AIBU to expect a supermarket checkout person to know what an aubergine is?

[thomsc]

That it is a VEGETABLE and that it starts with an A?

I mean... ok, perhaps you might not know what an aubergine is, but her next question (whilst holding it) was "is it a vegetable?"! No, it's a type of biscuit!

She then said she couldn't deal with it as it didn't have a barcode. When I suggested that she weighed it and told the till what it was, she looked under 'O' in the list of vegetables.

AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

I had a checkout operator ask if my fresh ginger was garlic once! Bless her it's not her fault if she's not familiar with it

were you in Aldi?

I never have a problem, but then I shop in Waitrose

True. I can just about get over not knowing what an aubergine is but to wonder if it might possibly be a vegetable? What does it look/feel like? Bread? A newspaper? Fish?

Sainose

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I had same thing but it was a swede she had no idea about

I had someone work with me in a veg shop who seriously didn't know what a courgette was, avocado had him very puzzled, three different types of cabbage and a celeriac had him in palpitations, bless.

I used to work in Asda when I was at uni and one day a very patronising woman asked me very slowly " Do you have any au ber gines ?"

Sorry nothing to do with your story but just made me think of mine.

lmao at looking under 'o'.

When I worked in safeway when I was at school we had to do "produce tests" as part of our training.

The supervisor woul;d select a basket of items and you had to recognise them - down to specific types of apples etc.

That is poor staff training!

Mind you my three year old knows what an aubergene is and probably would know that it would start with an a not an o........

Curlygal - I was a supervisor in Safeway and had to carry out the produce tests!!

It wasn't in Edinburgh was it?

sorry there is something v snobby and icky about this OP.gosh checkout gerl didn't know aubergine

she looked under O

oh how we laughed

well phonetically it sounds "o" so what is the problem

Haven't read the thread I don't need to. LOL PMSL LMAO etc @ not recognising an aubergine but tbh that could have been me aged 16

Oh go on, laugh - I don't care.

Unusual to find myself agreeing with hedgewitch but don't be such a snob. Comedy value, yes; not general sneering nastiness though.

People are different. Some people eat different stuff.

And orthographically it's 'a'.

Yes it was indeed Mawbroon.

I still know my sharon friut from my starfruit which has set up my very well in life!

scottishmummy - i agree

TPHW there is a difference between not knowing a dragonfruit or a kumquat, but an avocado?! Not being a snob, just that epople of 18 years old haven't ever come across several types of veg!

i don't like the aubergines here. and besides, they are eggplants .

I wonder if I know you then Curlygal? Perhaps I tested you on the produce.

I worked in the Morningside one from about 1995 to 1997.