Buondì. Our kids are away, visiting their grandparents in Britain. As they’re adults now, and as we’ve done the same trip each year for a quarter of a century, we decided to let them go on their own. I had in mind a reduction in the number of meals to cook and dishes to wash, […]
Archives for August 2023
In the red corner, plucky local heroes, the Kingdom of Italy!
Buondì. OK, so after Wednesday’s historic defeat, today we have another big battle, and this time it’s the sort that Italians name streets after. There’s a Via Vittorio Veneto in Bologna, where I live, and probably one in most other Italian towns and cities, too. Does that give you a clue? Google Maps, when giving […]
Why be rude to customer service?
Buondì. Running an online business – actually now businesses – for ten years has taught me at least one thing – always be nice to customer service staff! Or at least try. Sometimes it’s hard when you’re ‘not pleased’, I accept that. I’m particularly prone to losing my temper, so when a supplier utterly messes […]