Grief magnet - you are one - own up
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In Tesco I couldn't find the kitchen paper. I saw a young man wearing a Tesco - Here To Help shirt and thought I was on safe ground.
"Excuse me," I said, "do you have any kitchen paper?"
"Toilet paper, you mean."
This was some time ago but I was reminded of it yesterday in a pharmacy.
"Hello, could I have some Solpadine Max Soluble, please?"
"Are they for yourself?"
"Yes."
"Are you on any other form of medication?"
"No."
"You can only take them for three days, maximum."
"I understand."
"We haven't got any."
It's me, isn't it?
"Excuse me," I said, "do you have any kitchen paper?"
"Toilet paper, you mean."
This was some time ago but I was reminded of it yesterday in a pharmacy.
"Hello, could I have some Solpadine Max Soluble, please?"
"Are they for yourself?"
"Yes."
"Are you on any other form of medication?"
"No."
"You can only take them for three days, maximum."
"I understand."
"We haven't got any."
It's me, isn't it?
It's called kitchen roll in our house. It's definitely distinct from bog roll. Far too rough for that. I wince thinking about it.
I walk through life getting told about people's problems and don't really listen even if I look like I am. My wife walks through life getting told everyone's grief and tries to help. I'm not sure which of us is the better person but it's a good job that she's the one working in the NHS as if I was there'd be lots more dead people about due to negligence.
I walk through life getting told about people's problems and don't really listen even if I look like I am. My wife walks through life getting told everyone's grief and tries to help. I'm not sure which of us is the better person but it's a good job that she's the one working in the NHS as if I was there'd be lots more dead people about due to negligence.
bigpriest said:
'Kitchen Paper' is too vague a description as there is parchment, foil-backed parchment, grease-proof paper, roll etc. but the correct reply should have been "what type of kitchen paper?" and then a mumbled /disguised "ffs".
Interestingly I immediately knew what he meant.Jinx said:
If it is anything like the Tesco near me the kitchen paper/roll is on the same aisle as the toilet paper - so it may have been an abridged answer - à la the current form of communication with anyone under the age of 20.
Sounds like an improvement on grunting 
Sainsbury's seem to call it "Kitchen Towel" which doesn't lend itself to "Toilet Towel" - that just sounds horrible.
With metrication came the slow transition from Imperial measurements and the old ways of doing things. In the ironmongers, as it was known, I asked for some wood screws.
"Could I have a gross of inch and a half number 8 countersunk wood screws, please?"
"We've gone metric."
"Okay, can I have a gross of forty mil, whatever No.8 is, wood screws please?"
"We've gone metric."
"What does that mean?"
"You buy them by the hundred."
"Okay, I'd like a hundred, forty mil..."
"Nah, nah, nah. You can have a hundred inch and a half eights."
You're right. It's me.
"Could I have a gross of inch and a half number 8 countersunk wood screws, please?"
"We've gone metric."
"Okay, can I have a gross of forty mil, whatever No.8 is, wood screws please?"
"We've gone metric."
"What does that mean?"
"You buy them by the hundred."
"Okay, I'd like a hundred, forty mil..."
"Nah, nah, nah. You can have a hundred inch and a half eights."
You're right. It's me.
Jinx said:
If it is anything like the Tesco near me the kitchen paper/roll is on the same aisle as the toilet paper - so it may have been an abridged answer - à la the current form of communication with anyone under the age of 20.
As opposed to whinging and cantankerous like those above 40? I would have said yes to the toilet paper thing and just gone there. Kitchen ‘paper’ is always in the same place anyway.
Also for Solpadene, I would have gone in having looked up the PL number and just asked for the equivalent if they said they didn’t have the branded item.
Prob would have saved quite a bit as well.
So for these two examples, it is you.
Must be stressful being such a stickler!
Also for Solpadene, I would have gone in having looked up the PL number and just asked for the equivalent if they said they didn’t have the branded item.
Prob would have saved quite a bit as well.
So for these two examples, it is you.
Must be stressful being such a stickler!
Edited by wyson on Saturday 8th April 15:47
wyson said:
Also for Solpadene, I would have gone in having looked up the PL number and just asked for the equivalent if they said they didn’t have the branded item.
Prob would have saved quite a bit as well.
So for these two examples, it is you.
I must admit. Boots chemists are very good for this. Prob would have saved quite a bit as well.
So for these two examples, it is you.
Ive been in a few times recently.
First time I asked for otex ear drops. The chemist took me to the shelf where they were and picked out some own brand equivalent and said the active ingredients were exactly the same in the same quantities, but less than half the price.
Same thing happened when I went in for eye wash and drops.
Ambleton said:
I must admit. Boots chemists are very good for this.
Ive been in a few times recently.
First time I asked for otex ear drops. The chemist took me to the shelf where they were and picked out some own brand equivalent and said the active ingredients were exactly the same in the same quantities, but less than half the price.
Same thing happened when I went in for eye wash and drops.
If the PL number is the same, its exactly the same thing, just different packaging. Picked this tip up on moneysavingexpert. So supermarket, indeed boots own brands don’t have separate factories from the branded items. If the PL number is the same, its literally exactly the same thing, out of exactly the same factory.Ive been in a few times recently.
First time I asked for otex ear drops. The chemist took me to the shelf where they were and picked out some own brand equivalent and said the active ingredients were exactly the same in the same quantities, but less than half the price.
Same thing happened when I went in for eye wash and drops.
wyson said:
Ambleton said:
I must admit. Boots chemists are very good for this.
Ive been in a few times recently.
First time I asked for otex ear drops. The chemist took me to the shelf where they were and picked out some own brand equivalent and said the active ingredients were exactly the same in the same quantities, but less than half the price.
Same thing happened when I went in for eye wash and drops.
If the PL number is the same, its exactly the same thing, just different packaging. Picked this tip up on moneysavingexpert. So supermarket, indeed boots own brands don’t have separate factories from the branded items. If the PL number is the same, its literally exactly the same thing, out of exactly the same factory.Ive been in a few times recently.
First time I asked for otex ear drops. The chemist took me to the shelf where they were and picked out some own brand equivalent and said the active ingredients were exactly the same in the same quantities, but less than half the price.
Same thing happened when I went in for eye wash and drops.
DickyC said:
In Tesco I couldn't find the kitchen paper. I saw a young man wearing a Tesco - Here To Help shirt and thought I was on safe ground.
"Excuse me," I said, "do you have any kitchen paper?"
"Toilet paper, you mean."
This was some time ago but I was reminded of it yesterday in a pharmacy.
"Hello, could I have some Solpadine Max Soluble, please?"
"Are they for yourself?"
"Yes."
"Are you on any other form of medication?"
"No."
"You can only take them for three days, maximum."
"I understand."
"We haven't got any."
It's me, isn't it?
If I may suggest, DickyC, you aren't quite ready for the 'Supermarche Quiz', given that you are only recently let loose from detention?"Excuse me," I said, "do you have any kitchen paper?"
"Toilet paper, you mean."
This was some time ago but I was reminded of it yesterday in a pharmacy.
"Hello, could I have some Solpadine Max Soluble, please?"
"Are they for yourself?"
"Yes."
"Are you on any other form of medication?"
"No."
"You can only take them for three days, maximum."
"I understand."
"We haven't got any."
It's me, isn't it?
You have Staff, leave it to 'em to collect whatever yer wanting, and no mistake!
Solpadeine, is the correct spelling, if I'm not mistaken, so make sure they bring back the right stuff?
pequod said:
If I may suggest, DickyC, you aren't quite ready for the 'Supermarche Quiz', given that you are only recently let loose from detention?
You have Staff, leave it to 'em to collect whatever yer wanting, and no mistake!
Solpadeine, is the correct spelling, if I'm not mistaken, so make sure they bring back the right stuff?
It's kind of you to take an interest, pq, but it's not only in shops where grief lies in ambush. You have Staff, leave it to 'em to collect whatever yer wanting, and no mistake!
Solpadeine, is the correct spelling, if I'm not mistaken, so make sure they bring back the right stuff?
My problem, here in this thread, is it's only retail grief that I can bring to mind at present. Again, you see, in Tesco - perhaps I should go somewhere else - I asked the girl at the checkout if there were any cloves. Incredulous, she turned her head slightly and slowly nodded towards the huge expanse of the F&F Clothing range.
I just feel there is a language barrier. Possibly a cultural barrier. I don't know.
DickyC said:
pequod said:
If I may suggest, DickyC, you aren't quite ready for the 'Supermarche Quiz', given that you are only recently let loose from detention?
You have Staff, leave it to 'em to collect whatever yer wanting, and no mistake!
Solpadeine, is the correct spelling, if I'm not mistaken, so make sure they bring back the right stuff?
It's kind of you to take an interest, pq, but it's not only in shops where grief lies in ambush. You have Staff, leave it to 'em to collect whatever yer wanting, and no mistake!
Solpadeine, is the correct spelling, if I'm not mistaken, so make sure they bring back the right stuff?
My problem, here in this thread, is it's only retail grief that I can bring to mind at present. Again, you see, in Tesco - perhaps I should go somewhere else - I asked the girl at the checkout if there were any cloves. Incredulous, she turned her head slightly and slowly nodded towards the huge expanse of the F&F Clothing range.
I just feel there is a language barrier. Possibly a cultural barrier. I don't know.
FF's? Are they only available in the freezer section?
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