Otázka: Services
Jazyk: Angličtina
Přidal(a): zvire
INTRO
Shopping is an activity that is necessary in our lives, every time we need something we must go to shop and buy it there. However, for some people shopping can be also an enjoyment. Nowadays shopping is a big business, and many companies spend lots of money on advertising and trying to persuade customers that their products are the best. Services make people’s lives easier. Services are an important part of a national economy and show a maturity of each country. They include health service, educational system, jurisprudence, trade, tourism, traffic, and a lot of small services -for example most people can no longer imagine life without mechanics, hairstylists, chemists, dry-cleaners and so on.
SUPERMARKETS VS. SMALL SHOPS
People can shop in big supermarkets, in small single shops or in open-air markets. A supermarket, a large form of the traditional grocery store, is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food and household products, organized into aisles. I’ve already mentioned some advantages of this store, so now one disadvantage – in supermarkets a chance to buy something unnecessary is bigger than in small shops, maybe because things we needn’t so much are often located in eye-level shelves or on the checkout aisle. Even wider range we can find in department houses. Nowadays, there is one more possibility, how people can shop and it is the internet.
KINDS OF SHOPS
There are many different types of shops ranging from large department stores, self-service shops, and supermarkets to small, specialized shops such as the grocer´s, baker´s, butcher´s, greengrocer´s, stationer´s, chemist´s, ironmonger´s, haberdasher´s, bookshop and boutique. At the baker´s we can buy various kinds of bread, rolls, buns, and cakes. At the butcher´s meat including pork, beef, lamb, or poultry can be bought. Here we can also buy smoked meat products, for example sausages, bacon, ham, and frankfurters. People can buy flour, sugar, salt, eggs, vegetable oil, tea, coffee, bottled beer, juice, chocolate, sweets, frozen and tinned vegetables at the grocer´s. At the greengrocer´s and fruiter´s people can buy fresh vegetable and all kinds of fruit. Some people prefer shopping at the market because there is a wider choice of potatoes, tomatoes, cabbages, beans, oranges, bananas, pears, etc. At the stationer´s writing paper, wrapping paper, envelopes, notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, glue, rubber, rulers, and compasses can be bought.
SERVICES
The most important services are health service, educational system, bank services or city’s technical department. The city’s technical department takes care of the city, they keep the sidewalks and streets clean, cut the grass, take care of the trees in the parks and so on. During the last few years, more and more people have been using the bank services. At the bank, we can have our bank account where we keep money, and we can withdraw it whenever needed. We can have our all-monthly bills paid automatically when they are due. We can have a bankcard or a credit card and pay with them electronically or withdraw money from an automatic cash dispenser machine.
FORMS OF PAYING
When you want to pay for a goods which you buy, you can pay in cash, or there is a possibility to use a credit card. Some kinds of shops offer an instalment credit, it is used when you buy something which is expensive. At buying a new car there is possibility of leasing. Nowadays people don´t have to go out of their houses when they need to do the shopping. I am sure every one of you had ever got a catalogue which offered goods, for example clothes, office aids, and so on. There are also catalogues offering cosmetics, like ORIFLAME or AVON. These days, some people do a lot of their shopping online. They order goods from a website and have them delivered. Maybe in the future all shopping will be ´virtual´, and people won´t need real shops at all!
