Poundland

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It is not a matter of the concept of a queue; after all it is a very British convention. The civilised approach to gaining what one requires from a busy shop. It is nothing new. I have often been in a shop in France with a German who makes wild claims about the French being
rude and pushers; I have heard many claims about German queue jumping towel pilers; having shopped and been in shops run by and frequented by both nationalities, I can say it was always an agreeable experience. Britain is a very civilised place, generally, where mutual respect and patience is the norm. There was a tale told by a Stanislaw (a Pole) about his
meeting in Warsaw with his two friends that he met during the War. Stanislaw apologised to Igor and Dwight for being late that he had been waiting in a queue for meat (guess what the date was); the American asked what was a queue .. the Russian asked what was meat?
I remember a Pound Shop in Plymouth; I have no memory of being caught in any barbaric fight to get to the till. I have recently made some shopping expeditions in Greek shops, and I can tell you, without queing systems, everyone was polite and patient. In the larger Greek music store in Athens, there was indeed a proper queueing system with barriers and the most polite
staff imaginable, despite the pressure under which they were working, attempting conversations in all manner of languages; it was the same on Santorini this year, but without the barrier system. The man was an absolute epitome of knowledge, manners and helpfulness despite the fact that he had many customers in a small shop, together with myself - his shelves were piled high with CDs we were discussing. It is not the customers who need lessons, it is the shop staff.

Four or more staff have had their employment terminated from Poundland on Christmas Eve, informed that they were taken on with short term contracts, yet they have no record of that being the case; I realise that I do not know the facts of the case, but it would be good to have clarification, despite the fact that I was informed by a reliable source.