14/10/2018
If ever you've visited an Argos store (who hasn't, what even are you?) you'll be well aware of the way their system works. You walk in, wait a millennia for a catalogue to become free, find your item, check the stock, find out there's one left, grab the tiny blue pencil, make note of your item number and pay for it at the counter. You'll then be handed a receipt and you can optionally sit or stand awaiting your assigned number to be called, even if that means you're leaving the store at the ripe old age of eighty four.
Anyone of whom is an Argos regular will have learned by now that no matter which of the seemingly infinite items of stock you pick from the catalogue, a member of staff will always come from the back of the shop with exactly what it was you requested. Many people have spent years pondering how this is a physical possibility, but it's easily explained.
Back in 1964, Argos struck a deal with a Mister "John Smith" of the television show Doctor Who, after seeing the amazing conversion his relatives had made of a standard old blue police box. These conversions featured "bigger on the inside" technology and this was absolutely perfect for Argos, looking to meet growing demand.
To this day, blue police boxes are kept out back of all major Argos stores, but the effects of Brexit are showing.
Since September 2nd, all replacement police boxes have been manufactured in and imported from Malaysia in a bid to save money as the Pound is predicted to come crashing post-Brexit. UK based factories from all corners have as a result been closed, bringing the number of job losses to around the 11,000 mark, with little to no compensation for former employees.
Totally Real News has reached out to the country of Malaysia for further comment.