The sushi bar/cafe/restaurant at the Trafford Center comes in the form of Yo Sushi, which I can only assume is some kind of chain store thingy.

Anyway, I saw that there wasn’t any other people eating so thinking that I was quids in I at down and got a dish from the conveyor. And then got another dish whilst I tried to tell what it was that I had just stuck into my mouth.

It was that that this guy from behind the counter said that they weren’t actually open until 12:00. Looking at my watch I saw that it was 11:45, and looking about revealed that there wasn’t anybody about to actually ask about me sitting there eating something I wasn’t meant to be eating for another 15 minutes. So I sat there feeling extremely out of place before the place opened when we made our excuses and left. I thought that sushi was a self serve kind of meal so I was just getting stuck in.

So why wasn’t there somebody about? It’s not difficult! They didn’t even put up a sign. Anything would have been more helpful than thinking I was there early and realising that I was completely wrong. It wasn’t until 12:00 on the dot that someone turned up and actually served us and then they just treated me like I was a shoplifter or something. Mandy talked to one of her friends who had been there and they said that they had encountered the same problem. I even sent a message to the Yo Sushi people telling them that the service might be improved, but I have had no reply.

Anyway, despite feeling like a fool to start off with the food was very nice. The dish I started off with was crab… something and I also managed to get octopus… something with artichoke… bits. All of which were very nice indeed and I am glad that I had at least something.

The lack of help wasn’t my only problem. The place is a little expensive as I had barely a snack before the bill reached ten pounds. I know that’s not all that much, but I hadn’t even started. I wonder how much the guy across the bar spent as his pile of plates was huge!

So off we went to Currys. I never expect much from Currys, their prices are OK and their customer service is rubbish. On more than one occasion I have waited for 30 minutes just to buy a single item, not because the store was busy, but because there was no one there to serve me. This time we had a different problem.

The kettle was clearly marked £29.99 on the shelf, but once we took it to the till the girl who served me said it was, £35.99. I stopped at this and said "surely you mean £29.99". So I took her to see the shelf where I had picked up the kettle, which quite clearly said £29.99.

I stood my ground and she eventually said that even though all of the labels where mixed up should would give me a discount. I suggested that it wasn’t my fault that the labels where mixed up, but she didn’t seem to care. So I got the kettle for £29.99!

All this was after she had offered me 3 years warranty on the thing for £9.99. Amazing, does she actually expect me to buy warranty on a product that already has 3 years warranty for a third of the price of the item?

But what a kettle! It has LED’s built in so that it produces what it calls "mood lighting" in quite a few different colours. But when you turn it on it starts off blue and slowly turns orange and yellow as the water gets hotter and boils as it reaches red. Our last kettle used to make a lot of noise after it has turned off, but this one is different. The very instant the water is boiling it turns off and is completely silent immediately. Brilliant.