Indie music stores are best.

I find in day to day life that if you want something specific that you have to look good and hard, to find it. However when it comes to music, films and other media products, I find that shopping through chain stores, such as HMV and Virgin megastores, that this process can be quite tedious. Films for instance can become really quite annoying when shopping in these stores as they always have some kind of offer on them.
I'm not talking about sales, they're always good to find bargains, no i'm talking about the dreaded 3 for £15 offer. I would like them, however it just causes me aggrovation as when I see this offer I feel compelled to buy two more DVD's (I suppose thats why they do it) Its hard enough, to choose one dvd to buy without having to go around and find two others, but what gets me is the shopping assistants, do constantly remind you about these deals, it goes something like this...

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When you enter the store.

Assistant: Hi, there! (big fake smile included) we have some 3 for £15 deals on at the moment at the far end of the store (Just incase you couldn't read the mass overload of signs)

You: Errm thanks i'll have a look around

Later On.

Assistant: Hi again, have you seen anything you like? (big smile is still there)

You: I've got this one DVD, I think i'll just get this.

Assistant: Oh that one is part of the 3 for £15 deal.

You: Ok, i'll have a wonder round.

At the Till.

Assistant: Oh Hi there! (It's like that Smile is glued to their face)

Did you See our 3 for £15 deal, that one is on offer.

You: I just want to buy that one, thanks

Assisant: Also with that one you can get 25% off when you buy one other....

You: ...

At this point you just want to say

LOOK I JUST WANT TO BUY THIS ONE FUCKING DVD IF THATS OK!

So, I basically just leave that store and head straight for this lovely independant music/film/guitar shop.

Which is really what I should have done in the first place. I went into that store and bought that DVD plus two others plus some CDs, not from constant hassle from the shopping assisants but because I was free to browse I wished. Sometimes the hard sell isn't the way to go. The transaction went something like that.

At the Till.

Assisant: Hi there (nice smile, not a fixed false smile), Oh its a good one that one isn't it.

You: Yeah, I've wanted to buy it for ages (smile back)

Assistant: Well I hope you enjoy it, that £... please.

Leave Store.

Thats how it should have been first time around. Thats why indie music stores are best.

MT

It's that time again...and my opinion finally counts (sort of)

It is now 16 days away from the general election, and the electoral campaigns are well under way. Now I've always had a healthy interest in politics, and i feel that this year's vote will be more important than ever. If we look back at the last ten years, Britain has had a rough time, we are in huge debt, on the verge of social chaos and the public has been betrayed by the government.

This is what i saw (in fewer words) when i read the conservative manifesto today, Come on Cameron, Its not been so bad, we've managed to bring unemployment down significantly amongst other things. I've been a conservative supporter for a few years now, (since i gained a interested in politics, really) but sometimes i do think that i may be voting for the wrong party. but lets look at the alternatives. I took this photo on my way to college today (it's the main reason for me writing this post)



This is the sign for a local MP, Toby Perkins, Now considering that the Liberal Democrats, have been in power where i live for the past ten years it is unlikely now that Labour will win. So that leaves the Lib Dems and the Torys as realistic voting options (besides i really don't like Labour anyway), this i would like to think as applicable to the rest of the united kingdom, however Labour may actually still win the election, but i digress.

In my town the Lib Dems, probably won't go out of power, so voting for any other party is pretty pointless. however in the mass scale of things i believe that the conservatives have a good chance of winning as the Lib Dems still do not have enough power behind them to win the election this time around and Labour made a complete arse of the job since 2000. So I'm personally voting for The Conservatives (though i do not agree with their policies on nuclear and blended family units).

Who will win? only time will tell.
MT