A very small victory
I was once shopping in Sainsbury's procuring some items for a nice salad. One item on my shopping list was a nice ripe avocado so it should come as no surprise that I was found in the fruit and vegetable area squeezing avocados to find a good 'un. After trying a few I settled on a nice big one that had a bit of squish to it and felt nice and ripe.

I continued around the shop picking up my ingredients before proceeding to the till. At the till the assistant was scanning my salad items before arriving at the avocado and discovering it had no label on it. She buzzed for assistance and the two or three people behind me in the queue started sighing and shuffling. Around 30 seconds passed and I was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable about holding up the impatient other patrons... I scratched my earlobe... The assistant buzzed for assistance again before a breathless buxom older lady appeared to assist. The label-less avocado was shown and the assisting assistant began stabbing the buttons on the till trying to locate the price for the avocado. The impatient tuts grew louder and I was beginning to regret my choice of avocado until, finally, the assistant said "I'll just charge you 30p for it"... I looked at her in surprise before she said "I know it's worth more but I can't find it on the till".

So I left Sainsbury's with a lovely ripe avocado for the bargain basement price of 30p. However I did lose 5 minutes of life I'll never get back.
(Fireyfox is prepared to change, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:50, 8 replies)

So . .
. . what is the going rate for a ripe avocado ?
(Bitter and Twisted, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:57, closed)

I believe...
At the time of going to press that a ripe avocado would usually set one back in the region of 80 pence.
(Fireyfox is prepared to change, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 20:34, closed)

You and your middle class fruit . .
. . I could live for a week on 80p !!


(I hope it is actually a fruit)
(Bitter and Twisted, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 22:15, closed)

from what I understand we don't get any of it back, not just those five minutes.

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 15 Feb 2011, 20:04, closed)

no returns
what none of it you say?
i am aghast and bereft of comments
oh my lovly hour long baths they have done for me done for me i say
( fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 20:25, closed)

Fuckers!!
I've been mislead.

Or mistyped.

One or the other....
(Fireyfox is prepared to change, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 20:32, closed)

Wow
You can afford to shop at Sainsburys??
(imanaturalblonde, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 12:48, closed)

Only on...
... special occasions or when I want some quality ingredients. Couldn't afford to do the full weekly shop there! Normally I'm a Tesco girl.
(Fireyfox is prepared to change, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 19:37, closed)