Services:

Catering services, repairing services:

At the photographer’s: At the garage:
- have photos taken/developed - take it for the usual MOT
- have snapshots printed. - check-up
At the watchmaker’s: - repairing of the parts that do not work properly
- have watch repaired, set if it is slow or fast - change the plugs
- have the battery changed if it has run down. - replace the oil filter
At the shoemaker’s: - reset the ignition.
- can have shoe heels or soles repaired At the post office:
- have them sewed or patched - counter for the sale of stamps: stamps, coins,
At the dry cleaner’s: postcards, letter writing papers and envelopes
- have stains removed from coat - newspapers and magazines counter: the latest
- have a piece of clothes dyed issues of all dailies, weeklies, monthlies,
At the barber’s: quarterlies and annuals (buy/subscribe)
- have moustache and beard trimmed - the parcel post: handles all parcels and packages;
- have a haircut, shampoo or shave. the parcel balance weighs your parcel and you
At the hairdresser: have to fill in a form.
- have hair cut/ permed /dyed/tinted according to - money order counter: send money by money
the dictates of fashion. order or by check
At the tailor or dressmaker: - send letter by registered post, air mail, express,
- have a new suit made recorded delivery, ordinary mail or slip it into the
- have ready-to-wear suits altered post-box
- have dress taken in/ let out/ turned up/ let down - send a telegram
if it is too baggy/too tight/ too long/ too short - have a saving account or buy bonds
- you need lining, buttons, zip-fasteners - pay your rent, bills for gas, electricity,
- sew the come off buttons telephones, insurance etc.
- darn the socks if they have a hole in them - buy lottery and football pool
At the petrol station:
- fill the tank of their gas
- shop (buy drink and food, coffee, magazine)
- open non-stop
- very expensive.

Banks:
- deal with savings, payment services, lending, insurance, foreign currency exchanges, leasing, giving
advice on investments
- telebanking services: use phones or the Internet to give orders to the banks to carry out different business
transactions + check account

Repairing:
- have it fixed by repairman:
- cheaper then buying (not always)
- can’t fix everything
- you have to buy the necessary tools
- have it changed at the shop:
- you have to have the assurance that you
bought it
- you may get a new one or have you
money back or have it fixed