This afternoon I went to the enormous B & Q which has sprung up on the north side of the town. The purpose of my visit was to buy seeds.
When on the hunt for onion sets, which I failed to locate, I came across a chap dressed in the pensioner-working-for-b-&-q uniform and thought "I know that chap!" His name badge, Brian, confirmed it.
This was my boss's boss, whose civil service pension must be pretty enormous (probably at least £25000 p a) but who finds it necessary to get a minimum wage job in a garden centre. When we worked for HMCE, he accompanied me on one of the best jollies we ever had, a trip to Elgin Sub-VAT office in June. This involved a guided tour of the Glenmurray-Glenlivet distillery.
I expect his wife was fed up with him at home.