The greatest thing about panic buying is that it makes my figures look wonderful. One morning with a covering of snow and it looks like I’ve sold a fortnights worth of petrol in a day.
I also got to have my annual ‘Here’s a Hole in your Argument’ conversation with a customer, which usually runs something like this:
“Filling up again Mrs Johnson?”
“God yes. You can’t be too careful,”
“You’ve only managed to fit three pounds worth of diesel into your car, Mrs Johnson. You’ve probably used more fuel on your journey today than you’ve actually put in the tank.”
“I know. But it s good to be prepared isn’t it ?”
“For what, exactly?”
“The weather”
“It’s only going to snow today, Mrs J. It’ll probably all be melted by Monday.”
“Maybe, but like I said - you can’t be too careful. You might run out of diesel and trucks could get stuck and not be able to get here to refill you”
“If that’s the case though, you wouldn’t be going anywhere in your car, would you, Mrs Johnson?”
“What?”
“Well if a fully-laden 18-wheel fuel truck can’t make it on the roads, your little Citroen C3 won’t stand much of a chance, will it?”
I must also, at this point, say a huge thank you to Mrs Samantha Ormeroyd, a new lady working in the staff canteen in the supermarket, who yesterday introduced me to the joys of black-cherry flavoured hot chocolate. The thought of it made me want to vomit, but on a cold Winters day with the chaos swirling around us, it was absolutely wonderful.
RC 14-1-17
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