Tag Archives: shop

Love at the cosmetics counter (Rousse)

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My young charge and I ran a cosmetics counter in a department store. Customers were few so we enjoyed a lot of free time to get to know each other and – eventually – fall in love, despite our 36 … Continue reading →

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Unsatisfactory Austrian holiday experience (Rousse)

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

It was a difficult flight. On several occasions the plane nose-dived and we feared for our lives, so we were relieved when we spotted the helicopter escort that would lead us into the Austrian village. It wasn’t too difficult to … Continue reading →

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A charity donation goes ‘missing’ (Rousse)

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Dreamaticus

They were really donations to a charity shop, but when I saw that the so-called trays were really nicely-decorated placemats, I took them out of the bag and popped them into my pigeon hole.

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A good deed turned bad (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I stepped out of my seat to help the old lady left standing in the middle of the bus. My intention was to prop her up. Instead I accidentally pushed her over. All the contents of her shopping trolley went … Continue reading →

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A lost watch in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge (Rousse)

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was struggling to quash the rumours that I was raiding public funds to finance all-expenses paid trips around the globe. In reality all my travel and associated expenses were being covered by my hosts, and not my employer. After … Continue reading →

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Cannabis dealer takes cash in Leith (Rousse)

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

On my way walk back from Leith along the cycle path I picked up a couple of heavy bin bags that PL was about to send to the charity shop. Inside them I found a pile of brand new hand-knitted … Continue reading →

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A salmon sandwich (Rousse)

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Dreamaticus

Every lunchtime RK bought a big slab of fish from the mobile shop at the railway station, not far from the office. He kept his purchase in the fridge in the office in the afternoon, then took it home in … Continue reading →

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A Tartan Pole (Rousse)

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The first person that I came across upstairs at the White House was a sulky half-naked teenage Polish friend of my nephew. I was appalled that she barely greeted me when we passed one another in the upstairs hall. When … Continue reading →

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Newsagent exploits his neighbours (Rousse)

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I was staying in the tiny estate house that belonged to the family of my school friend KM. They lived next door to a newsagent. I looked out of the window and asked who cared for the patch of green … Continue reading →

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A huge hairy monster, a pickpocket, and promises of staff socials (Rousse)

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Dreamaticus

‘There’s a huge hairy monster making a terrible racket in room C44!’ I screamed down the phone to security. What I didn’t tell them was that this was a monster of our own making. We’d created it using a graphics … Continue reading →

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