Went down to the hospital this morning for my monthly blood test. Left home
at 7.30am, and the big Tesco supermarket car park near my home was already
nearly full. By the time I came back at 8.30am, there were cars queuing to
get into the car park, and the shops are open again tomorrow. Just how much
can people eat?
The supermarkets are only closing on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but even
last week trolleys were piles so high you'd think there was going to be a
month long siege, and that's in addition to what they've been buying in the
way of biscuits, sweets, alcohol and other stuff that will keep, since the
beginning of September.
To my way of thinking (which is obviously wrong), if some people are buying
that amount, there must be at least an equal number not buying anything. I
really don't understand people who stuff themselves with food and get
paralytic drunk over the Christmas period.
There must be an awful lot of waste food going into landfills, when many
people in the world are starving. I know what's in our supermarkets can't
help them, but it does still seem morally wrong to me.
I'm not religious, and get quite cross when strangers assume that everyone's
a Christian and celebrates Christmas and wish me a Merry Christmas. In the
supermarket last week, a woman tried to push me out of the way because she
was impatient. When I didn't move she said sarcastically "And a Merry
Christmas to you!" I know it was wrong (particularly because I'm not Jewish,
and I apologise to those of you who are), but I immediately responded with
"And a Happy Hanukkah to you.", which left her looking very perplexed. The
older I get, the grumpier I get, especially at the commercialisation of it
all.
And as for snow, we had one fine sprinkling about 6 or 7 years ago which
settled for about an hour, for which I'm very grateful having been snowed in
frequently when we lived on top of the hills in Somerset.
Gets off soapbox.
Having got that off my chest, Season's Greetings from me to all of you and
whatever you celebrate around this time of year, and greetings to you if you
don't celebrate anything at all.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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