On 8/7/2019 10:00 AM, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 09:22:17 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
>> Last time we had a major power outage (whole island) supermarket
>> tills stopped working, so couldn't be used to pay with either cash or
>> cards. Also all the windows are at one end of the store and most of it
>> was pretty much in darkness.
>>
>> The manager issued torches to the staff and made all essential
>> goods available to locals "on tick". Customers waited outside, handed in
>> a written shopping list with their contact details on it, staff fetched
>> the goods by torchlight and handed them over, no payment required. After
>> the shop re-opened (on generators, the next day) we settled up our
>> shopping lists.
>
> Did you all sing authentic English folk songs as you walked back to
> the supermarket?
>
Unlikely. Scottish folksongs, perhaps...