Today the news is full of outrage because the boss of a major bank, owned by UK taxpayers is to receive a huge bonus payout, a little short of a million pounds. I was also financially outraged today, on a slightly smaller scale ;-), when I went to make a purchase. I’ve had a cold for a few days, quite unusual for me, and this morning I’d dripped my way through all the tissues I had with me. So in my lunch break I popped into the small branch of a certain major news retailer, set up as a convenience store in the hospital, during my lunch break. I saw three choices and asked the price of each, expecting to pay through the nose (PTP!) a little. My first option was the equivalent of the quality you would find in a pound shop, the next the basic version of the brand name and the last the man sized brand name. The prices, can you guess? £2.49, £2.99 and £3.79, I kid you not, this is for a single box of tissues, and I nearly fell through the floor. ‘What? I only want one box, I would expect twin or triple packs for that.’ They looked at me as if I was crazy and offered a handbag ten pack for 99p. As it was that or my sleeve I had to fork out. Is it that I am a complete raging crone? Or do you agree that it’s totally nasty to charge prices that high, when most of the customers are patients or their visitors? Being in hospital is stressful enough without being ripped off and taken advantage of by a large national company. Grrrh.
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Lucid Gypsy 
That is frustrating.
You were up against a wall my friend! Margie
despite the frustrations of life you create a blog that is wondrous and brings us hope. I am giving you the HUG Award. Here is the link for the post where I list you http://believeanyway.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/a-day-full-of-hugs/. and here is the link to use when you accept the award http://ahopefortoday.com/2012/01/14/hope-unites-globally-hug-award-guidelines/. it is connie’s link and she created this wondrous award that you certainly deserve.
Ah bless you Kate, I’m delighted to accept the HUG award! It may take me a while to pass it on but I’ll get there.
I know what you mean. I went out without a hanky the other day. Of course my nose began to run. I went into a well-known shop. I could have bought their bargain pack and had to lug it everywhere or the single pack which cost almost as much but which fitted in my pocket. I wonder how big the bonuses for the bosses of these shops are.
And I am outraged by the bonus pad to the head of RBS.
Agree wholeheartedly with you.
Nice bit of well deserved grrr there Gilly!
I agree with you about tissue pricing, I now never go anywhere without a few tissues. I seem to remember the last time I was in hospital (as a patient), I was provided with a neat little box of tissues by the kindly NHS. Has this stopped? Do patients now have to provide their own tissues? What about relatives who’ve had bad news, must they run to shop to buy a tissue! Surely not!!!
i think that is just awful – what happened to taking care of the sick
everything is so OUTRAGEOUSLY priced when the retailers have what they perceive as a captive audience! just terrible!!!
Fees have gone up everywhere … It is terrible! 😦