overheard at waitrose: poetry of the public

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They've just done an 'overheard in Waitrose' on Radio 2. One was a little boy asking "Daddy, does Lego have a silent T like Merlot?" Hahaha!— Ian Power (@IHPower) May 7, 2014 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.

Genuinely overheard in Waitrose: ‘excuse me sir would you mind showing me where I can find the **upmarket** champagne?’ Without further to do, here are 24 of the most bizzare, middle-class, and hilarious things overheard in Waitrose: Mother's shouldn't work until their children are school age leave home and those that do are either career obsessed bitches or married a poor man..... Overheard in Waitrose. “I really don’t understand people who panic buy – she’s got toilet paper and bags of dried pasta piled high on her kitchen table!” But unfortunately for them, they live in permanent fear that their husbands will leave them for younger women.'quot;No, Giles! Get a nice Chablis. What is it with you and your obsession with Sauvignon Blanc?" — Ian Power (@IHPower) December 13, 2018 That is exactly how the Overheard In Waitrose social media feeds were born and it appears that, when you combine people watching, the trials and tribulations of food shopping and people who shop in Waitrose in particular, the results are pretty hilarious. Well you never know what’s happening in people’s lives, do you? She may not have a larder.” #coronavirus

The idea is that it provides an insight into how the upper middle class live - and some of the comments submitted are just hilarious.Coventry's closest store is located in Kenilworth, and there's another further towards Birmingham in Solihull. Overheard in Waitrose: “well I’ll have to wipe my arse with kitchen roll. It’s not ideal but it’s all we’ve got Ken” 😂 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. 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...