He might be able to afford a £10 fucking salad though.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:14, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

sweary saladpiss. the best kind.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:15, Reply)

I'm now quite intrigued to see what proportion of b3tans
are more concerned by the actions of this moron at Salad Factory, compared to the proportion that are flabbergasted that swipey has just paid £10 for a salad...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)

i've just realised that included a diet coke
so technically it was more like a £9 salad.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:19, Reply)

They charged £1 for a diet coke?
*narrows eyes*
Bottle or can?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

it's a can...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

*facepalms*

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

what??
that's pretty average, surely?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:24, Reply)

Yes
If you live on the bloody moon.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:25, Reply)

I object to paying more than 60p for a can
so, no. Some places charge more than this, however I simply refuse to buy from there.
Cans should be 50p and chocolate bars should be 40p or less. FOREVER.
(berk, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:25, Reply)

For a bottle, perhaps, but not a can!
I guess it depends where you buy it from - I think there is even substantial regional variation across London. Even in South Ken I know I could get a can of diet coke for a little over half that.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:25, Reply)

i've never really thought about it
just hand over the cash!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:27, Reply)

Having spent my first four years in Central London as a skint undergraduate
I've kept a very watchful eye on prices - taking the price of a pint, naturally, as my reference point - and even though I've noticed things increase, I think £1 is a disgusting price for a can of coke, even in this day and age.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:29, Reply)

You can probably buy a 6-pack in your local supermarket
for about £2.50. Carry a can to work every day - simple.

Oh, and maybe make your own salad and save yourself 50 sheets a week.

Holy shit.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:31, Reply)

i can't do this for two reasons
(i) i never ever know in the morning what i am going to want for lunch; and

(ii) that would require organisation, it's as much as i can do to get myself into work in a co-ordinating outfit each day. it would also mean i needed to keep food in the fridge and i don't because i am out most nights and forget to eat it and it goes off. my fridges are just full of evian, diet coke and booze (which i never forget to consume for some reason)!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:33, Reply)

That's a very defeatist attitude
Though I shall hazard a guess that you're earning enough that it needn't worry you.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:36, Reply)

well the more serious answer is that
i often don't finish work til gone midnight when the shops are shut, and yeah, i do get paid for working those sort of hours, which is the quid pro quo!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:39, Reply)

quo can!
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:41, Reply)

Haha!

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:43, Reply)

me too
in 1996 i saw a coke machine at st pauls that was £1 a can, and i nearly fainted - they were about £0.30p at home.

that same machine is about £2.50 now i think.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:31, Reply)

Just spotted this
looks like the divide is pretty clear
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:24, Reply)

you'd have to pay more than a tenner for that

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:26, Reply)