overheard at waitrose: poetry of the public

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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

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. 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... It follows in the footsteps of the 'Women Who Eat on Tubes' Facebook group which went viral this week.Overheard in Waitrose. “I really don’t understand people who panic buy – she’s got toilet paper and bags of dried pasta piled high on her kitchen table!” 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? The idea is that it provides an insight into how the upper middle class live - and some of the comments submitted are just hilarious. 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 Without further to do, here are 24 of the most bizzare, middle-class, and hilarious things overheard in Waitrose:

Mum: "Freddie, could you stop with the Spanish Inquisition! It's to keep the gravlax salmon from spoiling when we drive to the house in France tomorrow." 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 The most popular post, which has more than 8,000 likes, said: "Daddy does lego have a silent 'T', like merlot?"Then they went onto seemingly contradict themselves by then talking about how childless people shouldn't be allowed jobs that are home based and only parents should be able to apply for those jobs so they can also look after their children...... 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: "My child, you don't know what need means until you've need, need, needed a glass of Pimms on a summer's afternoon."

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. Take a unique look into some of the comments made by those shopping at Waitrose - including several made at the store in Harborne. Read More Related Articles

Overheard in Norwich Waitrose today. Mother to small child: "Jeremy, you can't run in here. THIS IS WAITROSE."— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) June 1, 2013