Whinge to win

Got a complaint? Send it to Grumpy Gwen and if she thinks your whinge is justified, she might just send you some cash – it’s that easy!

IMPERFECT FIT

I’m over buying clothes online. In one place I’m a small, the next I’m an XXL. And returning the items costs more than the refund I’d receive if I did!

Shannon Mares, Mt Gambier, SA

My daughter Uvula gets clothes on eBay. She insists on buying them in size 10, even though the only thing about her that’s a 10 is her shoe size. Everything she wears looks like it’s bearing a grudge. The word I’d use to describe her style is courageous. Complain – they’ll often send you the right size without having to return the item.

THE OBVIOUS

In a disabled toilet I visited recently the sign read: UNLOCK DOOR BEFORE EXITING. Isn’t that sign a little unnecessary?

Glenis Littlejohn, Brookfield, Vic

This is what the world has come to, Glenis. We are told how to do everything in case we do it wrong and sue someone. A coat hanger

I just bought warned, ‘Do not swallow’, the beach has a new sign on the sand that cautions: ‘Sea entrance’ and the local takeaway has a placard of a 20-metre-long hot dog that reads, ‘Not actual size.’ The planet has been dumbed down.

DIS-SERVICE

What has happened to our bank tellers? On the rare occasions I visit a branch, I end up wandering around lost, eventually being served by someone in the middle of the room! What’s going on?

Michelle Read, Selwyn, NZ

I too have noticed this, Michelle. I believe it’s a ploy to confuse us so we use the ATMs, and the banks need even less staff. It’s the same reason most banks only operate from 9am to 3pm. Open too late for you to go before work, shut too early to go after. At our lunch, any staff there are also at lunch.