I’ve wanted to mention this for quite some time and finally got it done this morning. It is well documented that I use Redken Maneuver as my hair product of choice. It comes in at a reassuringly expensive price and is only available in actual salons. Like the Partners “Hair Design” (hilarious) chain of salons. I usually go to the one at the Waterfront.

Let’s have a look at that.

“Partners” at the V&A Waterfront

It took about five times of total and utter bleeding pain, before it finally sank into my brain that Partners at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town DO NOT ACCEPT AMERICAN EXPRESS CARDS! It does happen from time to time in little shops or stores (generally rural villages) and one shouldn’t scold these shop owners – after all, AMEX merchant facilities do charge around 1% more than VISA and MASTERCARD, which could hurt the little guy.

BUT, to position your shop inside South Africa’s number 1 tourist hotspot, the V&A Waterfront, next door to Lillywhites, and downstairs from the likes of Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Jimmy Choo (Death Row), WITHOUT accepting American Express…. Well, it can only be described as a Mind Fuck.

It’s ridiculous. I simply CANNOT get my head around it. Partners, you are totally and utterly RIDICULOUS!

I must say, I’m gobsmacked that V&A Waterfront’s management even allow it.

Christ, my grandmother accepts American Express.