2016-10-04 (Tuesday)
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How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016
Yeah. Bonkers. (via FaveJet)
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@paulpod More purple in the women’s too. There was an assistant to explain the layout. Presumably more attractive than actual signs.
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@spaceboy Baffling isn’t it.
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@dracos I wonder if there are any sales per *cubic* foot measurements…
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Sales assistants in the West End’s flashy flagship stores can give the phrase “I work in marketing” a remarkably literal spin.
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“Phil Gyford’s Chart Of Modern Retail Experiences In Order of Time-To-Meldrew”
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@gwire I’ve nearly been reduced to shouting “I WANT TO BUY SOMETHING!” in the hope that it’s allowed.
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Still, by the end of the week the Tories will have mandated all UK shops must be like ‘Are You Being Served?’ or ‘Open All Hours’.
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Let’s not even start on the Apple Stores.
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In the Arc’teryx store you can only tell one floor is women’s and one is men’s if you can discern this season’s colours for each gender.
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You can order Nike ID shoes in a Nike store, but they don’t have different sizes for you to try on. I don’t understand modern retail.
Liked tweets
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'I'm your doctor. I didn't study medicine, but I was born within the sound of Bow bells' #cartoon
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Yahoo is like the United Kingdom of internet companies.