Today I Went To Iceland

jenny1959

Today i went to Iceland

The supermarket not the place

Trying to find a short queue

Turns into a race

Elderly lady at the back

Tries to jump the queue

Those further forward voice their anger

“Hey, we were here before you”

The lady shrugs her shoulders

With two trifles in her hand

Standing ages just for that

Wasn’t what she had planned

Trolley at the front of the queue

Contains enough food to feed an army

Woman says “Most of it will get thrown away”

Queue looks at her as if she’s barmy

Small boy in a pushchair

Clamouring for his sweets

His mother says he'll have to wait

They're under the cooked meats

Man with a tray of lager

Legs buckling under the weight

He says they're for his party

From seven tonight until late

Someone gets tired of waiting

Puts her goods back on the shelf

She mumbles she's going to Asda

Where she can serve herself

Girl in the queue decides

She'll use her phone to pay her bill

The checkout girl says into her mike

“Can you open another till?”

Lager man gets restless

Drops his tray of cans on the floor

Pushes his way to the front of the queue

And dashes out through the door

The small boy thinks he’s waited

Long enough for his sweets

So he reaches out to the check-out

And helps himself to treats

The mother sees what he has done

And snatches back the loot

So the small boy retaliates

With a kick from his right foot

The queue is getting longer

And tempers start to tray

I put my basket on the floor

I’ll go back another day

  • Author: jenny1959 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 3rd, 2017 05:54
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Michael Edwards

    Oh I know this only too well. I have so many issues like those who pack away their goods slowly and then say 'oh where's my purse, and wait a moment I think I've got some vouchers somewhere, and then start a conversation with the person on the till . While they are waiting in the queue why can't they get themselves organised and get their cards, vouchers, cash sorted out. And as for the likes of Lidl, and Aldi - where do they send their staff to study how to block isles with empty boxes and containers of items waiting to be placed on the shelves - must do a PHD on the subject. sorry - great poem that touched a few strings.

  • Tony36

    Well written and expressed Great write

  • Goldfinch60

    Very good write and so very true. Been there!!



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