I'm not leaving without my token !!!
By Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (11259)
United Kingdom
January 3, 2018 8:37am CST
So, we decided that we would have a little jaunt out to a shopping outlet near us.
Not a place that I have been too very often but actually since I last went I think that they have upped their game a fair bit and they seem to have some half decent stuff !
It's one of these places that say they are up to 70% cheaper than the high street .....I disagree, but as the place was packed it is obviously a popular place.
Anyway, we did manage to get a few things, some in the sale and some not.
However, my fun happened BEFORE I even got inside the store.
Not knowing what we might find I decided to have a trolley.
Ah ha ! My token got stuck in the trolley, meaning I could not get the token out, but, neither could I free up the trolley in order to use it !
There was a security guard close by so I called him over ...." Yes, it's stuck " he told me !!!
" You won't get that out of there !"
Well I am nothing if not stubborn so I made it very clear that either we got the trolley freed or I wanted my token back.
He then got a spare token from his pocket and handed it to me saying " You can have this one ".
I thanked him and he went back to his position and started talking to other customers .....
Meanwhile my Dad ...ever resourceful .... had gone back to the car ...got his swiss army penknife thingy and managed to free the token.
That's what I call a result.
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
4 Jan 18
Those tokens annoy me. Sometimes they don't work, so I always have to have a pound coin on me as well, just in case!
@Traceyjayne (11259)
• United Kingdom
4 Jan 18
They annoy me too ... you still see some upturned in the road or miles from the correct store so I don't think having to use a coin or token has stopped the people who are going to take them away anyway ! It's just annoying when you have to hunt for a pound before going into a store to spend £100 ! also for me its the principle of the thing though ...like the trolley has ' stolen ' my token !!!
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
5 Jan 18
@Traceyjayne We keep both a token and a pound coin in the car so that we're never caught short!


