The sweet smell of success money
Adam picked up a package from the sorting office for me today containing a Lush sample I had done a swap for. The sample weighed about 50g and the sender had stuck a 1st class stamp on the package. Unfortunately, the whole package had was a little over the weight limit for a 1st class stamp and we had to pay an excess charge of £1.07 for it. This consisted of 7p for the shortfall and £1 'handling charge'. Bloody skinflints (the Royal Mail, not my swapper).
Food shopping this evening and couldn't help wondering why some products are 'poshed up' for no good reason, and others aren't. The shoe polish manufacturers are quite happy with 'Black' and 'Brown' so why do the loo roll manufacturers have to have 'Lily White', 'Honey Blush' and 'China Blue'? Descaling liquid (so far) only comes in 'Original' fragrance, yet washing up liquid can be purchased in 'Orange and Tea Tree', 'Lime and Lemongrass' and 'Camomile and Marigold'.
You can even get embossed loo roll now. My prediction is that you will be able to get scented loo roll before long. Just you wait and see.
Adam picked up a package from the sorting office for me today containing a Lush sample I had done a swap for. The sample weighed about 50g and the sender had stuck a 1st class stamp on the package. Unfortunately, the whole package had was a little over the weight limit for a 1st class stamp and we had to pay an excess charge of £1.07 for it. This consisted of 7p for the shortfall and £1 'handling charge'. Bloody skinflints (the Royal Mail, not my swapper).
Food shopping this evening and couldn't help wondering why some products are 'poshed up' for no good reason, and others aren't. The shoe polish manufacturers are quite happy with 'Black' and 'Brown' so why do the loo roll manufacturers have to have 'Lily White', 'Honey Blush' and 'China Blue'? Descaling liquid (so far) only comes in 'Original' fragrance, yet washing up liquid can be purchased in 'Orange and Tea Tree', 'Lime and Lemongrass' and 'Camomile and Marigold'.
You can even get embossed loo roll now. My prediction is that you will be able to get scented loo roll before long. Just you wait and see.
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