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I shouldn't really be admitting openly to my failings but  I am an organisational disaster when it comes to routine  daily tasks. Simple things like getting receipts for things, remembering to buy milk, buying milk and then finding out next morning that I have no coffee and three pints of milk, you get the picture... I am getting better, but it's slow progress.
Anyway I got one of the Applegreen loyalty cards when they came out. Of course it's always nice to add another card to the collection in your wallet, especially a spanking brand new card, in pristine condition and full of promise, alongside the usual battered suspects.

Being the kind of guy who is very likely to spill his coffee while trying to get his wallet out and locate his loyalty card, and, having dropped my wallet and offered my expired AA card a few times, I suddenly found myself preparing for my encounter at the Applegreen counter by extracting the loyalty card from the wallet as soon as I entered the shop. It made me feel right chuffed that I was beginning to grasp the concept of preparation. Not only that but imagine the leap my confidence took when I became adept at pre-empting the "Do you have an Applegreen card Sir?" question with a smooth flourish and a 007 type flick of my Applegreen card on to the counter.
Now I must admit I have never checked the point balance, never logged in, never looked at what's on offer since. I'm just not a rewards type of guy I always say to myself, but hey I love the card and it's done absolute wonders for my confidence. Just having that one small element of my daily routine down.
So imagine my surprise when I finally read some of my emails recently and on reading one from the Applegren loyalty team I discovered I have almost 6000 points, as well !  Last time I had 6000 of anything was while  holidaying in Dalyan in Turkey and on that unfortunate occasion it involved mosquitos.


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