The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #164708   Message #3945864
Posted By: Senoufou
23-Aug-18 - 03:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Supermarkets, self check out and online
Subject: RE: BS: Supermarkets, self check out and online
I remember Wimpy bars. I actually loved a Wimpy, and they had a juke box in the place.
When husband first arrived in UK (many years ago) he dragged me into a McDonalds and begged me to take dozens of photos of him sitting there with a huge double cheeseburger thing and a Coke, wearing a ManU top.
He was nearly weeping with pride and joy, and sent the photos to his family & friends to show that he had 'made it' in life!

He did exactly the same thing with all the huge supermarkets with about 30-40 checkouts. I felt like a press photographer, clicking away while he chose stuff from the endless shelves and stood at the checkout wearing...(insert here any Premier League football club shirt) I had to show him what to do with the trolley (He wasn't sure how/when one pays)
He'd never in his entire life seen so much food on display, and goggled at the overflowing trolley we pushed to the checkout.

It really made me reflect on how fortunate we are, and how greedy (well, I know I am) plonking anything we fancy in our trolleys and stuffing it all in the fridge and the freezer. No end of good meat, wholesome fruit and vegetables, gallons of milk, while he and his family had literally starved many times on just a bit of rice or even nothing at all.
I never forget this now, and I'm so glad we can help them with regular funds for food and medicines.