What I’m really thinking: the mother of a redhead via @TheGuardian

I bet my mom could have related to this article.

She got comments about me like this ALL the time. Her hair was auburn; my dad’s hair was fiery red when he was younger. I had no choice in the matter.

Cereal is still the best meal of the day.

We are not supposed to be offended. Yet if you replace ginger with any other unusual body part, it suddenly seems less acceptable

Link: What I’m really thinking: the mother of a redhead | Life and style | The Guardian

The collapse of Monarch: inside the doomed airline in its last days | Business | The Guardian

I’d never heard of this airline before last week. Then I caught a call from someone who’d been booked on them. There was no other way to help him, had to sell him a new ticket on a new carrier, and he’ll pursue refund with them himself.

In the week running up to the collapse of Monarch Airlines, one crew member noticed that something was awry. The soap had run out on a flight back to Gatwick and a request to replenish supplies was left unanswered. A few days later, on Monday this week, Monarch was no more: almost 2,000 staff would be laid off and the travel plans of 860,000 passengers would be disrupted.

Link: The collapse of Monarch: inside the doomed airline in its last days | Business | The Guardian