Friday, November 22

Tag: complaints

Pampered Kuwaitis quibble in five-star Quarantine
MIDDLE EAST

Pampered Kuwaitis quibble in five-star Quarantine

The meat is too fatty and the staff is slow to clean up coffee stains, some Kuwaitis quarantined in five-star hotels due to the coronavirus outbreak have a litany of complaints. Authorities in the oil-rich country have forced citizens returning from abroad to isolate for 14 days in luxury properties before they are permitted to re-enter society. Kuwait has adopted the strictest measures in the Gulf to combat the spread of coronavirus. It has recorded more than 700 cases, and one death. Plush hotels have turned into quarantine shelters, preparing to host around 60,000 Kuwaitis returning from countries including Italy, Germany, Iran, Egypt and Lebanon. The first batch arrived two weeks ago, and for some accustomed to the best in life, their accommodation has proven less than sati...
China’s Ofo Faces User Complaints Against Revenue Raising Strategy
CHINA

China’s Ofo Faces User Complaints Against Revenue Raising Strategy

China’s leading bike-sharing platform Ofo is again into the headlines due to customer’s complaints regarding its new revenue raising strategy. It has been reported that when the users open the Ofo app to unlock a share bike, they have to first watch a five-second video advertisement. Many app users have got annoyed by this and have socially stated that the videos will be a drain on their mobile data allowance. A similar case happened just a few days ago with Netflix where the people were posting annoying tweets against Netflix promo videos that could neither be skipped not muted. The mobile applications these days are finding new ways of promoting themselves in every possible way. These insiders were cited by Beijing Youth Daily as saying that Ofo might lose customers because of thei...