overheard at waitrose: poetry of the public

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quot;Yes I know it ruins everything Karen but they've run out of fresh cranberries. No there's none in the grocers either. Well what do you want me to do Karen, BLOODY GROW THEM?" #ChristmasEveEve— Dr Philip Lee (@drphiliplee1) December 23, 2018 Well you never know what’s happening in people’s lives, do you? She may not have a larder.” #coronavirus People watching is often a bit of a secret pleasure. There's something odly captivating about catching snippets of conversations, watching people go about their daily business and realising just how much goes on in the world around us. At the table next to me, four women. As I was right next to them I couldn't help,but overhear their conversation which went along the lines of... In Waitrose in Putney. Just overheard someone say “no, darling, we don’t eat bread that comes in plastic bags”. — Sharon O'Dea (@sharonodea) November 19, 2017

Overheard in Waitrose this morning - “We’re not quite done, darling. I’m still on the hunt for chicory #Waitrose— Buskins (@BookshopMike) December 20, 2018 quot;Darling, we do have bread for the other house, don't we"? — Jim Miller (@vancat85) January 21, 2019 Overheard in Norwich Waitrose today. Mother to small child: "Jeremy, you can't run in here. THIS IS WAITROSE."— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) June 1, 2013 Overheard today (and yes, in Waitrose). 'Of course, with lamb, one really has to dress down.'— S J Watson (@SJ_Watson) March 31, 2018Overheard in Waitrose “ shall we buy a tin of performative biscuits, or some biscuits we actually want to eat?” Which then evolved into how children should be the centre of their mother's universe and when at home with them women should concentrate fully on their children and nothing else. Just for those who aren’t Brits; Waitrose & Partners is a ‘high-end’ supermarket chain in the UK, serving the upper middle class market. The following, from a variety of sources, purport to be statements or fragments of conversation overheard in their shops. But unfortunately for them, they live in permanent fear that their husbands will leave them for younger women Yes I know it ruins everything Karen but they've run out of fresh cranberries. No there's none in the grocers either. Well what do you want me to do Karen, BLOODY GROW THEM?" #ChristmasEveEve

Overheard in Waitrose: "My child, you don't know what need means until you've need, need, needed a glass of Pimms on a summer's afternoon." overheard in waitrose islington 'the woman's voice on the self scan machines sound so impolite' - customer complaining to staff member— Huma Qureshi (@huma_qureshi_uk) July 3, 2012

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At this point, Overhead in Waitrose is essentially an internet cult classic. If you’re unfmailiar with the concept, it’s exactly what it sounds like: the everyday things people have overheard while shopping in Waitrose.