Shoddy…
Henry: Snapped. Second time I used it.
James: Looks a dodgy bit of manufacturing.
Plastic body, tin-pot metal screw. Where’s it made?
Henry: Package says Denmark. And it wasn’t
cheap.
James: Could be a Chinese knockoff.
Henry: Joint venture. Even though there’s a
European partner, caveat emptor obviously. And I couldn’t get a refund because
I’d thrown away the receipt.
James: Turn of the screw?
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Voice-over
Meaning of a turn of the screw as a
conversational close?
Perhaps James is referring to an action which
becomes progressively worse… in this case, the buyer, Henry, was reassured by
Scandinavian reference on the package, and a European price, but ended up buying
a poor quality item, didn’t keep the documentation and had no power to get
compensation for the deception.
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