Short of a pizza, there was nothing viable in the flat this morning for my breakfast. So on my walk to work, I passed a little bakery, ten minutes late for work already. So I crossed the road and decided to pop in.<\/p>\n
I investigated my wallet. Not good news. I could assume that they weren’t going to take Visa for a \u00c2\u00a32 snack, so I was going to have to turn on the charm.<\/p>\n
“May I help you?”<\/i><\/p>\n
“Um… I’ve got… \u00c2\u00a31.40. What can I get for \u00c2\u00a31.40?”<\/p>\n
“Well, what would you like?”<\/i><\/p>\n
“Just a little something for breakfast really. My cupboards are bare, and so I’m only really looking for a substitute for two slices of toast.”<\/p>\n
“I’m feeling generous – I’ll do you a bacon roll for \u00c2\u00a31.40”<\/i><\/p>\n
“Bless you. That’s very kind.”<\/p>\n
“Butter?”<\/i><\/p>\n
“Yes, please.”<\/p>\n
“Any sauce?”<\/i><\/p>\n
“No, thank you.”<\/p>\n
Easy. I arrived at work ten minutes later, with my nice greasy bacon roll ready to meet its destiny in the usual way. I emptied my pockets to find another \u00c2\u00a31.40.<\/p>\n
So in the interests of restoring the balance of things, I am going to go in at the same time tomorrow morning, and if the same girl is working behind the counter then I shall have another bacon roll, and I shall pay up the outstanding balance. I think it’s only fair.<\/p>\n
It was a pretty good bacon roll as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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