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I was in John Lewis a while back, I had been dragged around Oxford street with a hangover all morning and the heating had turned the atmosphere in there Saharan. Upon the brink of death I dragged myself up to the canteen counter, all cracked lips and croaky voice, and rasped, ?May I please have a bottle of water??


?Certainly sir.? Said the young lady as she shooed away a circling vulture, ?That will be ?2.50 please.?

Crona Wrote:

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> I went last night to see a film at Cineworld

> Shaftesbury Avenue and I paid ?2 for a small

> bottle of water. How ridiculous is that (the

> ticket was ?10, the pop corn ?4.30 so I ended up

> paying ?16.30 to see a movie)


is it just me - but when you've paid ?4.30 for popcorn, I'm actually surprised that the bottle of water wasn't more expensive? about what, 200% mark up on the water, at least 1000% on the popcorn surely...

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