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Here are some awards for events from around the globe and right here at home.
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The ‘Bottles of Booze’ prize goes to the Ontario government that refuses to say where its $80 million in American alcohol pulled from LCBO shelves in response to the White House Mad Hair‘s tariffs are stashed. Well, my money says Ford and his legion of MPPs drank it.
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The ‘Oil-Can Harry’ winner (remember Mighty Mouse’s foil) goes to Danielle Smith, the Alberta premier who thinks jobs are more important than the smog we and our children breath 24/7.
The ’I’m Still Standing’ trophy goes to Justin Trueau. The Liberal Party of Canada may have rejected the former prime minister, but Katy Perry has welcomed Justin with open arms (or something). She sings, writes songs and is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
The ‘Rotten Apple’ award goes to Conservative leader Pierre Polievre. This guy is not Johnny Appleseed, but rather Granny Smith.
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The ‘Fuddle-Duddle’ award goes to US President Donald Trump. Need I elaborate?
The ‘Please Stop’ prize goes to all those gambling sites that advertise on sports events. This has gone from annoying to downright sickening. The commercials should be banned. Better still, make the gambling illegal. It was a poor decision to let these monsters get a foot in the door and attack Canadian’s wallets.
The ‘Remember Movies’ prize goes to the new owners of the Trenton downtown Centre Theatre. They have done a marvellous job with an exterior building painting that celebrates Trenton’s former film glory when it was called Hollywood North in the 1920s. ‘Carry On. Sergeant’ is just one about 1,500 silent films shot in Trenton.
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The prestigious ‘Lump of Coal’ award goes to The Shopping Channel, more specifically TSC CEO Scott Weiner.
I ordered online a fragrance misreading the label of 5ml as 50ml. have an eye problem reading and close-up things are somewhat blurry. I was charged $41.34. It was marked ‘Sale.’
It was delivered and I realized my mistake. The same fragrance in the same size bottle is $6.60 from Fragrance.net and is also way cheaper on other sites than on TSC.
I contacted the company explaining what happened.
Weiner replied that “You need glasses. The price you are looking at is 5ml, which is a tiny bottle, not 1.7 oz.”
Well, Mr. Weiner, one is metric and one is imperial. THEY ARE THE SAME SIZE.
I wrote again pointing that out and the reply from Weiner was “You cannot read. There are no websites where it is that cheap and I am not going to argue with you. THERE WILL BE NO REFUND OR DISCOUNT.”
This, from the CEO of a company the depends on customers for its existence. I never got a reply after I pointed out his math skills were poor.
It amazes me that a person with mediocre skills and has none in dealing with customers can rise to the top.
This gentleman lives up to his surname, WEINER.
barry.ellsworth@sympatico.ca
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