Today was a day of many frustrations. I was day off which was far from frustrating in itself but with a day off comes the inevitable trip into town. Quite a few kids not a school getting under my feet which is annoying. Also annoying is the big issue seller in the middle of chelmsford. Why is he incapable of just saying "big issue, get your big issue here"? No. Instead he shouts "bii iissshhhhuuuu" completely dropping the G altogether. At one point he actually said "get you big copy of the issue here". Really how hard can it be?!
I went into LUSH the smellies store to get a friend a few gifts and asked the lady at the till if they have any gift boxes. She says no but they have scarves. Excuse me??? I was after a box. She then goes on to show me how she can wrap the goods in a scarf then the scarf can be reused .... as a scarf and I was lost. I left the store scarfless and smelly goodsless feeling I'd slipped into an alternate reality where boxes no longer existed and scarfs had taken over.
And why oh why are the public so unaware of personal space. So many people knocked me with their handbags today I could have slapped someone. Women with big bags should have to take some kind of carrying test and if you cant move around town without hitting people get a smaller f*****g bag!
I then headed to a department store to get a few items of clothes for my little fella. I approach the please pay here area where there are two tills being operated. There is one lady waiting at one till so I approach the other till. Both of us are waiting for quite a while as the lady in front of her has a lot to pay for, while the old couple in front of me are retired so talking to the nice lady at the till is the highlight of their day and its clear the are going to make the most of it. The lady in the other queue catches my eye and the following conversation takes place ...
her - are you in the queue?
me - it would appear so yes
her - its just that Iwas here first
me - first in the queue for that till, I'm waiting for this one
her - well they normally have a sign up saying queue here and its just one queue
me - well that sign isn't here today is it?
her - i know, but it normally is
me - tell you what, you can go next whatever till becomes available
her - well I don't want you thinking I'm just pushing in but its always one queue here
me - believe me I couldn't care less, I'll be sure you get served next
Then, in a brilliant turn of events the very till she was queueing for comes available so that whole conversation need never have happened! Better still, a little while after she begins paying I get to my till pay up just in time to witness her till crash as she tries to use her card. I cant resist laughing to myself as I leave the store while she struggles to pay.
This was certainly the highlight of my day!!
Happy easter all
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