Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
CRAVE THE POUND
500 in quarter-mile queue for the opening of a Poundworld 20% need breath of fresh air
A QUEUE stretched for a quarter of a mile as bargain hunters stood in line for the grand opening of a new Poundworld store.
Locals arrived as early as
7am, hours before the shop opened its doors at 10am.
More than 500 lined up, with the first 100 rewarded with a free goody bag – containing about £5 worth of items, including a note book, chocolates, cleaning products and colouring pencils.
Sian Thorburn wrote on social media: “I cannot believe there is such a queue for a pound shop! Crazy!”
Kimberley Alcock added: “This has made me laugh, I love the shop but ONE in five of us say bad breath has hit our social lives, with London, Birmingham and Manchester the worst places for halitosis.
In No1 place in a poll, 43% of Londoners suffer bad breath, which had made 26% lack confidence while dating, and led 10% to be dumped by a romantic partner.
The survey of 1,500 adults found 25% had avoided kissing someone who had smelly breath, but 16% had resisted a wouldn’t queue – I’ll nip in on way home as only live across the road.”
And Craig Taylor said: “The queue must have been a quarter of a mile long!!! Totally crazy!!”
Kyle Davies wrote: “Omg I’ve been dreaming of a Poundworld.”
The 4,800sq ft store has created 30 jobs in Rhyl, North East Wales, and was opened by the mayor Alan James.
Sam Curties, Poundworld area manager, said: “We can’t wait to welcome local people through our doors and help them save money on their shopping bill over the coming weeks and months.” smooch because their own smelled bad. And, not surprisingly, 17% said they felt unsexy when their breath was bad.
A tactful 21% said they would take someone aside and discreetly tell them they were suffering from halitosis.
A spokesman for CB12 mouthwash, which carried out the poll, said: “Bad breath can be embarrassing, but doesn’t have to be a blocker in relationships.”