When an Overcharge on a Punnet of Strawberries Led to a Miracle

Proving it pays to keep the faith and persevere

Caroline de Braganza
Promptly Written
Published in
4 min readApr 20, 2024

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Image by Tiffany Kay from Pixabay

When I checked my till slips from my monthly shopping in early March, I noticed the store had charged me twice for a punnet of strawberries.

Because I don’t own a car, I arrange a lift once a month to the nearby town’s shopping mall, a 44-kilometre…

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Caroline de Braganza
Promptly Written

Wise Older Woman (WOW). Poetry, essays, humor. Passion for mental health, social justice, politics, diverse cultures, the world and environment.