Bloomin' miseries.SUPERMARKET supervisor Mary Whitner was told to quit or be sacked after giving a customer a bunch of dying flowers. Widower Mary was due to retire on her 60th birthday tomorrow after 23 years at the Co-op in Burgess Hill Coordinates: Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish within the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex. , West Sussex West Sussex, nonmetropolitan county (1991 pop. 692,800), 768 sq mi (1,990 sq km), S England. A chalk ridge runs from the county's east to west edge. In the south the land flattens into a gentle plain. After early Roman invasions, the Saxons moved across Sussex. . She said: "A lady really wanted the flowers but was told they couldn't be sold as they were two days past their sell-by date." Customers at the store have signed a petition calling for her to be reinstated . But a Co - op spokesman said: "We have strict policies." CAPTION(S): PRESENT Mary |
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