We had the unenviable task yesterday night of popping along to our local Tesco supermarket to buy the last of our Christmas supplies. We'd only gone in to buy a couple of perishable items, having done the bulk of the shopping a week ago and it was just as well we did. It was mayhem!
Even before we'd gone into the place we were absolutely astonished to see another would-be shopper in the carpark, arguing with a member of staff. Apparently, he hadn't been able to find a shopping trolley, so on spotting a column of them being shepherded along, he approached the trolley-jockey to grab one. The Tesco's oik, to our amazement, wasn't having any of it and I thought they were about to come to blows.
Once we got inside the place, things were no better. We only needed a basket for our purchases but they didn't have any of those, either. Clearly the Durrington, West Sussex branch of Tesco weren't expecting to be busy just before Christmas !
POSTSCRIPT
Looks as if I'm not the only person who reckons that Tesco's is a bit of a letdown. Just after I wrote this posting I found this.