airistotle onasis
Years ago
just want to say it is freezing here in sunny melbourne.
hope the games are close to keep the excitement up.
people complaining petrol at $1.39 litre is expensive here ?? WTF been paying that for sometime in adel.
airistotle onasis
Years ago
Q - totally away from the subject - have you ever wondered why in adelaide - people can not hang around to pay for the newspaper - there is something about older men that leads to this bizzare behaviour of spending the shortest amount of time at the shop when buying a newspaper!!
ie they grab the paper and lean all over the 3 people waiting and put the money on the counter and fly!
or if the staff are busy the $ must be left on the counter - no wait for transaction time.
If they buy milk - they will wait.
bottle of coke - wait.
sugar - wait.
but a newspaper - must be a time penalty for people if they cue up to buy a paper.
anyway just a meaningless observation
Excellent observation, I am victorian and never realised that you didnt do that everywhere!!
BIG baller
Years ago
hahahahha very true!
good luck to all adelaid team makin the treck give em all hell over there, and if your all able head to telstra dome and help the power get over carlton!!!!
good luck young ballers
Libertine
Years ago
It does at most places SVD! You just scan the next one in the pile.
SVD
Years ago
Yeah ok - so that is why they grab it - leave the cash and walk off then - it either doesn't need to be scanned or there are ones that are easily accessible ... unlike coke which is in the fridges
What is my life come to - why am I explaining this?
Keefy
Years ago
My local service station has got a barcode on a piece of cardboard at the counter, hence removing the need to scan the paper, so dropping the money on the counter and leaving can be done so easily and plus most people seem to always have the right money when buying the paper.
Sween
Years ago
Na - There is a band of old guys who just wait for the dead rich fella to hit ADZ and then play with his mind by following him about and at the appropriate time grab tizer, reach over him and chuck coin at the counter. The shop-keep is in on it.
Sturty6ers
Years ago
You think it is cold in Melbourne. Monday morning on the way to work in Canberra it was -4.
Drb
Years ago
try sydney today its absolutely freezing, storms, gail winds and 5m swell on the coast!!
yogee
Years ago
I could point out that it is a warm 32 here in Singapore, but that would be cruel :)
Trex
Years ago
Or a pleasant 80F at 11PM in Phoenix Arizona...100F during the day...suffer..
Grumpy Old Fart
Years ago
The answer to the "paper walk of scandal" is that those grumpy old men know how much the same paper is every day. I dont think you could say that for any other product in any store.
A bottle of coke in one servo could be $0.50- $2.00 more in the next; however the Advertiser or the Herald Sun is the same price, no matter which shop you buy it from in it's state of origin
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