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Wednesday was a good day. I was picking groceries and noted a message on the scanner. This is an option whereby a customer can state preferences if we don’t have what they want, or specifics such as green bananas. This message read: Thanks for doing my

After the past 3 weeks of working at least an hour extra every day, and picking up an additional shift of 4 hours, this past week was almost normal in that I only did 1 hour of overtime. It was fine as I was, quite frankly, shattered. I’ve not been

Something I’d posted to a comment on a previous blog, made me think about times I’ve genuinely laughed out loud, or smiled at a situation. Decades ago, my husband and I bought a house, and also had an allotment just a few miles away. The plot had been

Last week I had 3 days off work, on top of my usual 2. The weather was drab and no use for anything outdoor related, though we did have one dry day during which I took apart the patio table and disposed of it. We never sit outside; the garden is too small

Lately, I can’t help but notice how standards are slipping. One day recently we had a male customer, and I swear he was wearing his pyjamas under a sweatshirt. I’ve never seen men’s trousers like these anyway! Where I used to live, the large supermarket