I really can’t work out our procurement department at work. We have a hotel database which tells us all the hotels around the world we are allowed to stay in because they have negotiated discounted rates for IBM staff. Every year they renegotiate the deals and some of the hotels change. In Australia the rule … [Read More »]
Archives for March 2004
Customer Service 101
I’m currently staying at the Sheraton Perth Hotel while here on work. When I was here last (early December last year), I asked them when they would be installing high speed internet connections in their rooms. I thought they had said within the next couple of months. When I arrived here yesterday, I was disappointed … [Read More »]
Engineering Conversions
Ole Eichhorn writes some very interesting (and amusing) [url=http://w-uh.com/posts/040322a-engineering_conve.html]Engineering Conversions[/url]
Basil Brush
Just looking at what’s on TV tonight – I noticed on ABC Kids a show which brought back memories from my childhood… The Basil Brush Show !! I used to love this show with its offbeat humour and that laugh from Basil Brush. Dad used to have us in stitches with his impersonation of the … [Read More »]
Missing Angel
My current favourite TV show (now that Buffy has finished) is Angel – one of only a couple of shows I actually watch on TV. Ch7 have decided to start playing funny-buggers with the scheduling again, and have moved it from its usual slot at 10:30pm on Wednesday night to 11:30pm on Thursday night – … [Read More »]