Day 712 – Coffee hack

What? No. Not some brilliantly simple new way of making your morning cup of java. No-one needs to mess around with long-spouted pouring vessels, organic linen-based filter papers and hermetically sealed coffee bean capsules.

No need. Stop it.

Just keep making your coffee the way you like it each morning. It doesn’t have to be a four hour long religious service. Honestly.

But like I said, this isn’t about that.

My details got exposed (careful now), thanks to… Nespresso. Wow.

I got an email.

We are writing to you concerning your personal data. Your name, phone number, and email address may have been temporarily exposed through a third-party supplier.

Yikes.

Please be reassured that this issue has been immediately fixed and your personal data is fully protected.

Well, apart from the stuff that got leaked, obviously, right? Those being my name, phone number, and email address. All the information I gave you, in fact.

Additionally, there are no reports that any of the data has been misused as a result of this incident.

“Yet.”

We sincerely regret this unfortunate situation. We take our obligation to safeguard your personal data very seriously.

Our survey said… [Family Fortunes ‘X’ Wrong Answer ‘Uh-Uh’ Buzzer/Sound Effect]

see?

Seriously though, it’s not great, but actually, what are those people going to do with that info that was temporarily exposed? Call me up and tell me “it’s not real coffee”?
Yeah, well maybe not, but it’s all fun and games until I’m getting on with my day and you’re still stuck there in the middle of your pre-morning drink preparation incantation rituals.

Jeez. I need a coffee.

Cheaper coffee

Not a sponsored post.

Incoming from Nespresso (complete with Yuletide wreath graphic)(?).
“Something has changed”.

Obviously, I thought this was just duplicitous marketing to get me to go and visit their site and maybe buy some coffee. But when I went there to prove myself right… I was… well, I was wrong.

I can’t quite work out why, but Nespresso really have dropped their prices. Up to R20 off a sleeve of pods (that’s more than 22%) and a whole R200 off my usual INTENSE box. Wow.

As I said, I’m not sure what has prompted this unusual move, but I’m not complaining, because any extra cash in my wallet these days is very, very welcome.

 

Please leave your comments about how it’s still a rip off and how it isn’t “real coffee” in the box below. Thanks.