Nov 21 2008
in which I don’t really stay out late
I mentioned over at my other blog that England has this Thing about what does and doesn’t count as drinkable water. Apparently they have a similar Thing about business hours too. I mean, yeah, 9-5 is normal business hours, but I’m used to that being…well, for businesses. Offices, little shops maybe, that sort of thing. All the malls at home are usually open until 8 or 9 p.m., so most of the stores in them stay open until then too.
Here…not so much. Really big stores like Morrison and Toys ‘R’ Us (probably others, but those are the only ones I can think of offhand) often stay open until 9 p.m., and the Tesco Express on the corner is open 24 hours, and of course pubs are open late, but generally speaking, the whole town closes down around 5–6, if you’re lucky. If you want to be out for an evening and get some shopping done, sorry, you’re out of luck.
