted person. Is there loss any greater than someone who loses a child or parent or a sibling etc. Not taking away from the families who have lost their loved on in a war I just don't think its respectful to those who have lost a loved one outside of war to imply that their loss is any less traumatic.

Shouldn't it be that the company who gave 1 day leave was a heartless bunch and sods and that there should be a minimum leave period for any loss of next of kin?

What are your thoughts?

This is a follow on to a discussion I had with hubby this weekend.

Most countries ie undeveloped countries, prior to the influence of developed countries who became involved because they felt they could make them better, the people in the undeveloped countries were happy, they may have had high death rates but the people were happy in themselves and in their families, the worst crime was stealing another mans goat, the community was the soul of everyone and they looked after all generations and generally lived what to them were fulfilling lives.

Developed countries then stepped in and decided that these people couldn't be happy and were missing out on all the wonders that the developed country had and changed their entire nature of being and in doing so, also introduced want vs need, greed, crime, hunger, poverty etc.

Have we actually done more damage than good by interfering? Curious in what everyone's thoughts are on this.

Personally I think that most people in undeveloped countries for all they dont' have are actually happier in themselves than what we in the developed countries ever feel in our lifetimes. Want vs need means that we are constantly wanting more and more and therefore never satisfied.

I certainly wasn't surprised as the results of the latest research around child happiness whereby they looked at parents who had stayed together for the benefit of the kids. They found that the kids weren't happier and actually most of the cases the kids were actually harmed more by the parents staying together and arguing than the kids were in the group where the parents separated.

Is this really a surprise to people? Does it make anyone reconsider their current situation?

Considering that the taxes and NHS money taken from workers does not cover the cost of benefits paid out, and the deficit that the government has to top up is growing exponentially what does the future hold in 2050?

What do you think our economic situation will look like them?

Workers will be taxed so highly that most people will either move to a more worker friendly country or more people will take cash jobs to make ends meet.
A rift will develop between workers and non workers which could devolve into violence.

No politician seems prepared to face the inevitable changes that need to be made and as such it is being brushed under the carpet, how long can they ignore it?

Interested on everyone's views and suggestions about how we actually change this system.

Email I received from Toluna for those awaiting vouchers

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Since we order large batches of vouchers at the same time, it normally takes up to eight weeks from when you order the voucher until you receive it. We understand that some of these vouchers are beyond the 8 weeks as promised but we are working hard to catch up with the delays.

Here is an update on all our main vouchers:

We have now sent all Amazon vouchers up to the 30th September.
We have now sent all Love 2 Shop vouchers up to the 30th September.
We have now sent all Halfords vouchers up to the 31st of October.
We have now sent all HMV vouchers up to the 15th October.
We have now sent all Debenhams vouchers up to the 2nd of October.
We have now sent all CDwow vouchers up to the 15th October.

Unfortunately we still are experiencing some delays with the vouchers, in which we send our apologies. We are working very hard to sort out these matters and send the vouchers to our members. We understand this is very frustrating and we hope to get your voucher to you as soon as possible. We do realise that delivery times for some of these vouchers is now beyond the 8 weeks as promised. We understand our members work very hard to earn their points and we are working very hard to catch up with the delays. We have no specific delivery dates however as soon as we receive the vouchers they are sent immediately.

If you have ordered any of the other vouchers please do not hesitate to contact me. Similarly, if you ordered your voucher before the time mentioned and have yet to receive it please reply to this email so we can investigate. When replying please do not forget to add the name of the voucher and the date you ordered if possible which will assist us in your inquiry.