Distasteful Shots

I don't mean to be mean. But I just couldn't help commenting to my partner while waiting in line for a seat to a popular local Japanese eatery. We thumbed through menu deciding what to eat, and came across these 2 items. The pictures were a isntant put-off. In the first picture, you have what looks like a bowl of, ermm, mud taking center-stage. The second picture is no better. The dishes looked like uncooked sea slugs or something. Both are really turn-offs. Who would choose to eat these? The person who took the photos, and the person who approved it for print in the menu must both be "shot" for such distasteful shots.

The iPad or Not

The word around town is the new iPad. So I was amused when I noticed a gentleman using both an iPad (must be version 2) and a notebook - the paper type. In fact, it looked like a filofax. Don't know what a filofax is? Ask your grandpa.

He was writing away on the notebook - the paper one, while his iPad was resting underneath. Hey, if you don't want your iPad, or obviously can do without one, pass it over.

Ware to wear

The person who designed and named this shoe must have been in the software business previously.

What's so special

We instinctively associate 'special price' with lower price. But if you think about it further, 'special' doesn't necessarily mean 'lower', just special. So let the buyer beware!

Take that tray off

So that's how you keep track of how long the sushi is on the belt. A magnetic detector under the plate!

To cork or not?

Look at the bottom of this menu. You mean there is corkage charge for everything, even non-alcoholic ones? Well fortunately I didn't have to pay the S$5 corkage for my lime juice drink, but it got me worried for a moment there.

Have your cake

Truth be told, this serving of carrot cake is much much larger than what you will get in any Kopitiam Foodcourt. Got it for $3. Kopitiam will charge you at least $4, $5 if it is located in one of the newer malls.

Save and Win?

Normally you wouldn't associate Gambling with Saving. But some people think otherwise.

Excuse me?

How is this any much of a bargain?

Misprice

Copywriting can be a hazardous job, if only because the world can witness their booh-boohs. And this is not the first time I am seeing this.

Hi Tech Lo Tech

I couldn't help noticing the contrast. One is on 100% paper and pen, the other not. Taken at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf cafe in Changi Airport T3.

Inflated Mee Goreng

A simple meal of Mee Goreng, bought off an eatery in the Aljunied MRT station, set me back by S$4.00! The MRT is frequented by the low to lower middle-income people, like me. That's runnaway inflation for you!

Dud Discounts

This looked too good to be true, and even before the Great Singapore Sale! Guess what, it was too good to be true. I hauled 5 items to the counter and was told that only 1 of the items qualified for the 25% discount. The rest? Pony up the list prices. Retailers are abusing the phrase "storewide discounts". How can 20% of the items in my basket that qualifies for discounts be considered "storewide"?

What a fake.

New Kid on the Block

I was wondering where to put these series of interesting ads on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Well, here it is. I must qualify that these videos weren't taken by me.