The wife works nights, continental shifts. Three on, three off. This means that on weekdays I need to cook our dinner at an ungodly hour of the morning so that:
- The wife can spend a bit longer in bed and has a meal ready for when she gets up.
- I have a meal ready when I get home.
Sadly, I get home some nights, and the wife has already left for work. Sometimes I might pass her as I'm coming home, and she is going. A bit like "Ships in the night."
This morning I prepared minted lamb kebabs with croquet potatoes, but I wanted some roasted Mediterranean vegetables to go with it. Sadly, there was none in the fridge, so I had an idea.
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Our local supermarket opens at 7 am (We're not big enough to have 24/7). I would try walking Charlie up there and see if I could persuade one of the staff to get me what I needed. To be honest, they're right by the door anyway!
Charlie and I reached the automatic doors. Damn! There's nobody on the cigarette counter. A security guard was eyeing us contemptuously; I suspect hoping he could leap from his control panel to bark "NO DOGS IN HERE, MATE!" After a good five minutes, the woman I generally see on the counter appeared from the main store.
Me: "Excuse me, I wonder if you could do me a huge favour? Could you sell me a tray of Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables? Obviously, I can't come in with the dog, and they are only there, see?"
Woman: "I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to leave the counter."
Me: "WHAT!? To my knowledge, you've been gone for five minutes with NOBODY on the counter, and you can't spare literally ten seconds?"
I was about to leave, muttering under my breath, when she relented and fetched a tray, and I handed over £1.60, a transaction that I would say took six seconds at most!
Luckily we have one of those fan fryers, so a quick 20 minutes and the meals were complete.
I can't leave the counter? TSK unless you're chatting to your mates, that is. #LeSigh
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