But these bits of paper are like scrip at a bankrupt company's store.
I went cold with dismay at the thought that many of those bits of paper were perhaps now in the hands of dealers who were selling them all over the world to people like Octave.
I'd love to know if the bit of paper is still around," says Davidson.
A flimsy bit of paper is printed out at the till, assuming you've followed the rules of buying enough of the right kind of products, from the correct stores, and only when it's a full moon.
While most companies will have defined a list of values that they believe in and expect staff to adhere to, ensuring they are more than just words on a bit of paper is difficult.
Although it is fair to say that Leicester were not handed the toughest draw when that little bit of paper was unfolded in Monaco back in August, it has still been remarkable to see how well a team with so little experience at this level have adapted to Europe's premier club competition.
Each card, which is a bit thicker than a piece of printer paper, is made from a mixture of potato starch, palm oil, fruit extract, sucralose (the artificial sweetener found in Spenda) and food coloring.
I didn't really know what all them little bits of white paper were, honest".
These bits of toilet paper are called "the angels' share," and they'll be cleaned up by things like birds and wind.
Less than an hour before the start ofSaturday's stage, race officials could be seen scurrying around team buses bearing maps and bits of paper; that was how late the route was changed, with the exclusion of the long, dragging ascent to Sestriere, which climbs over 2000m and would not have looked out of place on a Christmas card.
