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Tonight I went to this shop looking for some delightful crisps… the crisps I wanted were available in this shop, yay. As I do these days I checked the BB date on the bag and it was dated mid-​February (today is 24÷3÷15) I checked a packet at the back to see if it was better and it was dated January. In the background I can here the guy behind the counter saying to a couple «I have a crisp inspector» so with some decent banter I say yes I am the crisp inspector (laughing, ha ha ha). I said to the guy these are past there date can I get them cheaper? To which he said no why would I sell them cheaper? I said well they are past there best it is nearly April to be fair. He then turned very rude and went on a rant much of which I could not make out but seemed to be about paying people to check the crisps however the word «bastards» was very clear! I replied that I would just leave it and go elsewhere to which I was told «I can walk up and down sauchiehall street looking for a packet of crisps» I said okay mate and put the crisps back. I wished the guy a polite good night to which he had a sarcastic reply (genius mate). I walked about 10 yards up the road and got my crisps from the other newsagents next to blue lagoon. Nice guy in there! Found the guy in this store to be unreasonable rude and totally off the rail for a simple comment, actually felt quite threatening. Will not be back to this shop definately!

My lasting memory of this place was running in looking for an apple, nuts, water and ice as part of a game at a fundraiser up the road at Bard Budda where we had to collect objects starting with the letters R A I N B O and W (not just any objects, from a list).
So anyhow, I ran down here thinking I was being crafty only to find some other folk on front of me all suspiciously purchasing apples, nuts, water and ice.
It’s quite cramped, as are most of these shops and it’s located in shouting distance from a Tesco and Co-​op so there’s no real motivation for me to dive in here unless it’s 4:59am, but it’s a decent enough wee shop where you can pick up all the usual stuff.
I do however want my shops using puns to do them well (see Joanna Goodbites or Roland Butter for example) not just text-​talk!

Another 24 hours shop on Sauchiehall Street. Great when you need crisps/​pot noodles/​toilet paper at 3am, but another one of these shops with the stuffed animals (tigers and giraffes — diversity!) in the window (I’m not going to rant again, don’t worry).
Cheaper than some of the other 24 hour shops nearby — I saved 14p on a packet of Monster Munch — it made my night!