Straight to the POINT

■ CUSTOMERS are cheesed off that McDonald’s is increasing the price of burgers.

JEAN COOPER, Milton Keynes, Bucks.

■ THE worrying thing about the increase in the price of a cheeseburger is that to some people this is a national emergency.

SUSAN DANCE, Harrogate, N. Yorks.

■ THANKS, Jo Elvin, for writing about being skinny (Femail). I was called a stick insect, but now I’m proud to be long and lean.

CAROLE CHAMBERS, Bristol.

■ THE Easter card I posted to my niece in New South Wales in April arrived last week. I think I should post early for Christmas.

GEORGE TYSON, Crowborough, E. Sussex.

■ HOW to get fit in just seven minutes (Femail)? I was worn out looking at the diagrams.

BABS NICOL, Grimsby, Lincs.

■ KEEP up the good work, Tom Utley, in confronting corporate incompetence.

PHILIP MENZIES, Hornchurch, East London.

■ THERE’S no need for the new word ‘greedflation’ to describe firms using the cost of living crisis as an excuse to ramp up prices (Mail). It’s profiteering.

IAN DARKE, Sale Moor, Gtr Manchester.

■ PRESIDING person (Mail)? When my mother served on the local council, she was happy to be referred to as Madam Chairman.

NEVILLE WITHERS, London W3.

■ I ASKED my friend if they were paid monthly or fortnightly. They replied: ‘Neither — every two weeks.’

DAVE HOWITT, Harrogate, N. Yorks.

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