ASDA Second Chance

Recognising that we are not quite prepared for Christmas and anticpating a lull in the shopping madness, we decided to return to ASDA after dinner. That was not quite late enough for the place to be really quiet but it was early enough to avoid shelves stripped bare. That was the trend when we arrived with stacking failing to keep pace with purchases. The filling station was still closed. I learned that they ran out yesterday afternoon and do not expect a delivery until tomorrow morning. I am told that deliveries are governed by the supplier which I believe to be Texaco. If I were as big as ASDA-Walmart I would be doing the telling. Amongst erratically stocked shelves the dislay of the exact dessert we wanted to buy was an inexplicably sticky mess. We took the least sticky box. I noted that many items were dated 24 December or earlier. This I imagine is a deliberate ploy to keep people coming in for a few more days and I did not appreciate it. I wanted to complain to a manager but they were, predictably, keeping a low profile. This is common in large companies to the extent that it is impossible to guess what they do or indeed manage. I doubt that Eurostar, Network Rail, BA or BAA managers are much in evidence to stranded travellers.