Travel costs

So, did you vote then?

Yesterday I heard some dingbat complaining about how people and businesses importing foods were suffering due to the exchange rate. He actually cited the high cost of shipping mange tout to the UK from Somalia as evidence of this terrible problem.

Mange tout? Somalia? What on earth are they doing? I know of at least one back garden in Newton-le-willows that's got some ready to eat already. It's not that hard to grow for goodness' sake.

Apparently it's all about customer demand. People want and expect strawberries in December but get upset when the cost of a ridiculous number food miles forces a price hike.

My heart bleeds.

Usually at this point I would dive headfirst into an Ear I Am Rant, but instead I'll console myself that this ridiculous situation validates the choice I made in the ballot box yesterday.