overheard at waitrose: poetry of the public

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The most popular post, which has more than 8,000 likes, said: "Daddy does lego have a silent 'T', like merlot?" verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ quot;No, Giles! Get a nice Chablis. What is it with you and your obsession with Sauvignon Blanc?" — Ian Power (@IHPower) December 13, 2018 People watching is often a bit of a secret pleasure. There's something odly captivating about catching snippets of conversations, watching people go about their daily business and realising just how much goes on in the world around us.

Well you never know what’s happening in people’s lives, do you? She may not have a larder.” #coronavirus Overheard in Norwich Waitrose today. Mother to small child: "Jeremy, you can't run in here. THIS IS WAITROSE."For years now, shoppers have been taking to social media to post about some of the funniest things they've heard in the shop's aisles. At this point, Overhead in Waitrose is essentially an internet cult classic. If you’re unfmailiar with the concept, it’s exactly what it sounds like: the everyday things people have overheard while shopping in Waitrose. overheard in waitrose islington 'the woman's voice on the self scan machines sound so impolite' - customer complaining to staff member— Huma Qureshi (@huma_qureshi_uk) July 3, 2012 At the table next to me, four women. As I was right next to them I couldn't help,but overhear their conversation which went along the lines of...

Highlights of the eavesdropped soundbites include a child asking if Lego has a 'silent T like Merlot' and posh shoppers laughing about how rich they are. Overheard in Waitrose: “well I’ll have to wipe my arse with kitchen roll. It’s not ideal but it’s all we’ve got Ken” 😂 Overheard in Waitrose: "My child, you don't know what need means until you've need, need, needed a glass of Pimms on a summer's afternoon." An upmarket shopper was also believed to have said: "Darling, do we need parmesan for both houses?" Mother's shouldn't work until their children are school age leave home and those that do are either career obsessed bitches or married a poor man.....

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Hehe. Other people's conversations always amuse, bemuse and fustrate me in equal measure. I rarely find myself agreeing though which says sometging about me I'm sure. I promptly forget about them afterwards anyway because they don't actually matter really do they?

Yes I know it ruins everything Karen but they've run out of fresh cranberries. No there's none in the grocers either. Well what do you want me to do Karen, BLOODY GROW THEM?" #ChristmasEveEve It follows in the footsteps of the 'Women Who Eat on Tubes' Facebook group which went viral this week.Without further to do, here are 24 of the most bizzare, middle-class, and hilarious things overheard in Waitrose: Overheard in Waitrose this morning - “We’re not quite done, darling. I’m still on the hunt for chicory #Waitrose— Buskins (@BookshopMike) December 20, 2018

Which then evolved into how children should be the centre of their mother's universe and when at home with them women should concentrate fully on their children and nothing else. That is exactly how the Overheard In Waitrose social media feeds were born and it appears that, when you combine people watching, the trials and tribulations of food shopping and people who shop in Waitrose in particular, the results are pretty hilarious. Just for those who aren’t Brits; Waitrose & Partners is a ‘high-end’ supermarket chain in the UK, serving the upper middle class market. The following, from a variety of sources, purport to be statements or fragments of conversation overheard in their shops. But unfortunately for them, they live in permanent fear that their husbands will leave them for younger women

Overheard in Waitrose - 'Well the hubby wants to get out of the EU but all I wonder is what if we are suddenly not able to buy enough Brie?'— Conor Collins (@conartworks) June 10, 2016 Genuinely overheard in Waitrose: ‘excuse me sir would you mind showing me where I can find the **upmarket** champagne?’ Overheard in Waitrose “ shall we buy a tin of performative biscuits, or some biscuits we actually want to eat?”