Oh for a carrot!

in Grumpy Old Gitlast year

The wife works nights; she does Continental Shifts of three on and three off. When she is working and because I'm a very modern man, I cook dinner in the morning, generally at 5:00 am! So that the missus can have an extra hour in bed and there's a meal ready for when she gets up and I get home from work. Today it's a lovely chicken pie with new potatoes, greens, beans and... Oh no! There are no carrots!


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"Aha! I know if I walk Charlie, our dog, a little later. Hopefully, the fruit & veg shop up the town will be open; I say open; they'll be setting up, but selling me a bag of carrots shouldn't be a problem, should it?

Sure enough, the shop was getting ready for the day.

👨 "Hi there, I know you're not open yet, but I was wondering if you could sell me a bag of carrots?"

🥕 "We're not open yet."

👨 "I know, sorry for being cheeky, I was just hoping you had a bag I could buy. I'm not bothered about change if that helps?"

🥕 "I don't have any carrots bagged up; I only have loose."

👨 "Could I have four carrots for £1? You pick the carrots."

🥕 "The scales are not switched on yet."

It was time to admit defeat; she was clearly not going to sell me any carrots. I was tempted to bellow: "If only you hadn't thrown away the old weights and measures scales. You wouldn't have to wait for the damn thing to switch on!"


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I assume it wasn't the person in charge. People need to be given some responsibility to judge what is reasonable. They could guestimate the weight. It's not like they are measured in karats.

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