Cheap Shoes

 

I don’t pretend to be nice all of the time.

Certain trolls will bust their pantyhose at the chance to remind you all of this fact.

I won’t disagree 

I can be a real bitch when I’m in the mood.

More about this later, firstly, I must big up Y Shed cafe again. I met my friend Ruth and after a nice walk with the dogs we chatted for hours over a very passable corned beef hash and coffee

Quite lovely in fact

That was this afternoon

Later on, I was indulging in a loud debate with a fellow customer at the checkout in Tesco 

I wasn’t happy.

I wasn’t happy at all. 

I noticed the woman and daughter were not wearing masks as they were yelling at each other about the cost of some luxury ice cream . The younger woman had a baby looped over her arm. 

I gave them a wide birth, out of range of any droplet splatter

Later on, of course, they came up behind me at the checkout .

Loud and brazen 

It’s called sod’s Law

I caught the older woman’s eye and asked her “why no face mask ?”

I had to repeat myself as she couldn’t hear me

“ what’s it to you ?” She snapped back 

“ I’m a nurse and I wear one to protect you as well as myself “ I told her

“ Oh Fuck off “ the younger woman raised her voice “ mind your business “

The cashier looked at me pleading for the argument not to go any further

So I shook my head in a patronising way and looked down 

Both women were wearing plastic sandals below Stretch leggings 

and I resorted to the old tried and tested

“ Cheap Shoes !” I said and the younger woman countered with a “ yer what? “ 

“C h e a p  s h o e s “ I said clearly and rather too loudly 

And I could see the cashier half smile as I walked away 

Ps..local lockdowns in Flintshire and Denbighshire start on Thursday

Pps thank fuck I was wearing my blue brogues rather than my Aldi crocs lol