Category: Businesses & Ads

I went down to Canadian Tire yesterday, thinking about buying a snowblower – shovels just can’t keep up with the white crap this year in the many places that my truck-mounted plow can’t get to. What did I find instead? The front of the store is jammed with barbecues,...

I know better than to shop at Walmart – you get what you pay for. But I wanted some prints yesterday, and that seemed like the easy road. Well, easy it was and cheap it was. But although the 4×6s are “good enough” for the purpose I want them,...

Every time I drive by the former Airline Inn on the Alaska Highway, I have to chuckle. This is being heavily promoted as Whitehorse’s newest luxury hotel. Some day. What it looks like is a cheap reno of a former $50-a-night dive. The photo of a very narrow hallway...

All of you who travel by air know that the level of service on all airlines is getting lower and lower as they try to cut costs to stay competitive. That’s particularly true this year with skyrocketing (pun intended) fuel costs. One of the things that’s missing on most...

CBC Radio had a spot this morning that leads in interesting directions. CBC recently conducted a survey and tests of telephone call centres to determine the good, the bad and the ugly in the world of phone-based customer service. The results are interesting, and I agree with the results...

Working from home isn’t without its challenges – from uneven cash flow to the occasional difficulty of staying focused. But on days like today when I can add kitten-sittin’ to my Web site duties, “there’s no place like home”. Molly spent much of the afternoon curled up beside my...

An interesting and positive contrast to my post about changes in technology and attitudes hurting some music companies is an email from insurance company AIG Travel Guard yesterday. The insurance business is extremely competitive, forcing companies to be quick in reacting to economic and lifestyle trends, but the extent...