Woman says she can ‘never go back to Lidl’ after embarrassing moment at checkout

A red-faced Lidl shopper has opened up about an embarrassing moment experienced at the checkout that has left her fearful of ever returning.

In a post to the 1.1 million members of the Family Lowdown Tips & Ideas Facebook group, the shopper wrote: “I don’t think I can ever go back to Lidl again!

“Bloke in front of me had a shed load of booze in his trolley. Friendly cashier asks, ‘having a party sir?'”

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Sounds pretty standard so far, doesn’t it?

However, the shopper decided to get involved with the light chit-chat and, ultimately, ended up embarrassing herself.

She explained: “Upon my purchase of a mini bottle of Prosecco I pipe up ‘I’m having a party too! Woohoo!’ Then realise I have one other item in my basket.. a cucumber… Friendly cashier looks at me, I look at him, then I , predictably, get a massive laugh attack and can hardly breathe to pay the poor man. RIP my time at Lidl.”

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The post has racked up thousands of likes and comments by amused social media users, with other shoppers sharing their own embarrassing supermarket tales.

One woman wrote: “This is kinda [sic] like me and my husband yesterday. We bought 2 bottles of prosecco, a mop and bucket (for my brother who’s just moved out of my mums house and needed new everything) and toilet roll because we were on the last roll. Those 4 together made a story.”

Another embarrassed parent wrote: “In Sainsbury’s, I ask 8yo to grab a cucumber on the way to till, I keep walking. 8yo (now disowned) yelling after me,’Mum is this one big enough or do you need a bigger one? Or would it just make more sense for you to have two?'”

Someone else added: “Evening of 13th Feb I dashed out to Sainsbury’s to buy a last minute Valentines card for hubby. Picked up 2 cucumbers too because the kids eat shed loads. Then felt like a dirty pervert at the till.”

Moral of the story – maybe we should stop buying cucumbers?