Every single thing that's gone wrong, we blame the economy, Europe, the opposition, the weather. And then we blame these vast, sweeping tides of history, you know, like they're out of our control, like we're so helpless and little and small - but it's still our fault. You know why? It's that £1 T-shirt. A T-shirt that cost £1. We can't resist it. Every single one of us. We see a T-shirt that costs £1 and we think, "Ooh, that's a bargain, I'll have that," and we buy it. Not for best, heaven forfend, but nice, little T-shirt for the winter to go underneath, that'll do. And the shop keeper gets five miserable pence for that T-shirt, and some little peasant in a field gets paid 0.01 pence - and we think that's fine. All of us, and we hand over our quid and we buy into that system for life. I saw it all going wrong when it began in the supermarkets, when they replaced all the women on the till with those automated checkouts. No, that's not our fault. I hate those things, I always have. I can't stand them. They drive me mad. Yes, but you didn't do anything, did you? 20 years ago, when they first popped up, did you walk out? Did you write letters of complaint? Did you shop elsewhere? No! You huffed and you puffed and you put up with it. And, now, all those women are gone and we let it happen. And I think we do like them, those checkouts. We want them. Because it means we can stroll through, pick up our shopping, and we don't have to look that woman in the eye. The woman who's paid less than us. She's gone. We got rid of her. Sacked. Well done. So, yes, it's OUR fault. This is the world WE built. Congratulations.
Review by AstrixBlockedParent2022-10-14T11:25:47Z
Every single thing that's gone wrong,
we blame the economy, Europe,
the opposition, the weather.
And then we blame these vast,
sweeping tides of history,
you know, like they're out of
our control, like we're
so helpless and little and small -
but it's still our fault.
You know why?
It's that £1 T-shirt.
A T-shirt that cost £1.
We can't resist it.
Every single one of us.
We see a T-shirt that costs
£1 and we think,
"Ooh, that's a bargain,
I'll have that," and we buy it.
Not for best, heaven forfend,
but nice, little T-shirt for the
winter to go underneath, that'll do.
And the shop keeper gets five
miserable pence for that T-shirt,
and some little peasant in a field
gets paid 0.01 pence -
and we think that's fine.
All of us,
and we hand over our quid and we buy
into that system for life.
I saw it all going wrong when it
began in the supermarkets,
when they replaced
all the women on the till
with those automated checkouts.
No, that's not our fault. I hate
those things, I always have.
I can't stand them.
They drive me mad.
Yes, but you didn't do
anything, did you?
20 years ago, when they first
popped up, did you walk out?
Did you write letters of complaint?
Did you shop elsewhere? No!
You huffed and you puffed
and you put up with it.
And, now, all those women
are gone and we let it happen.
And I think we do like them,
those checkouts.
We want them.
Because it means
we can stroll through,
pick up our shopping, and we don't
have to look that woman in the eye.
The woman who's paid less than us.
She's gone. We got rid of her.
Sacked.
Well done.
So, yes, it's OUR fault.
This is the world WE built.
Congratulations.
Well said, Muriel!