32 Of The Most Middle-Class Things Overheard At WaitroseSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 28 Apr 2017 32 Of The Most Middle-Class Things Overheard At Waitrose "Mummy, does Lego have a t in it like Merlot?" by Flo PerryBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1 bella @dustIandfairy *genuinely* overheard in waitrose: mu-umm aren't we out of pomegranate molasses? 09:59 AM - 25 Mar 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 2 Jess @bibleofjess Overheard at Waitrose "I got so stressed out with the garden my husband just insisted I went shopping at Waitrose to calm ones self down" 01:48 PM - 10 Apr 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 3 Chris Allen @upunchedafish Overheard in Waitrose - "Fuck no more free coffee ! ........ come along Tarquin you little shit , we're orf to Sainsbury's " 07:13 PM - 26 Mar 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 4 Twitter: @IHPower / Twitter: @Svenhansonbritt 5 Greg Panther @gregpanther Overheard in Waitrose: Sebastian stop hitting your sister, or you won't get any Brioche! 06:38 PM - 21 Mar 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 6 Mark @markxmitchell Overheard in Waitrose... "Do you know her?" "Yeah, we used to play the cello together" 02:59 PM - 19 Mar 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 7 Livvy Evans @MissLivvy_Evans Overheard in Waitrose 'Do you have organic dog food?' Babes... your dog literally licks its own arse, not sure rover's that fussed #icant 05:10 PM - 14 Mar 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 8 Marc Nobbs @marcnobbs Just overheard someone say "You're Welcome" to the self scan machine after it thanked them for shopping at @waitrose How very British 06:05 PM - 27 Feb 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 9 Bobby Brown @BobbyBrown2309 [Overheard] "Waitrose have sold out of my favourite Duchy of Cornwall Zesty Lemon Curd so don't talk to me about your f*cking problems!" 12:26 AM - 10 Feb 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 10 Nick Dorman @Nick_Dorman Overheard in Canary Wharf Waitrose : "that pay rise is making you feel special" 02:43 PM - 03 Feb 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 11 toonbear @toonbear69 Overheard in Waitrose: 'So I asked him outright - how am I supposed to get homemade hummus out of cashmere?' 04:42 PM - 26 Jan 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 12 Twitter: @Oliver__James / Twitter: @swharrietjaneb 13 Kendal @KendalHove Overheard in @waitrose at the butcher counter.. "Can you believe I was 40 before I had quail?" #overheardconversations #waitrose #quail 07:50 PM - 05 Jan 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 14 Joee @Jo90callingUK Overheard in Waitrose “Jemima, you’ll have to take the Rosemary off the Focaccia before we feed the ducks, Darling…. They can’t digest it!” 03:01 PM - 02 Jan 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 15 Sunchartist @Sunchartist Overheard in a Waitrose in Surrey “Our house has its own postcode, it’s really handy for the sat nav, as it takes us half-way up our drive” 11:58 AM - 01 Jan 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 16 Twitter: @gogobillyboy / Twitter: @LeeFisher337 17 Kate Organ @kate_organ @stanscafe overheard in Waitrose. Mummy, does legot have a t in it like merlot? Fri Dec 23 13:12:44 UTC+0000 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 18 Charlotte @charlvtte Overheard in the village - 'The paper quality of Waitrose's Christmas Cards doesn't seem to equal last year's, Brexit must have hit hard' 11:31 AM - 20 Dec 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 19 Sarah Hirons @sarahhirons1 Overheard in #Waitrose. "Security here. There's a customer with a pet rabbit in a cage. Is it allowed in the store?" 04:13 PM - 17 Dec 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 20 Twitter: @SSpracklen / Twitter: @kieracourtt 21 Emily Snow @emilysnow_96 overheard in waitrose: "mummy, please can we have quinoa for dinner tonight?" not okay. no child should WANT quinoa 02:31 PM - 16 Dec 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 22 Jo Carroll @jomcarroll Overheard in Waitrose, 'Prosecco is so passé.' Think I'd rather be in the out-crowd. #prosecco 06:18 PM - 15 Dec 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 23 Stacey Shaw @staceyy92 Overheard in Waitrose, "I'm a Waitrose person for all my Marxist credentials" #waitrose #overheardinwaitrose 01:20 PM - 29 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 24 Adam Lloyd @AdamLloyd87 Overheard in Waitrose: "Darling have we run out of porcini mushrooms?" It was me. I said that. 06:24 PM - 05 Apr 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 25 Stephen Roberts @steve_draws Overheard in Waitrose car park: "Oh, Bertie! You're not to touch Daddy's craft Beers." 07:53 AM - 23 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 26 Gem Alkış @GemAlkis 'Put it back. I've started making my own ironing water.' #Waitrose #overheard #PeckhamSpring #DelBoy 06:28 PM - 14 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 27 Rebecca @Fineaspect Overheard in waitrose: 'don't use a leaf blower when you're wearing a scarf- I nearly hanged myself.' 05:45 PM - 12 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 28 Twitter: @janesalmon / 29 Monk D'Wally de Honk @Monk_Wally_Honk Overheard at lunchtime in Waitrose: "I've started doing my weekly shop at Aldi but I don't talk to anyone there". 06:13 PM - 10 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 30 Chris Tolley @CTolleyMusic @JeffCarnage Overheard in Waitrose: 'Mummy, why have you bought Waitrose Essentials Carrots?' 'Don't worry, Rufus, they're for the horses' Thu Oct 27 12:44:51 UTC+0000 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 31 mario menti @mario Overheard in Waitrose yesterday: a dad telling his young son when buying white wine that this was “mummy’s water”. 10:03 AM - 17 Oct 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 32 Matt Robson @trashedlegacy So, we had our own Overheard in Waitrose moment earlier "Daddy, do you remember that time I was on a cheese farm in France.." 07:08 PM - 29 Sep 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink TastyGet all the best Tasty recipes in your inbox! Sign up for the Tasty newsletter today!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.