A Depressed Feeling

I don’t know if it is what I have been exposed to this week, but I have become depressed at the way many commercial concerns are simply about exploiting their customers. Obviously the headline case is Volkswagen; again I find it beyond comprehension that anybody at Volkswagen would think it a good idea to cheat emission testing. On such a scale as well, millions of cars had the rogue software fitted to them.

Coincidentally I was listening to the radio concerning the case of a 98 year old man who had been successively sold multiple useless insurances, and donations to the same charity multiple times. May different companies had exploited his age to sell products that he did not need or could afford. Again what moral compass were these companies using.

Lastly offshore people claiming to be able to resolve my Microsoft Windows issues with my computer have called me several times this week. Now I know that this is a scam and is designed either to take money from me for a product that I did not need or to infect my computer with a bug. Again it is designed to take advantage of people without the requisite knowledge or skills. It is criminal.

All of this makes me thoroughly depressed concerning the state of our society. It make cynics of us all, I really no longer believe any commercial proposition, I even feel that visits to the supermarket are opportunities for exploitation. I have no answers for this, I feel it is a huge issue for society but see no politician speaking about it let alone have any answers.  

PS If you want a fourth example my daughter will rant about Kwik Fit.