Saturday & Sunday 8th & 9th December 2007
The weekend went in a whirl as usual with my 19 year old son home from University. He fills up with all Mam's cooking and then returns to his pot noodles and pop for the rest of the week. He related to me how he went into a garage and bought a tin of hot dog sausages and a pack of rolls. Then he forgot the tomato sauce so had to go back for it. More petrol I sighed. But he was in a dilemna, he had 8 sausages in the tin but only 6 rolls in the pack. What is the solution. Of course mam he said, being a civil engineering student, I would have to buy 3 tins of sausages and four packs of rolls then I would be ok. That is him fed for a week. It is the same today with most things. Packaging has destroyed sense. Remember the ironmongers, where you could buy 1 screw or nail if you wanted. B&Q are clever, you want 7 large nai9ls, you have to buy 2 packs of 6 to get 7. Then the other 5 hang about for years cluttering up your cupboards until you need them again and cannot find them. More petrol to go to B&Q and another 2 packs of 6. No sense is nonsense. We need to conserve not reserve at Argos.
