It is a cold day
in Hell that I criticise my employers, but I could barely control my
outrage after buying a packet of three biscuits in the canteen to go
with a nice cup of tea.
The reason for my fury: 35p. Thirty-five new pence.
THIRTY! FIVE! PENCE!
Putting some
feelers out on the old social media, I find that - perhaps - my fury is
exaggerrated with reports of two for 50p, and some poor sap being
charged a pound for the Jaffa Cakes. Good Lord, you could buy a whole
packet for that, and still have change enough to fling at a hapless
mendicant on the way home.
I believe that I
have discovered the tip of a very large iceberg. While 35p for three
biscuits probably isn't terrible in the grand scheme of things, there
are clearly financial officers at other office-based workplaces who are
holidaying on the proceeds of their biscuit price-gouging scam.
There should be a riot over this.
Or at the very least and extended tea break. Take THAT, The Man!
5 comments:
There's your problem Alastair, Rich Shorties..! You'll be on millionaire shortbread next, or rich tea.
I bought a 400 gram pack of coconut flavoured biscuits for 45 pence - Which was Nice.
..... I'll get my coat
35p but that's 7 Shillings in real money
Thats just taking the biscuit now !
Crumbs.
I always use the Mars Bar test. Which involves comparison to the price of an apple or a banana. Under no circumstance should the price of the "healthy" alternative snack exceed the price of a snack pack of biscuits, crisps, Mars Bar etc.
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