Simon was puzzled to see a pair of brown leather shoes in the cheese section of the supermarket. Then he remembered that his own shoes had been getting a bit worn lately and he took a closer look, just to see if they were his size. They were, but he could hardly start trying on shoes in the middle of the supermarket.
Just then an assistant who was passing offered him a stool. He sat down, put on the shoes and walked to the end of the aisle. He’d just decided they were too loose when he spotted a rectangular packet amongst a display of pasta sauces by a well-known chef. It was a pair of insoles. ‘Go ahead,’ urged the assistant. ‘They’re a bit loose, aren’t they?’ With the insoles in, the shoes were a perfect fit and Simon placed them in his basket.
In a surveillance booth far away a man with shades, jet black moustache and a quantity of gold jewelry round his fingers and neck watched on a screen. He turned to another monitor and watched a woman coming into the store. He zoomed in on a ladder in her tights and spoke into a microphone.
On the shop floor an assistant pushing a trolley along the aisle of fruit and veg tossed a thin packet amongst the tomatoes. A moment later she put her finger to her ear to hear the man say, ‘Better put a smaller pair near the yoghurts to be on the safe side.’
Just then an assistant who was passing offered him a stool. He sat down, put on the shoes and walked to the end of the aisle. He’d just decided they were too loose when he spotted a rectangular packet amongst a display of pasta sauces by a well-known chef. It was a pair of insoles. ‘Go ahead,’ urged the assistant. ‘They’re a bit loose, aren’t they?’ With the insoles in, the shoes were a perfect fit and Simon placed them in his basket.
In a surveillance booth far away a man with shades, jet black moustache and a quantity of gold jewelry round his fingers and neck watched on a screen. He turned to another monitor and watched a woman coming into the store. He zoomed in on a ladder in her tights and spoke into a microphone.
On the shop floor an assistant pushing a trolley along the aisle of fruit and veg tossed a thin packet amongst the tomatoes. A moment later she put her finger to her ear to hear the man say, ‘Better put a smaller pair near the yoghurts to be on the safe side.’