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WHEN SAMMY GOT LOCKED IN THE STORE

Ten years ago when Daughter No2 was a student at Nottingham Trent University she took a part-time job at Primark.  Until this happened.

 

The lights were all dimmed, they’d cashed the tills

The staff had gone home, their usual drill

A day uneventful without any thrills

In fact a bit of a bore

Till,

            Sammy got locked in the store.

 

She’d waited till shift-end to change her clothes

She gone to the toilet but started to doze

And when she awoke she suddenly froze

Realising as she tried the door

That,

            Sammy was stuck in the store.

 

She shouted and hollered but no-one was there

She tried all the exits she tried all the stairs

At first she panicked, but then she declared

With a logic far surer than mine

“I know –

 I’ll dial 999”.

 

The desk sergeant thought it a bit of a hoax

He’d suffered before from these type of jokes

As often as not some drunken blokes

But Sammy convinced the police

That - 

She needed them for her release.

 

Their sirens were blazing for Sammy’s rescue

Assisted by firemen and ambulance crew

They’d even brought Primark’s manager too

(Stripey pyjamas he wore)

So –

            Sammy don’t work there no more.

🌷(9)

◄ AND SO THIS IS BREXIT 2

THE LITTLE MASTER 2 ►

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John Coopey

Wed 30th Dec 2020 20:20

Yes, Stephen. She was crying when she phoned us up from inside the store. There wasn’t much we could do from 60 miles away. Besides we were at the quiz and she made us miss questions 22-28. We couldn’t get rid of her!
Thanks for the Like, Kev.

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Stephen Gospage

Wed 30th Dec 2020 16:18

That's right, John. I feel Sam's pain. There's a terrible sense of helplessness and a feeling of being on the wrong side of things. Glad that we can all laugh now, though.

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John Coopey

Tue 29th Dec 2020 19:11

Stephen - You and Sam can laugh about it now but I bet it wasn’t so funny at the time. Sam says one of the most frightening things about it was that as she ran for the exit, someone, presumably the manager, was turning the lights off in sequence just in front of her as she ran. She said lt was like something out of a Stephen King horror film. How we laughed.
And thanks for the Likes, Ghazala, MC and Julie. Not a great poem I’ll grant you but a good story.

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 29th Dec 2020 15:54

Brilliant, John. It once happened to me during a bomb scare at Portsmouth Polytechnic........

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John Coopey

Tue 29th Dec 2020 08:05

Thanks for the Likes, Aviva, Aisha and Paul.

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