The last day I go to ASDA..... ?

Hi Worlds !!

How has your day been ?  Mine hasn't been the best - but, more of that later...

Ok - it's a Wednesday evening.... a bright & warm day....  B has gone out to get her hair cut, followed by a trip to the gym - where she will meet up with ME, who has been spending the day with her boyfriend.  They'll be home together about 8.30pm or so.

So that leaves me here, with J.... he has just gone back upstairs, having had a meal & watching a bit of the film 'Dark Star' - the old John Carpenter movie.  It's kind of cheap - but well funny, all the same !!

The film is still playing now - so, I've no music at the moment !!

I do have a Zeppelin concert, from July 25th 1969.  it from a show they did in Milwaukee, at some State Fair or another.  It's a complete show - but only last's about an hour, the tracks are:

1) The Train Kept A Rollin'
2) I Can't Quit You
3) Dazed & Confused
4) White Summer
5) How Many More Times
6) The Lemon Song
7) Communication Breakdown

It's a cracking little concert & I remember being well happy when I got a copy, many moons ago !!  As always, don't buy bootlegs !!

Tomorrow, I have to go back to the hospital, for a check up.... I'm not really looking forward to that. It should be Ok - but, as things are not 100% at the moment.... we will have to wait & see how things are in the morning, I guess.  I'll let you know how I get on.....

Anyhoo - today has been a bad one........

I do not like going out... I really hate the whole idea of being in crowds & everything that goes with it !!

Anyways - we landed up at ASDA.  Because of my wheelchair, I have a 'blue badge'.  This means I'm allowed to park in the marked bays...... which others should not use - if they do not have a badge.  With me so far ?

However - as seems to be the norm, there were people (or a person) parking in the bays - which meant I couldn't get in, until someone else moved.  This took about 10 minutes, give or take & in the heat, I was getting really p****d off !!

Now then - they have these signs up - saying there is a £70 fine, for people who use the bays illegally.... and there is this guy, who is meant to go around checking on the cars.  However, most times, you can find him inside, either talking or pretending to look important. So - once B had got me out of the car - I went in & asked him, what was the point of having signs up, if he isn't bothering to do his job !!

He got quite mad at me - claiming he was on a break & what have you...... so I gave as good as I got !!  Then, as I was pushing myself away - he said "fu**i*g idiot" !!  To which I blew my stack !!  How dare he !!

I demanded to see the manager & he came over & I told him exactly what had been said - we then went outside - to find the guy I was complaining about, still sat there, in his car, blocking a space !!

They went & got him to move - but, if the guy had done his job, in the first place, the driver should of got a £70 parking ticket & I wouldn't of been called a "f*****g idiot".... which, as I pointed out to him, I'm not & just because I'm in a wheel chair, it doesn't give him the right to assume I am !!

So - I told them, they could stick their shop up where the Sun doesn't shine & I wouldn't be back until I got a written apology !!

We went then to another one of the 4 big supermarkets there are in town & B did her shopping there !!  I have e-mailed the head office about the guy & told them exactly what he said & demanded a written apology - which, I guess, I won't get.... so, today could mark the last day I ever go into ASDA !!

I won't miss it.... honestly !!

Today has not been a good day !!  I only went out, because I thought I had to go to the hospital today !!  I know I get mixed up - but, I'm not going to sit there & be called an idiot, just because a guy can't do his job right !!

So - that was my day - it's not been the best one I've ever had !!  But - it has convinced me.... I only need to go outside, when I have to see someone or go somewhere.... the rest of the time, I'm staying
home !!

Right - I'm playing Neil Young's 'Rocking In The Free World'.... it's from the 'Weld' video soundtrack & has cheered me up no end - music does that a lot !!

Oh well - that's enough for tonight... until next time...

Bye Bye