Chocolate croissant-gate

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I went to a bakery this morning to buy a chocolate croissant for my son, ahead of me was a mum and a little boy (6ish). He was messing about a bit and taking ages saying what he wanted so she waved me in front so I didn't have to wait.

I then asked for a chocolate croissant - the last one on the shelf - and the mum said 'oh you can't have that, what if my son decides he wants it'. What would you have said/done?

Baggit. Or wanna thae bug French breeds.

Don't any of you speak English ffs?

This has reminded me I have last weeks bake off to watch. I'm off for a and .

MrsTerryPratchett

You should have leant over and said "and I'll have that tray of them too while you're at it".
For the record I love pain au chocolat (hard chocolate) but can't stand chocolate croissant (gooey Nutella).

Could have been an iced bun

You mean a pain glacé, surely? Unless the bakers was actually a Greggs

According to mumsnet I'm odd because I pronounce the l in almond. I'm ok with it though.

@catkind “pan oh shock oh larrrr”

Say it with your chest while twiddling your imaginary French moustache and no one will bat an eyelid

I will be first in the queue at the bakers tomorrow as having read this I must have a chocolate or even better an almond croissant tomorrow. I may well buy one of each because I am greedy that way. Woe betide any small child or adult who wants the last one if I am there first.

I'd much rather have a chocolate croissant than an apricot Danish. Who wants that much solid fruit in a pastry?
I'd not say no to a pain aux raisins or an almond croissant though (in that order). But pain aux chocolat are just chocolate croissants with not enough chocolate in them.

Reminds me of a T-shirt ds had a while ago with a drawing of a croissant (looked a bit like a fist) and the words 'I'll give you pain au chocolate!' on it. Always made me laugh.

Thanks @littlechou. Now I clearly need to go and have a pain au choc to test this out - the hardship

When I moved to Birmingham I quickly learnt that you have to say PAN O RAISIN rather than any fancy French pronunciation. Otherwise the bakery has no idea what you are talking about.

But I have to confess, I would gladly wrestle any small child for the last chocolate croissant

"scampimom

I know my DM once wanted to buy I think a loaf of bread, and the shopkeeper wouldn't sell it to her because, "What if somebody else wants it?"
That's ridiculous!

I'm sorry shark but that does come across as awfully 'oh what's a chocolate croissant, surely you mean a pain au chocolat. Look at me speaking French and being sooo sophisticated

It did. Which was funny because the poster clearly doesn't know the difference between a chocolate croissant and a pain au chocolat. Ouch!

I'd have laughed and bought it anyway. The daft arse.

IHaveBrilloHair

I'd have bought it and then stuffed it in my mouth in front of the kid, tbf, I don't like kids, especially whiney ones and their entitled parents.

excellent, but only if you make a really big deal of it tasting really great

Oh that t-shirt would make a good Xmas present for my DP.

koalab
According to mumsnet I'm odd because I pronounce the l in almond

How do those people pronounce your name?

Got it on amazon. I think i might get one for myself - oh they've only got one left and it's mineeeeee!

Greggs do a nice Almond croissant.

Surely you mean 'croissant aux amandes' you utter pleb

You meanie Fekko. I'm going to buy everything else on Amazon that only has one left, just in case you wanted it!

(Hehhehheh - how do you know I don't make them and this is a marketing ploy?)

Maybe if the mum was a bit more 'decide now' he would not expect to get first choice when holding the queue up! (He sounds exactly like my son!).

it is difficult though isn't it, saying a french word in a french accent (or an approximation of a french accent) in the middle of an english sentence- even croissant is difficult. I feel like I have to retune my mouth mid sentence.

“You snooze you lose kid”. They have to learn

Try saying a French word in England with a Welsh accent!