The thing
that really annoys me about the shops being full of Christmas cards and
wrapping paper at this time of year is that it’s so hard to find a decent
birthday card! People do still celebrate birthdays in December, despite what
some shops may think.
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| I love Christmas lights! |
Last week I
arrived home from a shopping trip, clutching my festive TV (What’s On TV) guide
eager to discover the delights of Christmas telly. However, imagine my surprise
when I found that the magazine was missing pages 5-38, although it had double
of some of the other page numbers. Perhaps even more disconcerting, was that
when I returned it my local Tesco to get a replacement, the assistant
scrutinised my receipt very carefully to confirm the 90p purchase, checking and
double-checking before allowing me to get a new copy! I was hardly operating
some big-time con!
My husband
often meets me in a local car park after a shopping trip, where I happen to
stand waiting for him quite near to a ticket machine. Obviously, my proximity
to the machine means that people often ask whether I have change for the meter,
but more perversely they seem to ask me random questions too. “What time do the
shops close?” “Where’s the best place to buy a loofah?” (Or some such item).
“Is there a branch of ‘Mobile Phone Mania’ nearby?” It seems they think I’m
there to offer some kind of information service; perhaps I should put a sign
above my head saying ‘Shoppers’ Joy Information Here’. Who knows, if you’re a
shopper in Kent and have ever asked a rather exhausted, shopping-laden lady for
advice, you may have spoken to Shoppers’ Joy?
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on Twitter @shoppersjoy
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