For a few days now I have been trying (and failing) to order and send something via the internet. So in desperation I emailed the company to ask them what I might be doing wrong. Yesterday I received a reply from ‘Tanya’ who started by saying:-
“Hello Richard, thank you for reaching out to us!”
What on earth is all that about? I haven’t ‘reached out’ to anyone. I haven’t touched anyone. I merely sent an email asking a simple question. Yuk!
I much preferred the cozy reply I received when I had a not dissimilar problem earlier in my trip.
I think all customer support staff should be called ‘Muffin’!
The little sand crabs are the busiest beings here on Koh Lanta, hard at work burying into the sand when the tide goes out creating the most wonderful patterns.
The rest of us put as much ‘chill’ as is possible into this warm and laid back place which, despite being a tourist destination, is in no way overcrowded
despite being Christmas time
but that’s maybe because a lot of the visitors are stuck trying to figure out how to work the serve yourself petrol pump!
Things are even quieter on the east side of the island which is, as yet, almost totally under developed
and under populated except for Lanta Old Town
which seems to have successfully morphed from a fishing village to a twee tourist spot full of trendy boutiques, bars
and restaurants
many of which are built on stilts out onto the water
where I have a nasty suspicion other things are destined for as well!
And on that sanitary note,
Richard
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