On the work front, the shop is just frantic with all the media reports on bpa free baby bottles and bpa free drink bottles of late. Some of the major retailers have decided to ‘phase out’ the sale of toxic baby bottles. I’m guessing the average mum would still like to know when the government will catch up and actually ban the stuff. Gotta love the free publicity though!!

And in some bizarre twist, without any SEO work at all, we’re now on the front page of Google for the phrases water bottles, water bottle, drink bottles & drink bottle. When we hit #1 for all of them, The School of St Jude is going to get a nice fat donation from me on top of the monthly spend we already give them and World Vision. I’m all for sharing the wealth.

He’s a funny bastard!!

Which was your favourite?

It’s THEFT, plain and simple people. Don’t steal from other retailers. It’s wrong. It’s unethical. It’s pathetic. It’s tracable. It’s against the law. It will cost you money in fines.

If I see any more, I’m going to start naming you in public.

To those who steal from me and in particular, those who come back with smart arse remarks when I call them on it, may your businesses circle the drain and get washed away where they belong. You may sit at home and pack 10 orders a week, discount the crap out of product and do this for pocket money for craft supplies, but we actually run a full time business, have staff to pay, insurance, tax, warehouse rent, and we don’t take kindly to being stolen from.

That is all.

I haven’t had a chance to watch this week’s episode yet, but should to tomorrow. One of my favourite parts of the show is The Pitch, where an ad agency get to make an ad for something fake. No-one yet has managed to top the very first one in Season 1 Ep 1.

Enjoy.

My personal fave (above)

The best fake ad that could actually be used (and to think I sell reusable shopping bags online!)

In China, 11 employees at the Apple factory have jumped off the roof of the factory as workers struggle to meet deadlines.

Food for thought while you’re lining up for one…..

Also, be on the lookout, we’re about to stock the entire range of Lock & Lock food containers. The only other company that appear to be doing it are Kitchen ‘n Table. And no, I didn’t just link to a competitors website, I linked to the customer reviews for this online shop at MyShopping.com.au. They have a 1 star rating (out of 5) and I have lost count of the number of customers that have told me they ordered from them and their parcel never arrived, so they’ve had to cut their losses and order from me instead.

Online shops that do this make everyone look bad. I really wish they wouldn’t do it.

March 1994, I go down to Coles at Chatswood Chase to buy something to cook for dinner. I choose fresh pasta with meat in it and a tub of pasta sauce. I drive the 5 mintues back to my house and cook it straight away. Mine was actually within its used by date, but was obviously not kept refrigerated properly (no doubt stacked too high and out of the cool zone). 

Next morning,  around noon, violent vomiting, quite literally emptied my entire stomach and couldn’t keep anything down for at least 6 hours afterwards, not even water. In hindsight, being home alone while this was happening was extremely dangerous and I should have called the ambulance and been taken to hospital.

The chain reaction here is that this was an event that started a severe case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and completely destroyed my digestive system and caused massive issues in other areas that I will live with for the rest of my days on this planet.

It’s 16 years later and I am still not 100% and the reason I am self employed is that some days I just can’t get through the day without a sleep.

I check EVERY piece of food I buy. I float all my egss. I smell EVERYTHING. I always pick up refrigerated goods from the BACK of the open fridges.  

To the minimum wage shelf packer who can’t be bothered doing their job properly, leaving bad food on shelves, to those who don’t stack the fridges properly and to the crappy managers who don’t train or supervise their staff properly, I leave you with this message.

DO YOUR FUCKING JOB. YOU’RE SCREWING WITH PEOPLE’S LIVES HERE. IF YOU CAN’T, GO AND DO SOMETHING ELSE FOR A DOLLAR.