what are you grateful for today?

Used to Id say. Independants still do, but I went into a large electrical store to look for an sd card for my new outdoor security camera and a couple of USB flash drives for a project .. Three men were mucking about with a video game system and two others were busy talking about one of their new car.. All wearing the store uniform not one of them willing to help. So I walked out,  ordered online and I daresay got it cheaper than instore.

Generally I have found them quite good everywhere but I think it's some of the places in which they try to push them too hard, or employ staff who just want a job, where the problems come. It may be more expensive but our normal supermarkets like Sainsbury or Asda tend to be very good. On the other hand I've found staff in places like Lidl can be pretty poor with negative attitudes.

I haven't really found a difference between cities, towns and villages as regards friendliness. I think that it is more communications and being relaxed in the setting. With the stress of modern life and working conditions it is maybe putting more a strain on that though. That said, the area of the country I live in is pretty quiet and I know it fairly well. With work I travelled in places from the middle of nowhere and into cities so I didn't feel too unfamiliar with either. I'm not really a city girl though