Taking away my favourite block of chocolate

But it is not only in the supermarket. The excursions are also happening in the service sector, which leads me to my journey from the beautician. Usually, when the therapist leaves me to prepare for my torture session, there is a nice three-layer cleaning individually enveloped to conduct quick pre-treatment. On this occasion, in his place was a fragile single -layer pavement that almost torn up as soon as I applied more than the most delicate pressure. It doesn’t matter, I thought, they must have exhausted the comfortable ones.

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But at the end of my treatment, Cozzie Livs struck again when my therapist asked me if I would like a US towel to be thrown away to wipe out any excess oil, which is applied after treatment, whose cost has jumped by about 20 % in the last two years. Before I could answer, he corrected, saying: “Whoops, we don’t do those anymore … cost cuts”. It doesn’t matter, I replied, slipping into my pants now stopped oil that would certainly need to be dry clean (another service for which the costs have risen to the stars).

On the way home, I thought of all the ways in which the services for which I pay now give me less during the position more: the yoga study that is applying a rigorous policy from a towel per person, the services once included on airlines, hotels, cafés and everywhere in the middle were once complementary but are now “extra” that attract a tax.

I understand that the collection prices are often seen as the last resource, especially for small businesses. But in the same way, if they reduce their services of such a factor are no longer attractive, customers won’t go anyway?

For now, I am rationing my chocolate and I’m landing with my Cerar (as long as they continue to provide the jasmine oil that immediately reminds me of a holiday). I just have to remember by Byo Baby Wipe and remember to look for chocolate before my next trip to the shops.

Melissa Singer is an associated editor Sunday Life magazine.

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