Just embarrassed myself in Tesco

[BlowDryRat]

I just had a very embarrassing conversation with a confused checkout man at Tesco. I saw "cystitis" flash up on the till as he was scanning things through and queried it because I don't have cystitis. We went through everything he'd scanned and through the display until I realised it was this plant 😳 Who names these things?!

Anyone else done something daft today and wants to make me feel better?

It doesn't say cystitis though.

Do you habe dyslexia and got confused `? No need to be embarassed but it doesn’t say that.

Well it doesn't say cystitis!

Of course it doesn't, but if it flashes up on the display quickly while you're distracted packing then of course that's what your mind is going to tell you it says!

Oh for goodness sake, at a glance it could easily be confused. And clearly was

I'm not dyslexic, just misread an uncommon word as a more-common one.

I wasted about 1 minute of his time. Poor chap was very confused.

if it helps... i ordered some fancy lash serum from boots recently to be delivered to the local store..

got my text telling me it was in store, so off i went very excited to give this stuff a try.

half an hour i was in the store, i had every store assistant looking for my missing package. the manager came to help.. i was very unhappy because this stuff cos a small fortune.

i'd had it delievered to a different store...

No shit! But at first glance it could appear that way

Ha! I saw these at Tesco this week and did a double take as I walked past because I thought the same thing!

On the plus side you’ll of given the guy on the till a laugh probably brightened up a dull day for him

Oh no OP! 😂. I'd definitely have done the same!

I would have definitely done the same!

Haha OP I would have thought the same! I reckon as long as you didn’t also have a bumper pack of condoms and a large cylindrical vegetable also on the conveyer belt they probably thought nothing of your mentioning cystitis 🤣

Cy’tisus comes from the Greek word kutisus, which was the name for a kind of clover. Scopar’ius means “broomlike”.

Take heart,

the brilliant yellow pea-like flowers were worn in battle to give courage, and Broom (the plant) became a heraldic symbol of abundance and strength!

That’s hilarious op. It will be a good tale for him to tell at the Tesco Christmas party

It would've flashed up as it was being scanned so it was obviously the plant...that he'd just scanned but cool story lol

Well, I am dyslexic so I do not even know the correct spelling.

I have done worse. I phoned the wrong dentist last week and said, "I was in yesterday..." No record of me, I was confused but insistent. They put me on hold to look somewhere else, I then realised my mistake and hung up because I felt too much of a prat to admit I was wrong.

Holy shit Sherlock, how did you get to the bottom of that one?

My friend went in the chemist to get cuticle cream remover - unfortunately asked for clitoris cream remover. The poor assistant looked shocked especially as she repeated it twice ……..then the slow realisation of what she asked for came to her!

Googled it and had a little giggle, thanks OP!

I worked in retail for years through high school and uni, and this is better than any stories I have of silly customers.

OMG some funny stories on here 😂 I wanted to send you a “thanks” for making me smile on the commute home from work. I didn’t, as I worried it might startle you.

It always amused me that when I bought some new cupboard handles from B&Q that it came up as 'Classic Knob' on the receipt. I wasn't sure if it was referring to me or not! 😅

The big Tesco has fancy new screens that show a list of what's been scanned rather than the usual digital ones that come up one at a time. The plant came through first and I put it to one side while I bagged everything else.