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Also see: "for your convenience".

It usually means the customer needs to bend over and grease up, because somebody's getting screwed ...

"For your convenience, we are increasing our fee from $1.95 to $9.95 ..."

"For your convenience, the complimentary continental breakfast is now available upon payment of a $14.95 convenience fee ..."

Now and then I look at how badly customer-facing businesses are misusing the word "convenience". Unfortunately, I am rarely disappointed.



Brazilian GSM operators just announced (at TV) that they'll all (at the same time) start cutting internet access after a quota in order to provide their customers a better service.


It should actually be "For Our Convenience".




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