Michael Jackson - I thank you

Had it not been for Thriller I may never have started to listen to pop. When he sang and danced he gave millions undeniable solace.

Incomparable, irreplaceable, may his soul rest in peace.

MJ...thank you.

Tenant or house owner

I have been moving from one rented house to another since 2000. One big difference from then and now is that house owners have lost all traces of common sense.

Earlier there was a clear relation between the size of the house, facilities and the rent for the place. Now just the opposite is true. The owners alone cannot be blamed though. Tenants are more than willing to compromise for the sake of staying close to children's school, spouse's office et al. Thanks to tolerant tenants and money hungry owners rent these days are really at unbearable, unspeakable levels. What one gets for 5k a month is just acceptable but it is still sometimes 2BHK which is two bedroom, hall, kitchen. In most bathrooms and rest rooms are almost non-existent. Talk about compromises.

My pick for worst second hand car dealer

The sales guy/manager at Sundaram Motors division for selling second cars is the best - when it comes to saying things that arent true that is. I had the misfortune of buying a car from them and its an understatement to say I am disappointed with what was meted out. To call the people at this dealership names would be to degrade any of the nice things that most of us can think of when pissed off. One thing for sure they are shameless and care a hoot about customer satisfaction. They are also solely responsible for giving Fiat a bad name. A job they truly did well!

Try any other second hand car dealer, go to Sundaram Motors at your own risk knowing you have been given fair warning.

My pick for worst e-mail and telephone support

Beyond doubt this goes to Royal Sundaram Insurance. Their online insurance payment works like a charm. I got my car insurance done in no time and received an e-document for it, everything good so far. Days after the promised time for the hard copy I receive the insurance document with my name spelled incorrectly. I tried number of times to get the right person over phone, wrote to their e-mail support, no use. Totally frustrating. Please stay away from this one another Sundaram company which is a major pain in the wrong place.

My pick for best service

Symphony the makers of air coolers have made me their customer for life. Unbelievable after sales service. Every company has an after sales support e-mail address, the difference with Symphony's I found was that someone actually checks and responds. Way to go guys at Symphony.

Restart

Am going to start writing something here everyday. Dont know what it will be about but I will be 'My Say'.