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The Barn No Thanks Give me The Lemon Tree

I did not enjoy my last meal at The Barn Brasserie in Great Tey Essex.

For me to go out with my friends and have a relaxing and entertaining evening I need to be in a warm and friendly environment, one that has no stress and tension. My last meal at the barn with my fellow director was far from enjoyable.

The staff seemed tense and there were raised voices at times, nervous waitresses made mistakes with orders and people had cold food arriving as well. Our own meals were haphazard with Tina getting the wrong starter and my main course under cooked, the restaurant manager Chris Corke did little to inspire a good atmosphere.

January 15, 2010   Posted in: Rants on Life  No Comments

Mesh Computers – Terrible Experience – Choose Dell

Mesh Computers- What A Terrible Experience

Well in my continued verbal blast against Rip-Off Britain I am today sounding off against Mesh Computers.

My experience makes me believe that I and many other consumers are being used as an overdraft facility or working capital by Mesh Computers.

The story so far….

I placed an order for 3 desktop computers from Mesh at the start of December and well before Christmas as presents for my children, the cost was £800 per machine and was paid in full. As the days went by the fourteen day delivery slot came and went, at 21 days I started to contact Mesh who simply stonewalled me and just promised to look into it then call me back.

January 13, 2010   Posted in: Rants on Life  4 Comments

Barn Brasserie – Chris Corke is no Manager

When is a business a truly great business?

The Barn Brasserie in Great Tey, Essex has upset me only second to Essex Police in 2009, the way they treat their staff at this restaurant is really set in the dark ages.

Being a successful owner is more than just wrangling out profits, in a true entreprenerial business esteem is attributed to actually providing a healthy working environment where employees love to come and strive, where they feel part of the business, where they hold their peers in high regard.

January 4, 2010   Posted in: Rants on Life  One Comment

Close Protection Services

Well it was always on the cards I guess, having a lovely 996 Turbo S on the drive was always going to attract attention and sometimes its the wrong sort.

2009 was drawing into its last gasps when I had my lovely car vandalised with a chisel, its a sad but expected turn of events in todays world. Of course I turned to my good friends from the covert security world and they came over the next day to help out. This time is was not the close protection service that they specialise in it was their surveillance skills I needed.

January 4, 2010   Posted in: Rants on Life  No Comments

Currys – Complaints

Currys – Advertising standards breached?

Well how frustrated am I to have gone to Currys the electrical retailer to purchase my Rangestyle cooker, here we are nearly three weeks on from parting with my money and all I have for it is a trashed kitchen where all I can do is microwave meals for six people.

I was sold the cooker and a cooker hood by Currys sales staff and part of the deal was free delivery and installation, its a pretty good hook to think you don’t have to pay for delivery and that both items will be installed for you.

November 17, 2009   Posted in: Rants on Life  No Comments