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Whilst spending a few days seconded to the traffic speed radar squad, I was asked if I had brought a sandwich with me for my lunch or did I need to buy something from the local city baker’s.
As it was, I had nothing with me so I opted to go to the baker’s with Eddie Weldon and John Campbell, two members of the squad.
We all entered the shop together.
‘Yes m’dear, what would you like?’ enquired the stoutly built female shop assistant.
‘I’ll have a hot pie please.’ I said.
The female assistant opened the hotplate cabinet and, picking up a pie, she placed it neatly onto a white paper napkin, before returning to the counter, where she asked, ‘Would you like a wee poke with that?’
To which I immediately responded with, ‘Not just now, hen, can you no’ see I’m still working?’
Eddie and John almost choked at the thought and spent the rest of the entire day, relating the story to everybody we met!