Computer says no at B&Q

“Computer says no” at B&Q is what happened today as I set out to buy a number of items from said DIY store.

Included in this was four packs of cooker hood bulbs (£3 each) and four packs of spotlights for the kitchen (£8 each, and rather necessary since the cradle that holds six, now only has one working). These were priced on a ‘4 for the price of 3’ offer, so you’d expect a saving of £11, right? Well, according to the receipt, no. I had a saving of £6.

Everyone says not to use ‘self service’ and, instead, go to the regular checkout, but Mrs Meldrew – who served me – put them all through randomly, hence the outcome. She’s started serving the next customer by that point, which involved wandering off godknowswhere, so I had to wait for her to come back. When she did, I asked her about it and while she didn’t say ‘computer says no’, she may as well have done as she stated that the till works it out automatically (sigh).

She collared a passing younger lady (don’t worry – it was still someone who worked there) and she took me round to the refund desk to refund all the bulbs and then put them through four packs at a time. Sorted.

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My primary purchase, today, was a hedge trimmer. My hedge had got completely out of control and the original trimmer no longer functioned, but a new one was essential since my bush was so large that it had blocked out the signal to the Sky dish. Normally, I keep on top of this, but I realised that the person who reminded me to cut it was my Dad, who passed away in January last year. Almost every time I saw him, he’d ask how the hedge was doing. He should’ve asked me before I set off to meet him for lunch*, as I hadn’t looked at it in advance, and I would just drive past it without thinking nor looking (*eventually, he did do this).

Also, today, I purchased a colour-changing bedside lamp. Why, since I already have a regular lamp? Because it looks cool, I’m an adult earning money, and sometimes I make poor life choices.

Why the chainsaws? Just browsing… frequently, some moron parks in front of my drive. I might buy one, so that next time, I’ll chop off the part of the car which is blocking me in!

PS. It’s not often I’ll do one of these blogs, but it just incensed me in that brief moment.