My Sweetshop Life
The
illusion of choice. Sherbet Lemons, Pear Drops, Midget Gems, Cola Cubes,
Pineapple Chunks, Sports Mixtures, Bon Bons, Wine Gums, Tom Thumb Drops,
Pontefract Cakes, Sherbet Pips, Milk Bottles, Cola Bottles, Red and Black
Berries, Flying Saucers, Blackjacks, Fruit Salad, Astro Belts, Jelly Beans,
Flumps, Cough Candy, Mint Imperials, Pan Drops, Jelly Babies, Peanut Clusters,
Chocolate Raisins, Yoghurt Gums, Liquorice Allsorts, American Hard Gums,
Chocolate Peanuts, Foam shrimps, Sugar Mice, Salad Gums, Cherry Lips, Red
Laces, Parma Violets, Cinder Toffee, Chocolate Limes, Cough Drops, Raisin
Fudge, Butter Toffee, Aniseed Balls, Liquorice Comfits, Love Hearts, Sour
Plums.
I'm
not five. I'm not greedy. But too much choice is no choice at all. I can’t have
a selection if I can only pick one. And if I can only pick one then I can’t
pick any. That’s the problem. If I knew what I wanted before I saw the
selection then it wouldn't be a problem, but confronted with a choice without
time to consider all the options? What kind of choice is that? There's no
kindly shopkeeper either, to point me in the right direction. So I believe I
have no choice. I turn and leave the shop empty handed. Every time.
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