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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol 36 No. 5. 29 March 1973

The Manager Thompson & Hills Ltd Hastings 127 Cecil Rd Wadestown Wellington 1. 19 March 1973

The Manager Thompson & Hills Ltd Hastings 127 Cecil Rd Wadestown Wellington 1.

Dear Sir,

I have a complaint to make with regard to your product 'Jellimeat'. Today I bought 2 1 lb cans of 'Jellimeat'. On unwrapping them I noticed that one had expanded considerably at both ends. In my folly I decided to open this can in order to feed our 2 cats. I had barely pierced the metal with the tinopener when I and the kitchen, including floor, walls, windows, dishes in drying rack etc. etc. were sprayed with a pungent diarrhoea-like mess which spewed forth from the small opening in the can. It has taken me over an hour to clean up and disinfect both myself and the kitchen, and the stink still lingers on. Furthermore, the starving cats had to wait an extra hour before being fed — from the other tin — I dared not try to open the first any further for fear of another spraying. (The second tin behaved quite normally — Hooray!) Even had I got it open, I wouldn't have dared feed the chunderous froth to the cats in case they dropped dead from food poisoning.

I see no point in returning the can to the retailer from whom I bought it as he is clearly not responsible, and therefore shouldn't be caused any undue embarrassment or inconvenience.

It is alto pointless asking you to refund the cost of the can, but might I suggest that you look into the conditions of hygiene under which 'Jellimeat", is canned to ensure other animallovers explosion-free feeding times.

Yours faithfully,

David G. Crayford.