I stopped off at
Morrisons on the way to work last night. In much the same way I have
done several times over the last four years. As I queued at the
checkout there was a minor altercation in the queue behind me. One
chap was standing with a basketful of packets of sweets. Loads of
sweets. As I looked at them I vaguely wondered about stocking up with
the things myself for Christmas. And then some rather officious woman
in Morrisons uniform bustled up and aggressively demanded that he put
most of them back. She would only allow him to buy six packets of
sweets.
He seemed to accept this;
I mentioned to the chap that if he wasn't allowed to buy them I would
have some of them - they would be ideal for Christmas. Five minutes
later the same officious busybody marched up to me and told me that
the checkout girl had accused me plotting with the other chap to
somehow defraud Morrisons. She accused me of buying shopping to then
pass on to this chap, and rudely went on to say that for reasons that
she could (but wouldn't) explain it is illegal for anyone to
buy more than six of any given item from a shop.
This is patently nonsense
and has no standing in law. Even if it is a strange regulation
peculiar to Morrisons it is not one whach I have ever seen enforced.
The people in the queue in front of me were buying *lots* of
bottles of a certain brand of wine.
Over the years I have
come to accept rather shoddy service from Morrisons but this was an
all-time low. I told her (in no uncertain terms) where she
could put her groceries and drove round to spend my money in
Sainsburys.
The manager at Sainsburys
confirmed my suspicion that there is no legal bar to buying as much
of any given item as I choose. He also had an attitude which could
not be described as "obnoxious" which has made me
wonder if I might not be better off spending my money with them in
future.
I sent them a rather
scathing email, then did my night shift.
As I drove home I had a
wry smile at the news. Ex-Radio One disc jockey Neil "Doctor"
Fox has been cleared of all the horrible allegations
made against him.
Following this, Britain's
most senior magistrate questioned the pursuit of historic sex attack
cases. "The most difficult aspect of this case was most of
the allegations were historical," he said. "While
the events were undoubtedly memorable for the complainants, it's
appropriate to approach with caution accounts which happened of a
brief period so long ago."
Broadcaster Paul
Gambaccini, who was also arrested over historic claims before charges
were thrown out, called for Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir
Bernard Hogan-Howe to resign.
Meanwhile in America Bill
Cosby (who despite all the rumours has still to be formally
charged with anything) has sued seven women saying they lied
when they accused him of historical sexual assault with a plan to
make money from the allegations.
Whilst the alleged crimes
in these cases are terrible (*if* they actually happened) the
supposed victims have had quite long enough to bring their cases. But
so many people really do beleive in the "no smoke without
fire" philosphy and innocent lives are ruined.
I've ranted about this
before, haven't I?
Once home I had planned
to take the dogs for a walk. The rain was against us, but we had a
go. After a hundred yards Sid sat down and refused to go any more. I
managed to coax him on a little, but we didn't go far.
I then spent most of the
day asleep. I'm off to another night shift now...
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