Friday, 21 November 2008

Vouchers from hell.

A Zimbabwean friend came to see me with his new vouchers recently. Because many supermarkets don't give change, and because the only way of getting cash for them is via the newsagents who only give back £4 for a £5 voucher, I normally buy them of Asylum Seeker friends pound for pound.

You used to get straight forward vouchers for Morrison's, but my friend was anxious because they had been changed to 'luncheon vouchers', with the recipients address on the front. I gave him the usual £35, and tried using them today. I was immediately asked where I got them from by the cashier, who asked another assistant if I could use them. Luckily it was a friend on another checkout! The assistant though explained I could not use it for cigarettes, alcohol or anything that wasn't food - so I asked him to look at the conveyor belt. There was nothing out of the ordinary - no booze!

I was told I couldn't get any change either, which I am sure is wrong. Over all, I was shocked at the 'grilling' I got. It is part of the humiliation that goes alongside with being an Asylum Seeker in the UK. Vouchers from hell have to go.

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