I always disliked Kwik Fit –in the past I’ve had cars they fitted the wrong exhaust on, parts that wore out fast and generally felt not at all satisfied.

But, being stuck with a tyre in need of replacement on a Sunday and they being the only place open I thought I’d give them a chance at redemption. So, I phoned up, explained the problem and stated the tyres I had on. I was assured they had them in stock but that they couldn’t see me for a couple of hours.

So, I wait around for 2 hours — not wanting to drive far in car and not having time to do much else — and then take the car over.

At which point they agreed the tyre needed replacing… but admitted that they didn’t have any in stock. So, having wasted time on a Sunday, still having no new tyre and now thinking Kwik Fit are completely crap. I think they just managed to put me off them for life.

All this could have been avoided by  properly listening to me and checking stock.

Well, I have to admit to being a dreadful blogger — it’s so long since I posted to this (or most of my other web presences… maybe having so many is part of the downfall)

However I’ve got a newfound vigour to this — brought on primarily by being interviewed last night by Caterina for her PhD on social networks and migrating these to the real world (my description of her work — must check what this actually is!).

What was a real eye-opener to me was how little I understand about what I do — and poor Caterina seemed to receive a significant ‘brain dump’ of where all these crazy ideas I have come from, take root and get to fruition. I think by the end we were talking about event planning based on ‘horizon clouds’… go figure!

So — as I am not in a position to blog about my day job I think I’ll try and document a little about how and why my activities around Leeds group on Flickr, Exposure Leeds and Photocamp came about — and where I like think they’re heading.

But the big question is… how long til I really offend someone?