Fri
Finding it hard to find a positive angle on the day apart from the sunny sky so will introduce you to an Irish (Irish American) gem. Des Bishop. My favourite Irish comedian. His brave new show 'my dad was nearly james bond' got 5 stars in reviews. Check out the excellent documentary shown last night about the show on the rte player .
We are lucky to have him- so there is something Irish to be grateful about.
I was invited to a focus group last night as market research for the new Tescos in Oranmore- 50 euros cash- not to be sniffed at. Eight women dissected the new shop and decided it should be rebuilt from scratch. It is strangely constructed on a flood plain, so the new underground car park has already flooded and the lights flicker- beware if you have epilepsy because there is no overground parking. What should be a beautiful location with 3 sides looking out onto Galway bay has managed to become piles of waste earth and hoardings. There is no shop front so it is sort like shopping in a cave.
Everyone was, however, delighted to get Tescos in Oranmore as it is nearly impossible to drive into Galway with the traffic congestion and to get to Tescos involves braving 'the magic roundabout' a demented junction with traffic lights and infinite options to crash in to everyone.
My personal experience of Tescos Oranmore was driving in the exit road (apparently it has a 'no entry' sign on it but also a big arrow saying 'Tescos') I then drove up on the little bit of pavement dividing the traffic going into the underground car park and had to painfully scrape the bottom of the car backwards to get off. Unfortunately I also bought a gone off chicken that was in date and confused me into binning all the other food in the fridge before I discovered the smelly culprit. Poor Tescos Oranmore- the only way is up.
But we all agreed the staff were very friendly and by all accounts very happy with their employer.
And make no mistake everyone appreciates the jobs.
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