Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Saturday, 19 November 2016

Small Meal, Smaller Tip

Our Saturday night out – a meal and a film – began well enough, securing an un-booked table at Pizza Express, and while I went for a standard pasta dish my wife opted for the lower calorie pizza, which seemed to be the standard pizza with its centre removed and replaced by salad; despite that we were well satisfied with the food and service, but my attempt to put a tip onto the credit card payment resulted in an embarrassing addition of just 2p, requiring my wife to pitch in a couple of pound coins to at least confirm that I was incompetent rather than ungenerous.

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