Brighton Scenes #3

Waitrose on Western Road. The checkout lady asks me if I'll need some bags. I ask for two.

The woman in the queue behind me, the sort of forty-something social worker type who puts the 'right on' into Brighton tuts. She then chides me for not bringing reusable bags: 'we all need to make small changes to save the planet.' I pack my groceries up, and eye what Ms Righton is buying (two bottles of wine, strawberries, asparagus, two newspapers and a big cake) and saunter out to walk home slightly cross.

I dawdle a bit before I walk up the hill home past the Waitrose car park entrance where a big shiny volvo containing only the driver is edging out. The driver waves me across the entrance: it's Ms Righton. I think of a few small changes she might like to make.

Posted by Dan Wilson on November 2, 2008 in Brighton & Hove • Personal, Whimsy & Caprice

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4 Responses to "Brighton Scenes #3"

November 2, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Sue said:

English wine, strawberries and asparagus? Thought not.

November 3, 2008 at 1:57 pm

Adrian said:

I spend a lot of my life suffering the death of 1000 small indignation’s of not saying smart smarmy replies.

Either a
- Lovely strawberries, who thought you could get them local and fresh this time of the year.
- Nice cake. Hope you don’t die young from heart disease.
- Hello? Excuse me? Why are you talking to me? Go lecture someone else you annoying busy body.