CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@OohOkayKay I don't know, it depends, I don't think I follow a pattern. I don't drive and I know I should walk as drivers would do. Yet, I find hard to realise which way I should go. I find hard it to remember how people do and apply it on time so I end up "dancing" with strangers I cross on the street pretty often!

Last year I tried to buy a tea infuser from a so-called normal shop in Helsinki. The product I was sold was produced so cheaply, the infuser doesn't keep the tea inside itself. While the store selling these infusers undoubtedly makes incredible rising profits, I put in a request through a friend to a ceramic artist who lives in the countryside for a tea diffuser set. My new hand-made set cost 8 € more than the factory made one, which I suppose exists now as a reminder that large businesses exist to extract profit, not to sell people things that are useful or needful.(I am still pissed off, if you can't tell. Returning the infuser would have required me to buy HSL tickets that would have cost the same as a buying a new one, and would have wasted a couple of hours of my life, since I don't have a season pass, so essentially it was more cost-effective for me to just find a new one elsewhere and be passive aggressive about it.)But I'm REALLY HAPPY with my new set, the tiny plate thing is something I hadn't even realised I could get. It's pretty, and a ceramic artists made it, because my friend asked her to make more in pink. Whole ordeal reminds me to get all my home items now and forever from craftspeople (like I love my hand-made wooden spatula so much that is made from a tree that fell during a storm in a park in Helsinki, it's just so incredible that they took this fallen tree and made something out of it, unlike IKEA who go into 600-year-old forests and brrhhh now we have a cabinet that can take all of 7 years of use before it falls apart aahhhhh this world is so messed upppppp.)#tea #teainfuser #shopping

From a small Guardian update this morning:"A highly anticipated federal court battle between the competition regulator and supermarket giant Coles begins today, testing allegations the retailer offered “illusory” discounts on hundreds of everyday products.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking large penalties and community service orders against Coles, which, along with Woolworths, controls two-thirds of the Australian grocery market.A similar case against Woolworths is expected to be heard at a later date.The 10-day hearing in Melbourne will scrutinise pricing practices involving hundreds of products, from instant coffee to chocolate biscuits, over an extended period.The regulator alleges that Coles temporarily inflated prices before marking the items as discounted under promotions like “Down Down,” in a practice known as “was/is” pricing.Coles is defending the claims, arguing pricing was a response to increased costs from suppliers.The case starts during a period of reigniting inflation, with groceries and other household costs rising strongly again."#Coles #Shopping #News #Consumers #ACCC #PriceFixing #Corruption #Law #Supermarkets #Australia

Ich dachte, heute sind alle beim Fasching. Pustekuchen - bei IKEA war es die Hölle ! Und alle Supermärkte gestoppte voll.#Samstag #Shopping