Shopping in Waitrose today (I know!), I was, as usual, faced with deciding which local charity to support with my solitary little green token. The choice was between a local osteoporosis support group, a cat's home (actually: Kat's), and the town's "climate friendly" group. The choices people had made before me showed overwhelming support for the first of these. The rationality in this seemed clear: people need support; cats don't (given that there are far too many already, mostly in my garden, it sometimes seems) – andhow you can be friendly to the climate is beyond me. I just helped this trend along ...
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In our Waitrose the one with the most tokens is the first one you get to!