I cruised into Woolies on Saturday with The Photographer (who just won a bronze lion at Cannes for this, I might add) and spotted something I had never seen before.

“Suck me sideways!!” I yelled, “look at THIS!!”

Woolworths have now erected a “complementary sanitising wipes” station next to the trolleys. It dispenses wet-wipes for you to wipe the trolley handle with. Something Howard Hughes would be very pleased about.

We were at the Sea Point Woolworths and it came as no surprise that an elderly Jewish woman in her mid-90’s with blue hair and a Yorkie tottered up and actually used the towels to wipe the trolley handle.

Excellent!

“You can’t be too careful these days, Ruth!”

“Oh, I know, Agatha – what with swine flu and all!!”

Seth wipes his precious hands..
[please excuse my state – I had just landed that morning!]

It would have been better if they had spelt it “complimentary,” which refers to something being free, which is what I assume they meant? And I think it would be naughty to argue they meant it in terms of the wipes complementing the trolleys.

Let’s have a quick run through.

Click these guys to find out more.

Complimentary

vs

Complementary

Got it?

Here ends today’s lesson.