tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post4944915947973965677..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Big Brother at the checkoutCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-4995116853564805522012-07-01T04:42:33.633+01:002012-07-01T04:42:33.633+01:00I have already been questioned about my tobacco pu...I have already been questioned about my tobacco purchase.<br /><br />Last week in Tesco the clerk enquired how long it would last me.<br /><br />ChurchmouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-57129278528350225572012-06-27T20:48:56.429+01:002012-06-27T20:48:56.429+01:00I will have fun marking "Return to Sender&quo...I will have fun marking "Return to Sender" any such letters sent to me.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-16971693938230203902012-06-27T17:45:45.948+01:002012-06-27T17:45:45.948+01:00There are plenty of things where people have said ...There are plenty of things where people have said "it'll never happen", but a few years down the line it has.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-36455495625328374742012-06-27T13:19:42.559+01:002012-06-27T13:19:42.559+01:00I think you've risen to the bait of some daft ...I think you've risen to the bait of some daft kit flying. <br /><br />I love the way the government are supposed to be in Tesco's pocket, yet the government can nationalise their clubcard.<br /><br />You pointed out the flaw. Punters binning their club cards. The clubcard data is a goldmine for Tesco, they would not let the government trash it.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-38416886092526991922012-06-26T19:49:29.152+01:002012-06-26T19:49:29.152+01:00no it doesn't, it comes in very noisily indeed...no it doesn't, it comes in very noisily indeed, wearing brown shirts and being obsequiously applauded by dreadful tabloids.JonRhttp://twitter.com/jrwttnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-73707863412564011352012-06-26T19:38:11.019+01:002012-06-26T19:38:11.019+01:00Yes, Jon, let's just give in to them. What'...Yes, Jon, let's just give in to them. What's the worst that could happen?<br /><br />Believe it or not, direct marketing can be beneficial. If ebuyer or Amazon notice me sniffing around for a flash drive or a HDD, they'll let me know if one's on special. We all win.<br /><br />Sharing the shopping habits of people with the authorities is something else again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-11681662788945922902012-06-26T17:37:31.669+01:002012-06-26T17:37:31.669+01:00Ah yes, Jon, it always comes in gently at first......Ah yes, Jon, it always comes in gently at first...Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-40890114548783654362012-06-26T17:05:16.933+01:002012-06-26T17:05:16.933+01:00if Waitrose want to send me the odd email suggesti...if Waitrose want to send me the odd email suggesting I might want to eat an apple or two then I'll shrug it off the same as I do all the other crap that lands in my email inbox and on my household doormat. despite my antipathy towards anything dreamt up by marketing departments, i'm not wholly convinced that a bit of well-intentioned (albeit somewhat overbearingly personalised) junk mail inevitably leads to compulsory rationing, cultural re-education camps for beer enthusiasts and the reclassification of CAMRA members as domestic extremists.JonRhttp://twitter.com/jrwttnoreply@blogger.com