h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh my, what a week.

I am soooooo tired

Today I went to work. It was still there. Strangely it's been kinda' quiet this week - really in fact. Work is nearly always very, very busy. Mainly because there is always someone who is sick and sick people are my bread and butter. This week the sick people were quiet and it made for quite a long week - what with that and all the running about I've been doing.

Anyhow tonight we went shopping again. No more clothes were purchased but daughter decided she had to have some decent skin care products so we went to one of those fancy counters in the chemists at Forestside. She went in looking for some Clinique cleanser but the counter was unmanned. We looked around and there was a girl with full face make-up and dressed in black busy polishing plastic. Daughter said "Can you help me, I'd like some Clinique cleanser?". Girl replied "No, I work for Lancome. If you'd like some Lancome cleanser I can help you with that".

I was gob-smacked and had it been up to me I'd have said no thanks. Anyway, daughter said "Okay, I'll take a look". To cut a long story short daughter bought the cleanser and the nice girl gave her a day cream and eye make-up remover for free. So, all in all it was £20 well spent and a loss for the Clinique counter staff who'd obviously skipped off early.

A quick and simple lesson in competitive sales....fall asleep, lose your money!!! I wonder if the Clinique salesperson will get the sack??? The blunder merits that, I'm afraid.

How are you, Fizzy??? I'm heading off, but would still pass on a hello.

Lovely to catch you, however briefly, MS.

Safe home.

I very rarely visit these places unless I'm forced to - usually around Christmas time when I can't think of anything more suitable for my wife.

The last time I did, I was almost pounced on by every (I assume commissioned) representative from each of the perfume companies.

The daggers-looks from the other reps when I made a purchase in Chanel almost surgically-incised the atmosphere. I bid a hasty retreat.