Shopping in a failed state
In the chemist downstairs you can’t get any headache pills but you can buy individual Ferrero Rocher chocolates at Z$3 million a mouthful. I guess they’d ease the pain at a push. Sometimes its good not to aim too high so I’ve just been out in search of a good movie to watch tonight. I figured this would be easier than withdrawing some cash, or buying a chicken. This is Zimbabwe after all. Unfortunately all I could find were endless copies of Lost with badly photocopied covers. So I carried on to the TM Supermarket to see what I could find. Of course I had the choice of joining the 200 people queuing for sugar round the back but I thought I’d try the front door. Now I’m back in the office with some butter, two tins of tuna and 24 rolls. That should keep me going until January 13th.