Bennie Barrier Returns In A Brand New Adventure!!
Trisha Trolley’s 5th Coffee Break
Checkout Charlie's Promotion And Dogs In The Supermarket
Hello again everyone and welcome to my first Coffee Break blog for 2022 on Corny's very own website. My oh my, it feels good to be back after all that time wearing masks and socially distancing. I just want to run up and give everyone a big hug but apparently, according to Mr Mullet, I might scare the customers away if I did that, so I won't. Pedro Pug seems to get away with it but I'm not allowed.
Now where was I... Ah yes, the dogs. With all of the social distancing problems we had, people were out walking with their dogs a lot more. Needless to say, Mr Mullet had the idea of letting dogs come into the supermarket with their owners to attract more shoppers. So far, I think it's been a success although I did almost run over a Yorkshire Terrier last week, Wet Floor had to rush to the bakery when a Cocker spaniel decided that the baguettes looked like a lamppost and decided to use it as such and Charlie had to chase a Husky down the car park with a lamb leg in its mouth so we'll see how long this lasts for.
Speaking of Charlie, he came into the canteen a few days ago looking really pale. I was so worried about him and asked him if he was all right. He had just been told that Mr Mullet is retiring soon and Charlie will be our new manager. I was so happy for him. With the new swimming pool opening soon and no more Mr Mullet, the supermarket will be a lovely place to work again. I just hope Wet Floor gets some help when the new swimming pool opens. Those swimmers never manage to keep all of the water in the pool do they?
I did ask Charlie if he would still be using his tree house that he built in the woods to escape to on his breaks so Mr Mullet couldn't find him. Cornelius and I have had many lovely picnics up there looking across at the car park and the forest in the distance. He says management won't change him and I hope it doesn't, he does tend to get a little too big for his boots sometimes though.
I was invited by our founding author Steve Boyce to come along to the latest illustrations for his third animated Cornelius Cone book which is coming out very soon. I have to admit, everyone looked rather splendid in their new drawings. I hear John Roberts is also releasing our first Cornelius Cone novel too! That Cornelius Cone never stops working does he? Always heading off on a new adventure although I hear the novel is telling us about Susie Suitcase's story too. She'd better not cause my Corny any more trouble or she might end up on the first plane back to Paris if I have my way!
Anyway, Mrs Quilliam is coming in soon to pick up her scones and fresh cream. I do enjoy my Tuesday treats. Until next time, toodle-pip,
TT
Trisha Trolley’s 4th Coffee Break
Trish & Corn’s Veggies And Wet Floor’s Big Mess
Hello again everyone and welcome back to my 4th coffee break. (Socially distanced of course!)
It’s so good to see my friends back inside the supermarket again. So many people have been hiding away at home and I haven’t been able to see Cornelius for months. We do have a date at Bluebell Park next Saturday though for Postman Pete’s charity concert to raise money for the Hythe Pier fund so hopefully that will all go well.
Now I’m sure you want to know what’s been happening in our little world. Well, Wet Floor got himself into some bother with Mr Mullet when he flooded the warehouse by leaving his tap running in the cleaning cupboard. I really don’t know what’s got into him lately. He’s becoming so forgetful. I think he’s worried because Wet Floor Junior is starting his work experience from school soon and I think Wet Floor wants to make a good impression if his son comes to work at the supermarket.
Perry Painter came in to do some shopping the other day covered in purple paint. I don’t know how he manages to get more paint on his clothes than he does on the road! Mr Mullet asked him to repaint our drop off point at the front of the supermarket but everybody still tries to park there. Mrs Quilliam had the right idea when she tripped and dropped a dozen eggs all over the bonnet of someone’s car who had parked there. Who knows what would have happened if she was carrying some flour and icing as well?
I’m so happy that some of the virus restrictions are being lifted. I don’t think I could handle another one of Mr Mullet’s traffic light ideas to get as many people in the store as possible. I told Trevor Traffic Light about it and he laughed and laughed. Hopefully Charlie won’t let him have any more of those crazy ideas anytime soon.
Now, I’ve heard a rumour that there’s another one of those French suitcases in town. Apparently one of them was trying to tempt Postman Pete to buy her from Jane’s Jems in the village. Well I hope that little troublemaker stays well away from my Cornelius Cone or there will be trouble.
And speaking of Cornelius Cone, after we found his grandad’s wallet a few weeks ago, Corny discovered that his grandad has an allotment in the village where he used to grow some fruit and vegetables. Now the warmer weather is coming, I’m hoping that we can start planting our own fruit and vegetables there. Corny’s so busy lately, I think he may have forgotten about it but I’ll nip down there later and make sure that all of the weeds have been removed. Ooohhh it’s so exciting. Maybe we could have our own fruit and veg store. Trish & Corn’s Veggies!! That would teach Mr Mullet for putting the soft cucumbers in the freezer so it feels fresh for the customers!!
“BING BONG BOOP, Tricia Trolley to Customer Service please!”
Oh well, I guess that’s break time over. Join me again soon won’t you. Until next time, toodle-pip.
TT
Tricia Trolley's 3rd Coffee Break
Supermarket Chaos And Corny Almost Goes Off With A Bang!
Well hello everyone and welcome to my first coffee break of 2021. Now, I know what you're all thinking. How can a sophisticated busy trolley like moi have time to write a blog on this site. Well, to be honest, there's been so many things happening around here that I'm all in a muddle.
Firstly, let's talk about Christmas. What a glorious day that was when I was invited to join The Maintenance Team for their Christmas Dinner and Corny took me on a wonderful adventure to meet the one and only Santa Claus. Yes, I met him! And he was so amazing!! It almost makes the mad dash for food before the big day worth it.
Did you know that I can fit two hundred and ninety-two toilet rolls in my trolley!! Or seventy-two bottles of wine!! Yes, I'm impressed too. Unfortunately Mr Mullet wasn't and I had to put them back on the shelf again but it was fun whilst it lasted.
And speaking of Mr Mullet, oh my word, he is so money focused that he almost burnt the supermarket down!! Now I know the lockdown has been hard on all of us but how could anyone believe that having hundreds of traffic lights in the supermarket would cause anything but chaos. Yes, he kept everyone two meters apart but it took forty minutes just to buy a newspaper and a sandwich!!
Thankfully my Corny was nearby to sort everything out. Then after new year, the joy jokers were back again. Grr, they really grind my wheels and poor Trudy ended up in a field over in the forest sharing the bathroom facilities with some rather unclean friends that graze in the area. She's been washed down three times already and you can still smell her before you see her. Hopefully the new lights in the car park will mean that trollies won't be in as much danger anymore.
And speaking of danger, oh my word, I could've run Checkout Charlie down after what he almost did at the power station. They ran a competition on the local radio which Wet Floor convinced Charlie to enter and he won it. The prize was to press the button on the detonator to destroy the old chimney at the power station before the new Seafront development can be built. Luckily for us, Wet Floor borrowed Charlie's binoculars and saw that Cornelius and Bennie were stuck at the top of the chimney only minutes before Charlie blew it up!!
Luckily Postman Pete and Corny's Driver Dave managed to stop them in time and Corny and Bennie were safe. They've rescheduled it for this weekend now that they have checked that everything is safe this time but it gave us quite a scare.
I've heard a rumour that Wet Floor's son, Wet Floor Junior is supposed to be coming into our supermarket on work experience soon. I hope he behaves himself this time. He keeps hiding away in our treehouse with that tearaway cone Bubbles, or Chloe I think her name is. Hopefully Wet Floor will keep a close eye on him when he's working with us.
BING, BONG, BOOP! "Tricia Trolley to the front entrance please!!"
Well that's my call to return to work. I think Mrs Quilliam is coming in today and we can have our fruit scone once again now that the cafe has reopened. Until next time, Toodle-pip.
TT
Tricia Trolley's 2nd Coffee Break
Friday the 13th!!
Hello everyone, glad you could join me on my second coffee break. You really are a true friend!! It's been such a horrible wet morning so far today. The rain just hasn't stopped!! At least I have some time to tell you all of my stories from my supermarket. One note of caution though, today is Friday the 13th and I remember the last time it was Friday the 13th, everything went wrong.
(One of the checkouts broke down, a cucumber became stuck in my side, somebody's black pepper leaked out and I was sneezing for the rest of the day!! Not very professional Tricia!!)
Corny tells me I'm silly for being superstitious but the facts prove that more things go wrong on Friday the 13th then on any other day.
Now, where do I begin? Oh yes, my friend Wet Floor has had an adventurous few weeks. He's usually so happy and cheery and always willing to have a joke with me and the rest of the team but lately he seems a little sad.
He wants to be the best cleaner that he can be but he's getting bored of doing the same jobs everyday. I told him that every day is a new adventure with new customers and new opportunities but he didn't seem to believe me.
(Well it's usually the same old customers but they wear different clothes. Very strange.)
Then Wet Floor found a magic wand amongst his cleaning chemicals and he found a way to finish his jobs in super quick time. It's a shame that it all went wrong and he ended up having to complete all of his jobs all over again but they were in an even worse state than when he started. I guess we have to be careful what we wish for as sometimes, what we already have is worth so much more than we realise.
(Even if it is a bottle of bleach at half price, always worth shopping around for a bargain!!)
Mr Mullet has been in my bad books recently. He is such a sneaky man and with a little help from Davina Stone, Driver Dave's wife, I managed to put my point across to him.
(Well it was my side not the front point but you get the idea)
My wonderful, amazing, handsome, er, anyway, my friend Cornelius Cone came to see me and he noticed that the food bank was very short of its target to help with feeding the children over the school holidays. My wonderful Corny organised some sponsored events over the weekend and we raised double the amount that we expected to. Cornelius and Checkout Charlie also convinced Mr Mullet that two lucky shoppers should be able to race around the store and fill their trolleys with as many items as they could find in three minutes. Whatever the total amount was, the supermarket would donate the money to the foodbank. It was a great idea until I saw Mr Mullet displaying all of the cheap items on the promotional shelves and hiding the expensive items in the warehouse. When we were racing around the aisles though, I made sure that I took a corner wider than I should have and I knocked Mr Mullet into a stack of baked beans.
(Ha! Ha! Ha! He shouldn't have been so mean!)
Warehouse Wayne, now what can I say about the man who fixed an umbrella to my handle which almost led to me landing in the sea.
(A lot of unrepeatable words come to mind but stay professional Tricia, deep breaths!)
One of our deliveries was running late and Mr Mullet wanted the stock unloaded as quickly as possible so he asked Wet Floor to help Wayne unload the lorry. However, when the lorry was reloaded with the cardboard and polythene that gets sent off to be recycled, Wet Floor almost ended up being recycled with it. I'm not sure how much of this is true but Wet Floor told me that he managed to stop the lorry and jump out of the back of the lorry right by where Cornelius Cone and his team were working on the motorway. Luckily Corny and his team were able to bring Wet Floor back to the supermarket and everything was ok in the end but I've told Wayne that he needs to be more careful in future.
Checkout Charlie, now he has been working really hard to make the supermarket a success. He was the only one who was suspicious of Wet Floor's sudden burst of speed when he was using the magic wand. When it all went wrong though, Charlie was the only one to help Wet Floor put things right again. I guess there is a kind man there somewhere.
(If only we could find where that somewhere is, maybe we could send Mr Mullet there for a brain swap too)
And speaking of brain swaps, Postman Pete came in to deliver the mail yesterday looking very pale. Apparently he had a dream that he was a bank robber and that his dachshund friend Max had taken over his band and were making millions of pounds from performing in concerts around the world.
(Sometimes I worry who I socialise with!!)
BING! BONG! BOOP! "Could Wet Floor please go to the trolley bays for a flood!"
Well I guess that's my call to go back out in the rain again. I told Mr Mullet about the drains being blocked by the entrance. Who knows, we might have a pool to swim in down there by the end of the day. At least he'll be able to sell some of those bright yellow rain coats he's been hiding away in the warehouse for months.
Until next time, Toodle-pip
TT
Tricia Trolley's coffee break
How many toilet rolls can they fit in my trolley?
Hello everyone, glad you could make it to my Coffee Break right here on my favourite cone's very own website. Now, with the lockdown doom and gloom, our supermarket has been extremely busy!
(I never realised I could fit so many toilet rolls and bags of pasta in my trolley!!)
So this is my chance to sit back and take a breather, enjoy my cup of coffee and chat to my best friends, YES THAT'S YOU!!
Well, it's been a crazy few weeks in Hythe. Checkout Charlie has been given more responsibility now that Mr Mullet trusts him to open the supermarket by himself.
(Personally, I think he's getting a bit too big for his boots but we'll see what happens to him in the next few adventures. Also, I need to find out what size his boots are and offer him a bigger size from our clothing department!)
Security Spencer, oh my word, come back Stanley, all is forgiven. He is sooooo annoying. All of the customers are complaining that he keeps checking their bags as they leave the supermarket. It's so embarrassing! I've tried talking to Charlie and Mr Mullet about him but he plays at the same golf club as Mr Mullet and he's giving Charlie some golfing tips so I guess he's here to stay for a while.
(I'd sure like to take a swing at him given half a chance!! Oh deary me, calm down Tricia dear, you'll get a wonky wheel!!)
Wet Floor has been my saviour yet again. His jokes and friendship make every day bearable at the supermarket. His son Wet Floor Junior seems to be getting himself into a lot of situations lately. I think his friend Chloe Cone, or Bubbles as she likes to be known, is a bad influence on him but Wet Floor won't have a bad thing said against her.
(Maybe I'm biased but there's only one cone that I trust, my lovely Corny. I haven't seen him for a while, I hope he comes back into the supermarket again soon!!)
Anyway, that's my break time almost over. I must get back as Mrs Quilliam will be arriving to do her shopping soon. I just have time to tell you that my very own book, Tricia Trolley's Tea Time Treats will be available from Checkout Charlie's Supermarket, Unique Retail and Amazon very soon. If you can't wait for Warehouse Wayne to unload the delivery, you can download the ebook version on one of those Amazon Kindle thing-a-me-jigs that Wet Floor keeps talking about.
(After my adventures with electronics and umbrella attachments, I'd rather stay clear of modern technology. It causes all kinds of trouble!! Although it would give Corny a reason to visit me instead of chasing after that dreadful suitcase. Hmm, no, be good Tricia, you'll see Corny soon.)
BEEP! BOP! BOOP! "Will Tricia Trolley please return to the Supermarket entrance for a customer waiting!!"
Oops, Charlie must have been timing me, I'd better go and see what all of the fuss is about.
See you all again soon,
Toodle-Pip
TT
