Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Chronicle Live
Chronicle Live
Entertainment
Zahna Eklund & Simon Meechan

Tesco worker shares typical small talk comment we've probably all said to supermarket staff

Small talk is an art form, one in which we don't all excel at.

How many of us have asked a taxi driver if it's been a "busy night, mate?" Or ended up having a discussion about holidays with their hairdresser?

And, it seems, shoppers are not immune to basic patter, as a Tesco worker Holly showed on TiKTok. Holly posted a video where she listed the things she hears "at least 10 times each shift," while working in Tesco.

Read more : Do I have to go to work if I have Covid?

As Mirror Online reports, one of the lines is something most of us have probably said at the check-out.

Holly explained that the first thing she hears customers telling her every day is that they "only came in for one thing", while paying for a weekly-shop sized trolley of goods.

Among the other customer classics is the old "Oh, it's not scanning? It must be free" when an item's barcode is not read properly. As an unimpressed Holly wrote on the video: "Absolutely not."

Hollie said she also gets told by customers that when she "looks bored" shoppers tell her they chose her till to "give her something to do".

Replies to her video included anecdotes from fellow supermarket workers. "They ask for a lottery ticket and then go 'the winning one would be good' when you ask what one they want", said one.

Not that Hollie is ungrateful, stating in her replies that "I love my job".

Go here for the latest news on the cost of living

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.