How Safe are We?

Here is a picture of the Mall. Weil am Rhein in Germany. My cupboard is as bare as *Old Mother Hubbard's* not
even a bone to be found for the poor dog, and my fridge is totally

empty!

So instead of loafing around or galavanting someplace else, we

made a quick getaway across the Swiss Border and over to the

German side to fill our empty food cupboards.

The reason why I'm always floating between the German Malls

and Supermarkets? Simply because their food stores have so

much more to offer.

For the life of me I can't find the much needed products on the

Swiss food shelves.

We parked the car and ducky marched through the Mall, and as we

made our way to the Supermarket section, Mr.CC pointed at a lost

and forlorn shopping packet propped up against the wall,

"Oh, look at that, someone forgot their shopping packet!" he said

I turned to look at where he was pointing, and I said "I don't like the look

of that, there could be a bomb inside!"

By the time we reached the entrance of the supermarket, the packet

was forgotten.

Shopping for food on a Saturday, especially in a large foodstore isn't

something I enjoy doing - too many people and finding parking

is a mission BUT, I had my shopping list ready, so I didn't have to hunt for

the things I needed.

It was a case of ENTER FETCH PAY AND LEAVE, which we did

and I,m sure we didn't spend more than 3/4 hour shopping.

We headed for the lifts to get us to the car park.

We were stopped midway by a large steel wall, blocking us from get-

ting any further.

I noticed an open steel door on the left side of the steel wall, but

people couldn't get through with their trolleys, we were trapped by a

steel frame on the floor belonging to the steel wall contraption.

People were waiting on both sides of this massive and threatening

obstacle, and believe me, I wanted to run like a Renegade.

I felt scared and trapped, and I wanted to go back to the safety of my home.

Somehow between the two of us, we managed to get our trolley across the

steel frame, and we were outta there like a flash of lightning - back to the

car.

What puzzled us was the fact that shoppers weren't informed about any

danger what so ever.

Somehow I kept getting visions of that unattended lost and forlorn

packet propped up against the wall!!