{"id":1834,"date":"2015-11-12T13:19:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T18:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2022-08-19T00:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T04:01:41","slug":"and-the-silliness-keeps-on-going-and-going-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=1834","title":{"rendered":"And the silliness keeps on going, and going, and…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For only 195\u00a3 at current exchange rate, $394.68 CAD. Many other models available, Darth Vader, for instance, Storm Troopers, etc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
With thanks to File 770 for pointing me to this Star Wars silliness!<\/h5>\n
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BRIGHTON, England, Nov. 11 (UPI) —<\/span> A member of Britain’s Parliament has been nicknamed “Shoebacca” after using House of Commons letterhead to complain about missing out on Star Wars<\/em> shoes.<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Angela Rayner, 35, a Labor party member who represents Ashton-under-Lyne, used notepaper with House of Commons letterhead to write a letter of complaint to the Irregular Choice shop<\/a> after the store sold out of Dan Sullivan-designed Star Wars<\/em> shoes that featured R2-D2 figures as the high heels.<\/p>\n

“I have only ever brought your shoes and I am loathed to do so again, or recommend your shoes to others. I am writing to let you know that treating customers in that way will only cost you more in the long term,” the letter read.<\/p>\n

Daniel Theophanides, 32, head of retail at the Brighton-based shop, told the Manchester Evening News<\/a> he was “personally very shocked by the complaint.”<\/p>\n

“It was the wording of the complaint on House of Commons headed paper. One was addressed to head office and the other was sent to the shop in Brighton,” Theophanides said.<\/p>\n

Theophanides said Rayner mistakenly believed she was on a pre-order list for the shoes, when they were actually available only on a walk-in basis. He said he called the official to apologize and was going to offer her a pair of the shoes special-ordered from China, but she hung up on him before he was finished speaking.<\/p>\n

“Shame they sold my pair after I waited months on their list & been a customer 4 years. Poor customer service,” Rayner tweeted.<\/p>\n

Rayner took a more diplomatic tone with the Manchester Evening News.<\/p>\n

“There appears to have been a breakdown in communications with the company, which is regrettable,” she said. “My complaint was about the poor level of customer service and the attitude of a member of staff, who appears to be seeking headlines in tabloid newspapers rather than concentrating on providing a decent service to customers.”<\/p>\n

Her office said members of Parliament are allowed “modest use” of the House of Commons letterhead for personal correspondence.<\/p>\n

Rayner, who was branded “Shoebacca” by The Sun, appears to have deactivated her Twitter account amid the controversy.