WaltA wrote:
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:22:46 +0100, "Mike Lyle" wrote:
But I can't easily imagine any small greengrocer at any normal
time
who couldn't tell you what variety of spuds he was selling. It'd
be
on the sack, anyhow.

I quite agree Mike.
However ( ! isn't there always one )
Would that impress Mr Jobsworth ? Do you remember the
littlehitlerism
surrounding that seed list nonsense ?
Not to mention the tactics used over lbs. weighing machines and
gallon
petrol pumps.

Another scenario for you :
Mr Greengrocer dumps the spuds into the trough/basket/display.
Casts sack into waste bin and goes off back to market leaving
littleherbert in charge of bagging up under the "Baking Potatoes"
label !
"Yer wot" says littleherbert in response to a reasonable question !

Well, I suppose that's entirely possible, though he probably has more
sacks out the back. I agree that we have an immense amount to learn
from the Euros about selling quality produce in open markets: it's a
bit of a scandal how little British customers actually care what
they're eating.

--
Mike.