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Original poster

AIBU to have laughed out loud in Tesco

145 replies

Sallystruthers · 01/12/2023 13:49

After putting the tree up last night I nipped to Tesco to grab a bottle of wine to toast the start of the festive season. Whilst in there I decided to grab something for breakfast…

Then I realised I was walking around with wine and sausages and other customers MUST be thinking “oooh she’s got a good weekend planned with her wine and sausages!” and chortled out loud to myself.

Wanted to explain myself to the cashier but felt the retelling of a mumsnet thread would not be of interest to them at the end of the shift.

Sometimes the best threads just come back to you at the most inopportune moments 😀

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BoohooWoohoo · 01/12/2023 13:51

I once bought some carrots, courgettes and wine for a bolognese and had the same though. Hmmm

Sauvblanctime · 01/12/2023 13:52

Unless it’s cucumber and Vaseline

yabu

FreshWinterMorning · 01/12/2023 13:53

Ummm, no. I would not thing anything of someone buying wine and sausages.

What a strange thread. Confused

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 01/12/2023 13:54

If I saw your basket, I wouldn't have thought anything of it.

Cucumber and Vaseline, however...

Sauvblanctime · 01/12/2023 13:55

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 01/12/2023 13:54

If I saw your basket, I wouldn't have thought anything of it.

Cucumber and Vaseline, however...

Jinx 🤣🤣😛😛

Elastica23 · 01/12/2023 13:55

I have bought things like four bags of Twirl bites, crisps multipack, two bottles of wine and some cans of lager at the Spar.

"Good night planned?" commented the assistant.

Notthecarwashagain · 01/12/2023 13:57

Did you not bump in to any neighbours? 😄
(I get your thread!)

Conkersinautumn · 01/12/2023 13:58

There was a regular Friday sainsbury customer who often purchased dextro energy tablets and condoms. I never said a word. But all of the checkout staff kept a tally

Original poster
Sallystruthers · 01/12/2023 13:59

Thankfully no, I would have had to move! 😉

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Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 01/12/2023 14:00

I once bought a trashy magazine, 2 bars of chocolate, a packet of paracetamol, a box of tampons and a pack of sanitary towels - nothing else. I suddenly got embarrassed at the counter and got all flustered.

ActDottie · 01/12/2023 14:01

FreshWinterMorning · 01/12/2023 13:53

Ummm, no. I would not thing anything of someone buying wine and sausages.

What a strange thread. Confused

This…

Original poster
Sallystruthers · 01/12/2023 14:03

Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong
Some days call for such a survival kit 😉

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titchy · 01/12/2023 14:05

Pity the sex ed teachers buying carrots and condoms....

And dh and I buying a shit ton of alcohol for a weekend away with friends (they'd bought the food) and also buying nappies. Booze and nappies, nothing else. How social services weren't informed I'll never know.

Original poster
Sallystruthers · 01/12/2023 14:06

@titchy 😂

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Frazzledandfried · 01/12/2023 14:07

My sister saw a man with some wine and some sausages in his basket once and literally said exactly that out loud to him 🤣

therealcookiemonster · 01/12/2023 14:08

slightly tangentially... I always find the need to explain to the cashier "it's not for me" when buying multiple boxes of chocs etc as presents

youveturnedupwelldone · 01/12/2023 14:08

My friend was buying booze for a party so she just had tonnes of wine, beer and spirits in her trolley. She didn't want the cashier to think she was an alcoholic so she added a lettuce.

Sauvblanctime · 01/12/2023 14:09

youveturnedupwelldone · 01/12/2023 14:08

My friend was buying booze for a party so she just had tonnes of wine, beer and spirits in her trolley. She didn't want the cashier to think she was an alcoholic so she added a lettuce.

A lettuce 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Original poster
Sallystruthers · 01/12/2023 14:09

@Sauvblanctime I know it’s said a lot on here, but that whole thread really had me crying with laughter, obviously stuck in the brain😂

and you username sums up why I was in Tesco

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Original poster
Sallystruthers · 01/12/2023 14:11

youveturnedupwelldone · 01/12/2023 14:08

My friend was buying booze for a party so she just had tonnes of wine, beer and spirits in her trolley. She didn't want the cashier to think she was an alcoholic so she added a lettuce.

Loving the thought process… 😂

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Peachypeaches · 01/12/2023 14:11

I once just had 3 bottles of champagne, a bottle of whiskey, a Christmas cake and some peanuts in my trolley. A very dapper older gentleman asked if he could come home with me!!

Bagpuss2022 · 01/12/2023 14:12

A few years ago some wine that was limited Edition and I loved I bought 10 bottles! I was the same as a PP I stuck some yoghurts in so I wouldn’t looks bad. Bumped into my DD teacher honestly I could of died but the wine was nice and it lasted me a while

Original poster
Sallystruthers · 01/12/2023 14:14

Frazzledandfried · 01/12/2023 14:07

My sister saw a man with some wine and some sausages in his basket once and literally said exactly that out loud to him 🤣

Did she start a thread about it recently? 🤔

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Sauvblanctime · 01/12/2023 14:15

Sallystruthers · 01/12/2023 14:09

@Sauvblanctime I know it’s said a lot on here, but that whole thread really had me crying with laughter, obviously stuck in the brain😂

and you username sums up why I was in Tesco

Sauvignon Blanc is the best 🤜🏻🤣

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