Forget the Women Who Eat On Tubes Facebook page – this week it’s all about Overheard in Waitrose.

It’s where the store’s workers and not-so-posh-shoppers (yes, apparently these exist despite little evidence) come together to mock the middle classes.

Face it, setting foot in Asda or Tesco on a Saturday is just plain grim but, for just a moment, let’s all pretend we don’t actually think Waitrose is the best place in the whole entire universe (even if it does seem to be full of children with strange names).

Oh Luciano, you naughty nugget…


Au pairs are definitely THE worst (Picture: Getty)

Why does it have a silent T?

We’ve all been there (Picture: Alamy)



We want to be invited round to this lady’s house for tea.

And there was us thinking that blueberries were just for muffins… (Picture: Alamy)

Exactly who uses a wine thermometer? And what is it? We want one.

All wine disasters leave us in tears (Picture: Getty)

Yeah, we’ve all been here.

Yep, that’s our car (Picture: Maserati)

What 10-year-old likes olives? That isn’t even a thing.

We’d look much happier about a steak for dinner (Picture: Getty)

*Puts pack of Manchego away*

Don’t worry, we’d feel the exact same way (Picture: Alamy)

Our answer is yes. Always (if you have two houses).

Is it possible to have too much Parmesan? We doubt it (Picture: Alamy)