This morning's puncture

Riding along Hackney Road towards Cambridge Heath Station I had a** plastic fork** tear out the sidewall of my tire and inner. Both were utterly shredded and not at all repairable even by Jacqui standards..

that's one helluva fork dude..
Strange that they were like that at LF? I know some shops don't like people fixing their bike in the shop but if they are not going to let you in to use the pump the least they can do is come out with you with the pump - what if you didn't have a CC???