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Shop worker awarded 40 sausage rolls for 40 years of service (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A shop assistant in Guernsey has been awarded 40 sausage rolls for 40 years of service.

Fifty-six-year-old Kevin Parsons started working at the island's Alliance supermarket in 1984.

Bosses marked the anniversary by giving him a certificate, a tropical-themed mural for his home and a sausage roll for each of his next 40 shifts.

Mr Parsons, who was described as an "Alliance celebrity" by bosses, said "words can't express my appreciation" for his gifts.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What does "mural" mean in British English? I feel like getting gifted a mural from my work would be disproportionately cool.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A painted wall. Presumably, someone paints it on his wall, as opposed to them delivering a pre-painted wall.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I hope they’re bringing in a true master of the art from the Shankhill Road.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's what I thought 🤔 don't get me wrong I'm sure this dudes been exploited for 40 years and that's shitty as fuck but a mural sounds like a rad gift

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not a big supermarket chain (they have two stores in Jersey and Guernsey), so likely treat their workers better. As the bosses presumably know all their workers it does mean this is a bit more personal than just some HR drone punching a button because their details flashed up on a screen.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's absolutely going to be a mural of a massive sausage roll

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It will be like this:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How why where.. that's a painting I didn't know I needed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is a riff on "Saturn devouring his son" I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It is absolutely that, I want to congratulate the artist. also great use of it in this thread.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I assume when they say tropical they mean a sandy beach with waves lapping on the sand, palm trees coming down to the beaches edge and reclining on the sand is a massive sausage roll.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I would not want a mural in my house. This would literally be the opposite of a gift for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I feel like the cost of a tropical themed mural could be better spent on like, a tropical vacation. But I don't know, I'm not a mural guy.