Killing Yourself Slowly

Tim Hill - 25th October 2009

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The signs are printed on various coloured pieces of paper and sit below the glass counter top. One reminds customers that they must spend at least 30 zloties if they want to pay by means other than cash. Below it another announces that returns will only be accepted within seven days and, in smaller print, not at all if the payment was by card. To the left a third message tells buyers that the shop does not offer credit and, once again in brackets, not even on large purchases.

They have been added one after another by the owner, Magda, in the hope of reducing arguments but there is one raging right now. A woman wants to return a product worth 35 zlotys and buy three other items that total 210 ...