Nightjar wrote:
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Greengrocers everywhere seem to be prone to short changing and other
tricks. In a local market, now closed, one greengrocery stall holder was
known to the locals as weigh thumb.

One market trader in Stockport was known for displaying fresh produce at
the front of the stall and selling out of date stock from the back of the
pile. I recall him having a fit at me for choosing my own fruit from the
front (which left holes showing the manky rubbish behind the carefully
constructed wall of fresh fruit).