Causing Chaos at the Supermarket...

All I wanted was a box!

Our glut of fruit has led to storage problems and in an effort to alleviate these I thought it would be a good idea, whilst at the supermarket, to ask an assistant for an empty box. That's all! Just a box, like the one fruit comes in....

Well... off went the supermarket employee telling me to "ne bougez pas"......as if I would dare!

He returned with a carbonated pad and proceeded to write (endlessly, it seemed). Colin quietly asked if I thought the poor man was under the impression that we wanted to purchase a full box of apples - heaven forbid!!

Eventually he handed me a piece of paper.....

We hadn't a clue why and I hadn't the heart to ask if he would mind if I took two boxes... In any case I had the distinct impression that Colin would have disowned me if I did!

And so we continued our route round the supermarket, box and piece of paper in hand. Until, that is, I saw another man with empty boxes.... So I took the plunge and asked. He simply handed me a box; no piece of paper - just a box!

"1 carton"

Did he see me as a kindred spirit? Or had word got round the store that staff were likely to be approached by a mad English woman with a box fetish?

We have since realised that the form filling of the first assistant was part of the store's policy of logging customers' requests; hopefully to act on them!

What a brilliant idea! Well done, Auchan!!