I went into WH Smiths this morning to buy a newspaper.Simple enough transaction really.
When I got to the counter the assistant asked me 'would you care for a bag of mints today sir?' (people who have been on brainwashing sales courses always say today a lot), I declined the mints offering my money for the paper at which the assistant (not taking the money) said 'how about a Book of the Day sir?' at this point I nearly and instinctively said 'fuck off', but I didn't, I politely declined the book and paid for my paper.
She scanned the paper and then put the bloody thing in a carrier bag - and with a receipt to boot!
Talk about eco friendly - a friggin carrier bag for a newspaper!
And a receipt - whats that for? So that I can take the paper back if there's a fault with it? 'Can I have my money back for this newspaper please, it's gone wrong'.
Hard sell at the till, a carrier bag, a receipt - the whole thing was an absolute load of bollocks.
I'll go to the corner shop in future.
