BEASTLY TALES

SHOPPING DAY

Orville went to the supermarket to shop,
But, at the check-out, he was forced to stop.
Twenty check-out stations did exist,
Only one open, Orville was pissed.
He counted the customers ahead of him.
Fifteen, all with packed trolleys, things did look grim!
Oh, yes! There was a system of self-serve check-out.
But of rage-inducing complexity, did it shout!

So, let’s review where we are today,
Service-wise with Fleece value supermarkets, now, what will we say?
If you require semi-human assistance to check-out,
Be prepared for any hastiness to flout.
Bring your own bags, or pay through the nose,
Or check yourself out, so that sanity goes.

Fleece value, that great supermarket chain,
Suggests to the public, they have FRESH FOOD on the brain.
But take a bag of grapes home, in high summer,
If you truly believe that they are fresh, you are bordering on dumber.
Many in the pack have begun their new life as raisins,
Other FRESH FOODS deserve similar praisings.
At the very least one can say that they are brilliant at long-term storage,
Including salad items, from lettuce to borage.
They stopped giving plastic bags, for the good of the ocean.
This, of course, is a splendid, public spirited notion.
But they are still prepared to SELL plastic bags.
To anyone, pimply youth’s to old hags.