To wonder if I'm allowed to shop in Waitrose?

[ohmymimi]

One is opening nearby. I'm probably slightly lower middle class, I have ordered on-line from John Lewis, though, and I've never shopped in my pyjamas without a jumper and jeans on top.

[CocacolaMum]

Absolutely (if not just because it keeps you out of Aldi so I can avoid the queues formed recently because some idiot said that all the posh people now shop there.. so now they do..)

[TiggyD]

If you're upper lower middle class like me you are allowed to shop in Waitrose if it's nearby or just for a few special things. I'm afraid you can't main shop there. Sorry. Sainsburys or lower for the likes of us.

[Punkatheart]

I have cancer, a runaway partner and a daughter with mental health issues. My life is awful. I go to Waitrose, have a free coffee and a paper - pick up a few bargains (yes, I am a VERY good shopper and can spot 'em a mile away), have the staff chat to me and then I go home, having food in the fridge - to sleep for some of the afternoon.

Waitrose makes me happy and I have very little else that does so yes, I would encourage you to shop there.

[lookatmybutt]

Sorry, you can't. They have one of those things sort of like those trolley lock up devices you get at some supermarkets, except it's to prevent poorer people getting in rather than trollies getting out

What's up with Waitrose, anyway? A couple of Christmases ago you could buy an ostrich egg but no artichokes. Overrated in my opinion.

I'm poor, btw, and didn't want to spend £40 making the world's biggest omelette.

[TiggyD]

I believe machines in the entrances scan you for polyester as you go in. Any trace and you get "dealt with".

[Meerkatwhiskers]

They let me in on Saturday. I am 8% posh according to a Facebook quiz highly academic way of testing poshness

[HoneyDragon]

My Waitrose must be broken. It's often cheaper than the Tesco.

[DameDeepRedBetty]

Honey I have noticed this too!

And Morrisons is cheaper than the pair of them.

[Absolutmum]

I like to alternate between Waitrose and Lidl's. I find this regime keeps me grounded.

[MardyBra]

I've never seen a fake tan in Waitrose. Do they have an orange metre as you go in? Anything within a whiff of an Andre or Dickinson would be excluded.

[MardyBra]

Loving the distinct category of "upper lower middle class" Tiggy.

I think I'm lower upper middle class and I mainly use Ocado with top ups from Waitrose, Sainsburys and the local co-op (where I happen to be in town). Is that OK?

[oldgrandmama]

I used to shop in Budgens, until a young guy ran me over with a wheelchair (it contained his ancient grandmama). As I picked myself up off the floor he snarled 'you should have got out of my way ...'

As I was standing at the freezer cabinet at the time, looking down at the frozen peas, I was a bit bewildered as to how I was in his way.

You probably won't get run over in Waitrose.

[ohmymimi]

Punk - Life is being tough for you, so you need all the TLC you can get - a big score for WR (and do they really give out free coffee to everyone?).

SorryCola I'll still be faithful to Aldi, but I do like a bit of supermarket promiscuity. I even pop into ASDA, sometimes.

[MardyBra]

*wherever

[MardyBra]

Supermarket promiscuity is good if you use the loyalty cards. If you neglect one for long enough they sometimes send you more incentives to shop there.

[worsestershiresauce]

Waitrose will take anyone's money, same as anywhere else. On the other hand if you have a problem with them don't go there.

[MardyBra]

I think the thread is lighthearted worse.

[Barbeasty]

If you have a my waitrose card, then you can have a free tea or coffee every day.

[NettoSuperstar]

I was in there the other day wearing a witches hat, with my DD and another MNetter.

[nancerama]

The women on the unwelcome desk in my town are awful, but the yummy food and lovely cake and wine ladies and fish man keep me going back.

Just steer clear of the overpriced Heston shite. The mince pies that taste of loo cleaner were an unforgettable "treat".

[Eastwickwitch]

Surely if you plead your need for Pomegranite Molasses they will let you in just this once.?
Take the Fortnums bag for life, just in case.

[UriGeller]

I love Waitrose. I sneak in in the afternoon, they always have their gluten free bread marked down.

[out2lunch]

ahh if you have feelings of self doubt then no you can't because you may end up spoiling the experience for the rest of us. ;).

[MardyBra]

What are the names of your DC OP? If you're prepared to shout "Come back and help me select some organic mozzarella, Tarquin" across the shop floor, you'll fit in fine.

If you holler, "Do you want a 10 or 15 pack of Monster Munch, Princess Kylie Brandy-Mai?" down the aisles, maybe less so.