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.

I've actually never been in Waitrose.

I think a force field would shoot up around it if I tried

Sainsbury's stocks Pomegranate molasses and dried porcini mushrooms. But just recently......so nouveau posh, rather than the real thing............

I'm 55% posh.

I only shop at Aldi and Ocado.

I sum this up as : born scum, like lobster

MardyBra - I think the thread is lighthearted worse.

I was being completely serious. I once tried to get in wearing something from Matalan and I was shot by snipers wearing Armani suits.

I don't really like Waitrose. My mummy shops there and marks and Spencer's but I prefer Sainsbury's

Ah Waitrose is lovely. I've never seen one where I live now though (north west) so clearly we're not posh enough round here but I'm a southerner by birth and have been in them down south. It's like a whole other world. Couldn't buy anything obviously but lovely to look around!
When I was a student down south we had a patient wonder off on a home visit who had dementia and she was eventually found at Waitrose in her PJs doing her shopping. Someone had paid for her shopping and the staff had sat her down and given her a free lunch whilst waiting for someone to collect her. That's what you get at Waitrose!

Oh and I'm 76% posh so I should really love it but I love my bit of rough (Sainsbury's)

Waitrose is for oiks.

I'm fairly certain I'm not posh enough for Waitrose...

Who has been clapping the stereotypical trap to you?

When I lived in the Midlands, having moved there from London, the local Safeway was sold off. There was a rumour that it was to be taken over by Waitrose. When the Morrisons board went up instead I CRIED

Exactly. Certainly near me the sharp elbowed upper middles are more likely to be seen in Aldi. Waitrose is full of OAPs looking at single chicken portions sadly.

I love the way in Waitrose if you ask where something is then they take you right to it almost holding your hand. If you ask in Morrisons they grunt and look at you like you are from another planet.

Go for it, free coffee or tea with a little biscuit and a free newspaper if you send over £5 - the My Waitrose card rocks; they're just begging for the likes of me with those perks.

I do see some very posh people in Aldi. There are Land Rovers in the car park and Hunter wellies all around. We don't have a Waitrose or a Sainsburys near us but there is an M and S food nearby so I just assumed they got lost looking for M and S.

I have a self imposed lifetime ban from Waitrose following a little incident some sixteen years ago when ds stood up in the trolley and peed like a horse. I swear the silence was deafening and several old ladies keeled over. I haven't been within a five mile radius of the place since.

Although, by a strange twist of fate, the self same ds ended up working for them when he was in sixth form ...

Free coffee! Where?

I really liked the toilet freshened mince pies! like proper almost wet myself they were so tasty. what's wrong with me!!

You have a BISCUIT, Crew? I have never had a biscuit.

You will almost certainly be run over. If not by a trolley inside then rest assured the car park will have you dicing with death. I have seen more near misses and some direct hits than anywhere else in 30 years of driving. DH absolutely refuses to take his car in there now.

"a huge pile of Avas"!!

MrsRhod - you might go to my one. I swear sometimes they're trying to remake Bullitt or The French Connection.

Mardy - My (imaginary) DDs are Dora and Marta (sadly, didn't have any imaginary DSs as I couldn't decide on a name). Are these WR acceptable? I'm off to find out what lowly percentage of 'posh' I am - will report back.