Sometimes strange things happen when going shopping.  I had a shopping bag in a shopping trolley, went to the fish and chip shop and ordered tea.

There I met a colleague who had been a teacher I had known many years ago. He remembered my name but I’d forgotten his.

Anyway, we got talking about Education whilst I held onto my fish and chip number 79. He had pre-ordered and his number was  77.

So his number was called and we shook hands and he left the shop; we had had a very respectful conversation.

 Imagine my surprise though when he walked past my shopping trolley – having been asked if he wanted a bag and having said no to put his produce into – saw that there was a bag in there,  put his food into the bag left the trolley and took off!

So I was minus  a bag and contemplated having  to ask for a paper bag to put my stuff into when 79 was  called.