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“Animals don’t have a voice, but I do. A loud one.” — Ricky Gervais

Welcome to Day 24 You Ethereal Elephants

I love a gilet. I feel the cold. But I like my offensively long arms to be able to dangle around unrestricted, whilst my core is snug. Think of Mr. Tickles from the Mr. Men series. That’s me! There’s a reason my partner calls me “Tickles” and it’s not because I’m tickly. I just wish I had the legs to match the arms!

Anyway, this is relevant to my point. I promise.

So, I did my due diligence with my research and was delighted to find a new gilet online that did not contain any down or other animal products.

But when it arrived, there were blatant feathers poking out of it! And the label stipulated it contained 10% feathers.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh! How frustrating!

It seems the fact that it was 10% feathers was overlooked by the company. They likely deemed this an irrelevance. And even now, a month after my complaint and return, the product description has not been…