I went to woolworths yesterday.

It started as a singularly unpleasant experience. There were sale and discount posters everywhere, there were hoards of people looking for bargains, and the shelves were either piled high with tat - or were completely cleared of goods - the latter especially in the toy and games areas, I noticed.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not overly sentimental or fond about Woolies - I’m not looking at it as some sort of favourite shop that I’ll miss. But it was horrid to see so many people (including me) looking to grab a quick bargain as such a big and history filled business comes to an end…

But then I got to the tills… and there were 2 ladies there who were teamed up to help serve the queues… and they were in such good humour. 2 weeks before Chrimbo with heaps of people impatient to be served and with the surefire knowledge that their jobs were already crnchd, but these ladies were so pleasant and were cracking jokes about the carrier bags were worth framing as souvenirs - suggesting that they’d be worth something on ebay - cheered me up no end :)