I recently found asking for Nuts in a supermarket a remarkably difficult affair.

Having wandered aimlessly up and down the aisles of the Sainsbury's Local with no lightly salted pistachios to my name, I approached a shelf-stacker with the aim to enquire of her as to the foodstuff's whereabouts. But then I was flummoxed, as no matter how I phrased the question in my head, it just didn't seem right somehow:

"Where are your nuts?"
"Do you have any nuts?"
"Take me to your nuts section."
"I am looking for the nuts."
"I want some nuts."
"I've been looking everywhere for your nuts but I just can't seem to find them."

I could not bring myself to ask the girl any such question, and instead regaled her with: "Excuse me. Ah, yes. So what it is is that I'm looking for um the er what um I'm wanting the er where would one find the aisle for nuts?"

She informed me that they were located by the checkout.