Not what I was expecting

A couple of days ago, I had an errand to run in town so I had half an hour to kill before my nature-drawing class started. I decided to have a cup of tea in a café near the classroom. It's the one I call "the drug dealers' café of choice" as you often see some right shifty characters sitting outside in front of it, smoking away.

As I was sitting there, sipping away, four bruisers (Schlägertypen) came in and sat down around a table two tables down from me. From their size, shape and appearance, I assumed they were the kind of men who carried knuckledusters (Schlagringe) in their pockets at the very least. They all looked hard and tough. 

Imagine my surprise when I heard what they ordered. I was expecting beer at the very least. Followed by some "whisky chasers", but no.

The first bruiser politely ordered an espresso, the second Orangina, the third a milky coffee and I didn't hear what the fourth ordered as my mind was doing cartwheels. Not what I was expecting at all.

How much?! Part 3.

A few weeks ago, I found out by chance that I could tolerate some gluten without the dermatitis and the eczema breaking out within minutes.

So what did I do? I tried out foodstuffs that I hadn't steered clear of for 9 and a half years. One of the things I tried out first was pizza. I chose a pizza salami made by Wagner. It cost EUR 1.79. Hmm... nothing to write home about. Rather disappointing, in fact. 

Two weeks later, I went past the chiller section in the supermarket again and saw that the same pizza cost EUR 2.99. Definitely not worth that price.

But the shocking thing was that within two weeks, the same product was now 67% more expensive than before.

Talk about a cost of living crisis.