So it came to pass that one fine morning I woke up, and what do you think I saw in the courtyard? - my car had no wheels! Not a single one! For some reason I had imagined that getting compensation approved would take at least a couple of days, if not weeks. IF approved the estimate within a day!
Quite by chance I came across a few interviews on YouTube from a private conversation with I. Godmanis. Judging by the interior, it could be a sauna. The range of topics covered is quite broad and the account is captivating.
Whether we had simply started visiting shops less often, or the eighth wonder of the world had truly occurred and service culture - or more simply put - the attitude towards customers had changed for the better. We lived in such an illusion until this Sunday (12 July, 20:30).
Events surrounding RS (Rīgas Satiksme) in general (not only regarding inspectors) create the impression of a peculiar environment where, for the sake of peace and quiet, senior management turns a blind eye to this and that conduct, which unambiguously fosters an imagined justifiable impunity.
Before I had even had a chance to ask about a day when I could come in, the mechanic interrupted, saying - look, the promotion applies if the car has up to 2 weeks until its technical inspection, or if that time has just passed. Moreover, the car must be no older than 15 years. In my indignation I tried to object that the website contains entirely different information. My objection did not seem binding to the mechanic, who as a key argument mentioned that the promotion does not earn him anything extra in his salary. Well, dammit!
On blogs.kosmodroms.lv I found a sad story about how a ltvarhivs.lv user could not get a video to play. To myself I thought - right, a typical Apple geek who has dreamed up that Apple is the navel of the universe around which everything revolves. I boot up my MS Windows box, open ltvarhivs.lv and... a shout (!) - search doesn't work. Ahh... it turns out you have to click with the mouse. Never mind. I still couldn't find what I wanted. I had hoped to find the documentary "The Icebreaker and His Children". Let's see what is there. "Article 100." That'll do!
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Rimi supermarkets are quite a pleasant shopping destination, compared to a good many other stores that would do well to seriously think about cleanliness and customer service culture. But this time I was confused by the dual pricing on offer, which from a distance was more enticing than when one got closer and looked more carefully.
An article appeared on Delfi in which the association "Latgalīšu volūdys centris" received a rejection both from the Enterprise Register and the Administrative District Court (interesting - which one? Surely not the one based in Latgale), because the documents were composed and submitted in the Latgalian language. With that, of course, things did not stop, and an appeal was submitted to the Supreme Court.
Like a proper person, I signed up for the personalised e-ticket at the end of last year, because, given my obsession with living online, I was delighted that I would finally be able to purchase a travel card that I could top up online from my bank account. In other words, we'd finally be like Europe. I wait one month, two, three, now the fourth is coming - they're still testing. Well, never mind - this evening I get behind the wheel and go looking for the much-talked-about e-ticket top-up machine. But there...
I had a craving to fry some fish - a tasty pangasius fillet. Browsing the spice shelf at Rimi and looking for seasonings specifically for fish dishes, I came across an "interesting" package adorned with a pilfered image from iStockphoto. The only conclusion I can draw is that SIA "Twins&Co", registered in Ulbroka, which packages spices, simply does not care about its external image or what photo background it places its logo against.