The latest Argos Ad ... and my youthful adventures of work or not as the case may be in my Kernow days ...

... I have had many a discussion recently ... about the retail business and how I would find it too stressful to work in these days. And the latest advert that Argos boasts about having your order ready swiftly ...  brings the working environment for the staff into my focus again. 

I have worked in a shop as a stand in, in various venues ... a tourist shop on the harbour and a tea room at Pencarrow ... where I informally helped when staying with my friend. Apparently the Lady of the manor still remembers me ... 

One of the many joys of not what I really call work, I enjoyed being of help where ever it was needed... back in the 80s ... giving away my age a bit now ... down in Kernow ... not only did I work alongside a lovely family in their cosy factory making picture frames. I diversified in babysitting for their children, painted a mural in their bedroom and stepped in at the last minute when needed ... to work in their shop in Padstow.

I had a babysitting circle ... and I also cleaned the offices at one of the local garages as a Saturday job in my teens. And also to earn extra money ... helped Dad with his business answering the phone and typing... and painting the trailers he made... And other tasks in the garage... which was out in the country...  

The retail business in these chains are so impersonal after that; with demands that are sometimes a bit unfair ... on the staff ...

Observations or not ...

as the case may be ... On my time out yesterday, although I do notice some things. I am so oblivious to so much still ... such is the conflicts in the inner workings of the mind ... consequently, I nearly tripped on an apple core; just dropped as they had finished it on the pavement, right bang in the middle where I happen to notice seconds before as I walked along .

And again on my evening trip out; I was walking from my door, along the path, out onto the pavement, into the road to cross it ... just milliseconds before I noticed someone had dumped the remnants of a take away meal brown bag  ... from their car. People eat here; there is a bakers at the end of the road, as well as many take aways.

Fortunately the towns road sweeper,  have a little tin hut in the nearby car park. This is a well swept area ... always tidy ... it will soon be tidied away ... I do not think many people appreciate living near a well maintained part of the town. 

The many band of people who quietly tidy and clean in the background of life in offices, our streets, and the like. 

I still loads of topics to write about; but as with the more in depth blogs; my mind is not quite working yet ... to concentrate on some of these tasks and topics ... 

Food Banks ... and more ...

... I slip in food that people go yuk to; when you need  food you are in a totally different place and to fill your stomach you have to just get on with it ... then there is the dietary requirements and nutrition and feeling full is of utmost importance. And of course it is more than good to also slip in a treat or two. 

Ideas not on the sheet attached to the box or on the leaflet ... unless updated since I last looked at it:-

• Uncle Bens Microwavable rice packets 
• Tuna
• Mayo
• Tin sweetcorn
• Carton Custard to add to the tins friut 
• Tin pie filling 
• Tins of substantial soup 
• Evaporated milk 
• Long life Milk
• Coffee Mate
• Ovaltine
• Horlicks
• Hot Chocolate
• Tins Macaroni Cheese and the like 
• Cook in Sauces ...
• Ryvita
• Peanut Butter
• Melba Toast
• High Fibre Cream Crackers
• Ready Pots Porridge 
• And it goes on ... 

Dried foods like the army have would also have more nutritional value

Or a logical way to distribute supermarket food greed ...

And boxes of fresh fruit and veg delivered on a rota basis to keep fresh ...

Basic Food ... 

• Potatoes and other veg you can add to ... cook in sauces 

A lot may have changed since I was last in touch with this; for things evolve quickly 

I was taking a walk ...

... One Saturday and wondered where to put these topics in my blogs. Whatever I am doing so much creativity and colour ideas whirl around in my head. All the topics too popping up from walking past homes several looking like a hoarder lived there and how a garden reflects whether they have enough time or not like to garden ... to cluttered working environments; despite all the policies and regulations laid down in black and white. 

We all make assumptions; therefore what I have been doing is reading between what I see and thinking outside the box; to stop dwelling on my own situation I have been left with after a terrible unrelenting time that led to a fatal tragedy.

And observe from where I am at with the world around us to ponder and reflect into words images and ideas ... and general thoughts ... just to make us think if only for a second ...