The Irish don't know how make a formal complaint.

Cork, 2009 -

When I went up to the local Aldi, the entry-gate alarm was still going off erratically, a high-pitched warble every minute or so for about fifteen seconds.

When I'd picked up a few items and made it to the checkout stand, I had to ask the young Polish cashier "doesn't that sound make you crazy?" She said yes, it drove her absolutely nuts.

I told the manager that I'd noticed that the alarm for at least two weeks...

"Do you want to speak with the manager?"

"Yes, please." She was gone in a zip.

The older Irish woman next to me said "She wasn't long about agreeing to that, was she?" She appreciated that I had said something. "I would never have thought of it," she said, and I believed her.