“Facing up”

When our older son was born I made the choice to leave the classroom for a number of years. Eventually, missing contact with others, I took a part-time job in Waitrose, Harpenden just to have some more meaningful conversation… Initially I was supposed to restock shelves after the department manager had determined what was needed. In reality I struggled to manoeuvre the racks of cans out of the room-sized lift from the warehouse. But after a full day of till training in an outer London branch I was deemed suitable and ready to sit behind a cash register, punching in the prices of each persons shopping. Quickly I came to enjoy the interaction with customers and was promoted to be the person who “ran the front”. Each evening there were people who “faced-up” the shelves so it appeared that there were no spaces amongst the packets and cans. Did they check use-by dates? Probably not. But when buying a package of meat or bag of salad or veggies we instinctively look for the longest date, often not the pack nearest the back but frequently the one at the front of the shelf. That won’t do…restocking should happen from the back please. I could name and shame but we all see it I’m sure! (With regard to missing taramasalata mentioned last week, it seems the staff at the factory are on strike. Still no tabbouleh 😉 ) x