The technicalities of
recovering the ironing board proving too difficult, I resorted to replacing the
whole unit, and selecting a mid-range model from the shelves in Wilkinson’s Newton
Aycliffe store, proceeded to the checkout and made my outsize purchase where,
unlike the customer before and after, I was not asked the formulaic “do you
want a bag”; my tongue in cheek complaint of not being offered one was
appreciated more by the queue than the salesgirl and unsurprisingly resulted in
me leaving still bereft of packaging to stride through the shopping centre with
the brightly coloured article tucked under my arm, looking like an overage
surfer in search of an unlikely beach.
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