Banks ... don't you just love'em?

Or are you amongst those who feel that all working in the banking industry in the UK are evil, bloodsucking leeches that should be doused in petrol and set alight?

Well, whatever viewpoint you might hold, here are some bank fun examples that crossed my path just recently, featuring NationWide, Barclays, Virgin Credit Card, Capitol 1 to name but a few. Read them and weep.

Next time you are thinking of buying a Mercedes Benz through a dealership in the UK, STOP. Don't.

Instead, find a gypsy on a street corner to buy your car from. He'll be friendly. He'll sell you a car for an agreed price with a handshake and won't go back on that, or come round later with a bunch of solicitors demanding more.

The car will have an MOT, a bit of tax. You know what you let yourself in for and you take your time and check the car, see if it's ok. Then you drive away and that's that.

Which is an experience one million times better than you would have if you were to try and buy a Mercedes Benz from an official Mercedes Benz dealership in the United Kingdom today.

And I really do. It's an amazing thing, like when you find something for the first time and it feels so right, like something you've been waiting for or a song you've heard for the first time and it feels familiar like you've known it for ages. That's what something classic, elegant, useful and timeless feels like. And that's what holding an iPad for the first time felt like.

Alex Kent got asked for ID at Tesco when purchasing a bottle of red wine and was not happy about it...

I switched to BT last year, thinking that as they own all the lines they would be the most reliable of all services offered. Not so!

I love this camera!

My partner lent me his new Olympus Pen E-P1 for a trip I never took and I have completely fallen in love with it and am hoping he will leave it here, indefinitely. Every time he comes over he looks at it longingly and I give him a, please leave it a little longer, look back.