From The Front Line

Apple is driving customers mad

Apple is driving customers mad

I convinced a friend of mine to partake of the popular fruit. She wanted to go with the Microsoft camp. I dissuaded her. So she invested in an Apple Mac. The problems she had, drove her to the brink. Mind you, I had heaps of problems too, but...

Read Full Story »

 

Bad management

Optus staff won’t hang up

Optus staff won’t hang up

Not long ago, the likes of Telstra and Optus would simply hang up on any customer whose call was challenging. Snap. Gone. Goodbye, re-join the...

Read Full Story »

 

More in Bad management

Sexism

Boy-Girl nonsense

Boy-Girl nonsense

I travel a great deal. I shop a lot. I love chocolate. How is it that the Yorkie bar had eluded me all these years? I noticed this bar at the...

Read Full Story »

 

More in Sexism

3AW Quiz

3AW Quiz: Who invented it No4?

3AW Quiz: Who invented it No4?

Paper came from China, but where did the paperclip come from? Can you guess who invented the bunsen burner? With which country do we associate...

Read Full Story »

 

More in 3AW Quiz

 

Recent Stories

 
Apple is driving customers mad

Apple is driving customers mad

I convinced a friend of mine to partake of the popular fruit. She wanted to go with the Microsoft camp. I dissuaded her. So she invested in an Apple Mac. The problems...

Read Full Story »

Optus staff won’t hang up

Optus staff won’t hang up

Not long ago, the likes of Telstra and Optus would simply hang up on any customer whose call was challenging. Snap. Gone. Goodbye, re-join the queue and waste another...

Read Full Story »

Managers who enrich your life

Managers who enrich your life

In my book ‘How to Lose Friends & Infuriate Your Boss’ I have a chapter called ‘Heroes from heaven: Managers who enrich your life’....

Read Full Story »

Mario El Khoury at The British Museum

Mario El Khoury at The British Museum

Teen star photographer Mario El Khoury’s photo (featured below) was selected as one of the winning entries in Saudi Arabia’s ‘Most Competitive...

Read Full Story »

Racism is here to stay

Racism is here to stay

In Australia, we say, ‘Happy New Year’. Yet, it seems that nothing is new. The issue of Racism keeps on raising its ugly head. Here is a chapter that...

Read Full Story »

Movie madness

Movie madness

I happened to be in Dubai. A friend suggested I watch ‘Mission Impossible’. It’s not a movie I would normally see, except that my friend mentioned...

Read Full Story »

Merry Global Ignorance

Merry Global Ignorance

People speak about the Global Village and the World Wide Web and Social Networking, as if humans are connected as one. Here are indicators, showing how the world...

Read Full Story »

Sam Cohen’s IHRB ads unlawful

Sam Cohen’s IHRB ads unlawful

The Institute of Hair Regrowth & Beauty (IHRB) was Sanctioned a second time by the Complaints Resolution Panel, due to 12 breaches, including misleading advertising. The...

Read Full Story »

A world without refuge

A world without refuge

On the 15th of September 2011, I hosted a special night to launch Ghassan Nakhoul’s book called ‘Overboard’ which asked the question, ‘What...

Read Full Story »

From University to Adversity

From University to Adversity

Here is a chapter called, ‘The early bird catches the bookworm – From university to adversity’. It is all about university degrees, further education,...

Read Full Story »