Halstead: Caller's £19 bill for six minute call (From Halstead Gazette)

In the on line version of the Braintree & Witham Times there is a sad report on an elderly gentleman being tricked into parting with his money by people in whom he placed his trust - see ‘Conmen Pose as Cops in Distraction Burglary’.

I must confess that I am having some difficulty in viewing Tesco in any significantly different light. I am of the firm opinion that this lady was also tricked into parting with her money by people in whom she also placed her trust.

The only difference being in that they were far more remote and cunning. I.e. the avaricious faceless creeps who craft the contractual small print that eventually snares unsuspecting victims who let their guard down for just a moment.

Commercial entrepreneurs? I don’t think so. More like anonymous heartless hyenas with an insatiable **** for more and more profit with no justification and certainly no thought whatsoever for the impact on the ‘victim’.

What a horrible business!

I see that I have fallen foul of the ‘Four Letter Word Police’ in my above submission.

I protest my innocence and would not wish anyone to think that I proffered any profanities for publication.

For anyone who is wondering what the word was, here are the clues.

It begins with L and rhymes with crust.

I’ve no doubt that it probably gets some fairly significant usage in the likes of Lady Chatterley’s Lover etc. but I seek to assure any delicate lady readers about to have an attack of the vapours that my usage of it was in an entirely different context!