Well, not in town, exactly
Prior to going all-electronic, in our household Screwfix was always known as “the pencil shop” because whenever I went there to buy something I’d invariably end up bringing home one of their pencils for filling in the order forms. Not intentionally, but when you’re used to having a pencil about your person, putting any pencil in your “usual place” after using it becomes totally subconscious. I used to keep one behind my ear, but wearing glasses makes that impractical now so often they’re in a pocket or tucked behind one of the arms of my glasses in front of my ear.
I can’t deny that these pencils came in very useful and I was quite disappointed when Screwfix stopped using them. However, a few days ago someone gifted me a whole pile of these so I now have my own little stash of pocket-size pencils once again. I can’t honestly say that I even knew IKEA used them as I’m hardly a regular visitor (unless once every twenty years or so counts as regular).
