Friday 13th 12.19 BRING? No chance!

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Friday 13th 37-40?F, grey and breezy but some sunshine promised. Feeling much stronger today. So going for my morning walk. Almost back to normal. Just a half hour walk to the lanes. We shall be very lucky to see any sunshine. The cloud is getting worse, not better. A cold, easterly wind but I had my hood up. Providing a useful gain in comfort. The microclimate in a hood is far better than any hat. Heavy shopping in the car.

Talking of which: Why is "BRING" allowed to call themselves by that name when they never ever deliver? The word "BRING" has the automatic presumption of home delivery but is, in fact, the complete opposite! Definition of "bring": "To carry directly to a place or person."

With any "BRING" parcel <cough> delivery, the receiving customer must always collect parcels from completely random pick-up sites dotted around the Danish countryside entirely at the whim of the van driver. Who may well be dyslexic or number blind even when it comes to simple, four digit, Danish postcodes.

Does "BRING" remotely suggest a 40 mile round trip to you? Thought not. "BRING" is the only parcel freight business which NEVER delivers to your home. I call that false advertising by suggestion in their business name. Does a sugar company call themselves "Skinny?"

I really must complain to the new "Green" Danish Government or even the EU about this. If only to reduce my petrol bill and my CO2 burden on the fragile Earth! It's a shame Denmark has no consumer protection or I'd know whom to contact. 

BTW: Don't bother to phone the Danish "BRING" customer services to complain. They will defend the driver every time. Even if it means a long trip in the car to collect your parcel from a 20 mile distant pickup point! I kid you not! 

BTW: The EU Climate Plan is already on hold. [Exactly as expected.] With a huge sigh of relief from other countries, Poland has abstained/opted out/whatever. Meaning that other countries can continue to import Polish coal for their power stations. While Poland can be held up as a naughty nation for still using filthy coal for 80% of their energy requirements. They also import lots of electricity from other "greener" nations. No doubt using these imported green electricity figures to pretend they are much greener than the vast coal mountains, ships and exports might suggest.

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