I do not know what it was like in other places, but the shops locally were very quiet on Saturday. That entire grab a bargain madness of Boxing Day seems more like a febrile grab what you can while you can thing
Just to add to the misery, the sense of things falling apart, the lottery was out of action. Although there have been occasional local glitches, I cannot remember a whole system shutdown before
People were taking it remarkably stoically – I saw no anger or rudeness to counter staff. But pity those who choose the same numbers each week; if they would have won, even if it were only £10, the resentment will fester
