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Y,,FgriltUARY 20, 1975 -
SUGAR 11:
PICE
With beef the price- itis, endorsed, another " woman
most of us don't see much of took her place, and started
it on the table these days. unloading her cart. After she
However, there's one type of had placed eight items on,
beef that is as cheap as ever. the counter, I began coun-
If you can't afford the real ting. Aloud, in a clear,
thing, have a good beef - penetrating voice. Do you
about something that annoys
you. It's not as tasty at the
genuine article, but it's good
for your blood pressure,
even though there isn't much
protein in it.
I haven't bad a good beef
about anything for a while,
so here goes.
First ,of all, supermarkets.
Many' of them are becoming
more impersonal, more
inefficient,.and more sleazy,
from day to day, The change
has been most noticeable in
the past couple of years:
Until then, there was a
crackling efficiency in most
of the big chain stores. The
manager and staff would
bust their necks to help you
find what you wanted. The
girls on the, cash register
nearly always had a smi
and a greeting. Packagi g
boys bagged your groceries
,and would carry them to
your car if you wished. As a
go result, the stores were
pleasant places to shop. ,
What . a change! The only
time you see the manager is
on a television -ad. Try to
find a clerk, during busy
know how many items that
old biddie Itad? Thirty-six!
I remarked, loud and
clear, to the cashier: "I
thought this was the Express
counter, eight items or
fewer." She had the grace to
blush. I half expected the old
bat to turn and pulverize me
with a salami, but she kept
eyes front and her ears were
red.
I have a feeling there is
room right now for some old-
fashioned neighborhood
groceries, where you get
personal service and your
purchases are delivered," if
you want to phone in an
order. The .big supermarket
must be *hell for little old
ladies with arthritis who
have to walk blocks with a
ouple of heavy bags of
rub. Speaking of which,
why do the baggers at
supermarketsput all
service.' Thought*: "Well, at
least you can't be raped at
breakfast." Wrong. Y.01.1 can.
Scrambled eggs, cold and
watery, on'a Old plate..
Toast, limp,. wet and cold, on
a cold plate, The coffee•was
OK. Bill, about $5.80, plus
surtax and tip. A great sway
to start the day. Rather-
exorbitant for three cups of
coffee, the only thing fie to
imbibe, don't you think?
Sure, it's a luxury hotel.
But who wants to swim in
Third Stage
lig MI SMILEY
January? Who needs a
massage at $7.00 a rattle?
Who needs a haircut at $3.50
or a shoeshine at half a
buck? WhO needs, to pay over,
40 cents for a cup of coffee?
Surely there is a. place in
Canadian society for homey,
comfortable hotels; like
those in England, where you
might pay $30.00. a day for
two, with a "huge, hot and
hearty breakfast thrown in.
Being skinned alive is an
uncomfortable way 'to go.
Canadian plays
Stratford features
Two powerful contemporary
memory of Oscar Wilde as seen
plays, one of them anew
through the eyes of Lord Alfred
h
Canadian work, will be seen at Douglas, opens August 16 in a
Stratford's .Third Stage this production compiled and
s
always
summer. The Stratford Perforthed by Maxim
the canned goods in one bag,' Festival will present seven Mazumdar.
, '
'and the kleenex, toilet paper Third Stage productions ,of RobertPatrick's "Kennedy's
and rice in the other, so that drama and music -•in all, in-
Children", the third drama
a surprise seasonfinale
offering at the Third Stage,
the customer goes out the cluding
- opens August 25. A movingand
door with a list like the ai the end of September.
humourous postscript for' an
Titanic going down? The Third Stage Season will
eventful decade, the play was
Another sore point with me also include three operas, two
of them by Canadian com-
greeted by tuianithous critical
-,- r• - --hours, 4o• fell you where the. - and.it's sore -where. itreally. acclaim ,wen opene in
'poser -sr. - .
unsalted ,peanuts or the
Salted crackers •are, and you
might as well be in the
Sahara, with an empty water
Canteen,. looking- for. a' nice,
" . fresh spring.
The - girls on • cash don't
shine -enough., and are
obviously overworked. The Single room, $31.00 a day 31 11.4 ia .
packaging boys seem to be plus $2.50 tax. Parking, by Richard ,Strauss, with ., perhaps the best-known and
an extinct species, and when $2.50. That's thirty-six . libretto. by Hugo von Hoff-
funniest, of all Wilde's.worki,
.
there„is one around, he's just" simoleons before you Jay mannsthal. Orchestra for both will be seen froin September 29
going for his coffee break. your head on a pillow. I was Eresentations will . be the to October 11 in a special end -
of -season production. Details of
And he wouldn't think of slightly stunned, to say the tratford Festival Ensemble. .,
:,casting and productiomforqhis---
carrying out your parcels'. least, but.my fault, I hadn't Drama at the Third .Stage
surprise Finale will be an -
It must be' that checked the rates. 01, opens August 7 with Michael
1
Tait's new ,play "'Fellowship" flounced during the stunmer.
managemeni-ls: deliberately -"Oh, well", I thought. "It's. ' '
Set in preSentklay TolTh
-onto, the . e official Third Stage
cutting back on staff and only once in a blue moon, play deals with upheaval in a Season will hicNde the first
service, WW.. s
To increase and I'll enjoy theluxury and -
mall, inbred religious group week of September this year,
profits? ' ' • 100 the terrific service." 'It is to led by liman, who believes he with opera ' and drama
Yesterday, I went into a 14110. „ . "
.. ' has unique spiritual powers. . productions for the first time
supermarket to pick up a . Luxury? It was a hotel A
Remembered",'Oscar Reembered", a . both playing inzepertory.
few groceries. • About $10 -room, like 50,000 others.
worth, or one ba -g. I did'my Except that this one. was so
. shopping ,in five minutes, draughty you. had to turn the
and spent 20 minutes waiting thermostat up to ,80 to keep
„ .
in line to pay for it. Of six from shivering. . • ,
checkout counters, two were Service? Oh, the service
open. One girl was fran- was great. Especially room'
tically. punching buttons ,and service. Tired and frazzled, I
bagging grOCeries. No 'decided-rdidn't want to seek
',.. packaging boys in sight...The out a. .dining,• room and eat
other 'counter open wds the ,alone. Thought I'd stay . in
'Express counter -0 items or my room, have a sandwich,
'. ..
less) " read the paper, Watch the
hurts, in the hip pocket - is Opening the Season on July 30 LondOfl, tnglana iast year.
Ine
'the ripoff at big, city hotels. , will be Quebec .composer Jean time of the play is 1974 but its
°
It was necessary that I Vallerand's "Le Magicien" and
"people .are linked into
spend a few days in_ one "The Fool" by Harry Sorners,9 memories of the 60's when they
recently, and - the prices with libretto by Michael Fram• were young and full of hope.for
nearly , drove me into. The two one -act chamber a future that has 'since failed
bankruptcy, a home for.' operas will be performed as one them. . -
paupers, and insanity. programme,Following on July Oscar Wilde's, . "The
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And there's another thing news. on -TV.
that makes my hair stand on . That news was the only
end and .tny. ,temples throb -:thing -for which they, didn',t.,
• with outrage. The Express extracthlood.
counterr)
n Country boy, without
. The very name is a laugh. consulting Slie, • menu, I or -
They should be re -named the - defied one martini, one roast
Snail 4. Counter. They are beef sandwich; one small pot
suppoSed to be for the people ,of coffee (three 'cups).
who pick up a can of beans, When I went' to sign the
a loaf of bread and sorne bill, you,could have knocked
bologna. They are supposed me oVer with a lewd wink. A
to zip youthrough smartly. third-rate martini, unchilled,
They don't. 1.85. Beef sandwich, with•a
I, stood in line ,for about -dill pickle, coleslaw and a
eight, minutes, wondering muck of cheese, $4.,35. Small
what, the. holdtip wag, as thermos of coffee, 1.35.,
tit& were only two or three Surcharge for any order-
• aheid- of- me. When I was under $10.00, pne buck. (That
close enough to, see, I. really' gripes.) And one
realized' what was going on. waiter, -with hF hand out for
Two places'ahead of me was a fat tip.. That conies to
an old' gal with a nearly full $8.25, without the tip.
„shopping cart, about 30 I almost turned out my
bucks worth of grub. I pockets and shouted "Here!
• started to burn. Eight items Take it all:"
is' supposed to be the , Once bitten, twice shy, you
that line-up. 'say. Not me. I have to be hit
When she finaily .got over the head several times
finished, , and muddled before anything sinks in. '
around having a cheque. Ordered • breakfast. Room
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