It has been quiet here for a couple of days as we are in the middle of my birthday weekend ;-) The Professor has come home (after 6 weeks!) and after receiving breakfast in bed by Our Boy I spent most of yesterday receiving visitors and eating cake!
I made this cake I found on the blog Hverdagsthing
I made this cake I found on the blog Hverdagsthing
The cake was extremely(!) nice and the celebrations have been really great.
Here is the recipe in English:
Whip stiff 4 eggwhites and 2 small coffee cups of sugar
Add two small coffe cups of desiccated coconut and 1/2 bar of chopped cooking chocolate
Bake in the oven on 160 degrees for 1 hour
Whip 3 dl whipping cream and pour the whipped cream over the cooled cake.
Grate the other half of the cooking chocolate bar and sprinkle on top
Here is the recipe in English:
Whip stiff 4 eggwhites and 2 small coffee cups of sugar
Add two small coffe cups of desiccated coconut and 1/2 bar of chopped cooking chocolate
Bake in the oven on 160 degrees for 1 hour
Whip 3 dl whipping cream and pour the whipped cream over the cooled cake.
Grate the other half of the cooking chocolate bar and sprinkle on top
The blogging has invigorated my interest in photography and The Professor very kindly wants to give me a new camera as part of my birthday present (might be the Christmas gift, too...!).
To avoid "getting into trouble" he wanted to let me choose it myself. So we all went off to the shops this morning.
That is when it all started to go wrong...
I knew exactly which camera I wanted (Canon EOS 550D), and had seen it at a reduced price on the shop's website. To avoid having to wait for it being delivered, I wanted to see if the shop in town would match the online shop. I know this was a long shot, but sometimes they do.
The shop was full of pre-Christmas shoppers, but a salesman quickly attended to us (funny how a middle aged couple with a teenager in tow just "smells" like money to them...). Let me correct myself - he attended to THE PROFESSOR and OUR BOY. I was just overlooked...
Big mistake.
I quickly very politely took over the conversation and pointed out that I knew exactly which camera I wanted and he changed his tone and started interrogating me!
Did I really have any experience with such a high power piece of equipment? I was rather surprised at this tone, but still very friendly and explained that I had looked into this for a long time and I wanted this particular camera. Well, he had more than 20 years experience and would NEVER recommend that camera to a beginner!
Did I really have any experience with such a high power piece of equipment? I was rather surprised at this tone, but still very friendly and explained that I had looked into this for a long time and I wanted this particular camera. Well, he had more than 20 years experience and would NEVER recommend that camera to a beginner!
I was still calm and replied that I appreciated that, but I was OK with it, I had done my "homework" and I was set on this camera. Again, he kept saying that "this or that" camera would be much better suited to somebody with no experience (not that he bothered to find out how much "experience" I have).
He proceeded to ask me all sorts of technical questions as if I had to pass a test to be allowed to buy the camera!
He proceeded to ask me all sorts of technical questions as if I had to pass a test to be allowed to buy the camera!
I now interrupted rather icily this charade and asked if he would match the price as found online or not?
To cut a long story short, I turned around to my men and we proceeded to another part of the shop. They had watched in silent horror and were shocked witnesses to the scene more or less holding their breath to see if I would explode or not (that has been known to happen before when men have made a similar mistake). I was completely livid and felt extremely offended, but instead of making a scene I chose to walk away from this imbecile.
To cut a long story short, I turned around to my men and we proceeded to another part of the shop. They had watched in silent horror and were shocked witnesses to the scene more or less holding their breath to see if I would explode or not (that has been known to happen before when men have made a similar mistake). I was completely livid and felt extremely offended, but instead of making a scene I chose to walk away from this imbecile.
I will wait till it is delivered from the online shop instead.
I assure you I am calm again and I am now off to have some Chocolate cake!
Ååå,kjente jeg ble skikkelig provosert her jeg også... Jeg hadde garantert sprukket - så all ære til deg fordi du holdt deg rolig.
ReplyDeleteDu burde nesten klage på denne selgeren til sjefen hans om det er mulig - det hadde vært til pass for ham!!
Håper allikevel du koser deg med bursdagen din og gode kaker - og jeg er VELDIG fornøyd med mitt 550D!!! (Har 18 - 200 linse på og det er absolutt å anbefale!!)
Klem fra størstepia
Hi, hi - bra for deg og synd for han!!!
ReplyDeleteHan hadde sikkert bedre fordeler ved å selge
deg det andre kamera.
Skjønner godt at du ble irritert, og utrolig at du klarte å holde deg rolig - det hadde nemlig ikke jeg gjort.
Gratulerer så mye med dagen!!! Håper den har vært kjempefin!!!
Klem fra
Marianne
Det var da den frekkeste lille sjåvinist! Han hadde helt sikkert mensen, stakkar. Eventuelt a bad hairday, det kan etter sigende sette det svake kjønn helt ut, har jeg hørt.
ReplyDeleteGrattis med nytt kamera, når det engang kommer i posten, helt uten fornærmelser! Bursdagshelgen din høres slett ikke verst ut, og kaken med! Jeg smakte en utrolig god kake på julemarked i dag, som egentlig høres helt uspiselig ut, siden store deler består av svisker, gul vaniljekrem og vanlig krem... på en eller annen klissete makronbunn. Men fy søren, den var god!
Bra jobbet, Mette! Dårlig service og sjåvinisme finner vi oss ikke! Kjedelig at du må vente litt ekstra på kameraet da, men godt du er prinsippfast:-)
ReplyDeleteGratulerer så mye med overstått forresten! Og gratulerer som nesten - eier av nytt kamera! Har forresten samme kameraet (bare modellen før) og er veldig fornøyd:-)
Klem
Gratulerer med overstått bursdag og flott presang i vente..
ReplyDeleteJeg er imponert over at du bare forlot "idioten", jeg hadde aldri klart det uten å fortelle ham hva jeg mente om hans kundebehandling.
Well, more fool he ... gotta hate these salespeople!
ReplyDeleteJ got a Canon back in late summer (financed by his savings) and really likes it. In fact, it's so nice I too want one ...
Hei!! Sterk lesing!! Sånne folk fortjener virkelig ikke salg!! Jeg trodde salgsfolk ville selge dyrere produkter, ikke nedgradere ønskene til kundene!! Du har noe å glede deg til da!! Jeg må innrømme at jeg oftere tyr til kompaktkameraet mitt, men jeg har muligheten hvis jeg vil. Ha en fin fredag!! De kakene ser utrolig gode ut. Særlig med masse friske bær på seg....... AnneKari:-)
ReplyDeleteGodt gjort å berre spasere ut. Har du sett "Pretty Woman"? Elskar den scena der ho er tilbake i butikken ho ikkje fekk handle i: " You work on commission, right? I was her yesterday, and you wouldn't serve me. Big mistake. Huge!" Mannen her i huset kontaktar sjefen i etterkant, om han opplever slikt. Kanskje noko å tenke på? Reknar med du har fått kameraet no, og kosar deg med det.
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