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‘What purchase at a supermarket embarrasses you for no reason?’ – 22 shopping lists that inexplicably make people cringe

12.

‘My youngest son is autistic and has very fixed foods that he likes, so when there’s an offer I might buy 15 of the same pasta sauce, or eight boxes of chicken burgers, or empty the shelf of Mini Cheddars. Not embarrassing exactly but i do feel like I get some questioning looks.’
justdont7133

13.

‘I always judge other people’s baskets. ‘Brown rice and Pop Tarts? Camomile tea and economy vodka? That’s a car crash of a shopping basket.”
Craft_on_draft

14.

‘I had a lady in front of me with a couple of bottles of red wine, a couple more of bleach, and a knife. No judgement, but damn, I did want to know her plans for the night.’
Pristine_Noise_8239

15.

‘Last time I bought 75 bread rolls and a packet of glow sticks, I got some weird looks!’
crazycatchemist1

16.

‘We get our veg elsewhere so our shop looks so bad.’
SarkyMs

17.

‘I had a delivery from Ocado of a Lego set and two bottles of champagne. It was many years ago now but the driver did comment on it when he delivered it.’
VoldemortTuna

18.

‘Underpants. I know it’s the most normal thing in the world and the checkout person couldn’t care less but I still feel that childish sense of embarrassment.’
DoctorWhofan789eywim

19.

‘Genuinely needed some rope, a hammer and duct tape, even I thought I looked like a serial killer.’
Regantowers

20.

‘I rarely eat cake, but sometimes I really fancy some. Being a chubster, I get embarrassed buying any in supermarkets, so I tell the cashier it’s for an elderly friend I’m off to visit (even though I’m not, and even though it’s none of the cashiers business).’
minxorcist

21.

‘Meat. I’ve been vegetarian over 30 years, my husband eats meat and I don’t care that he does. But I feel weird buying it and I don’t know why.’
Kitty-Gecko

22.

‘Years back I was in the supermarket and saw a guy with two trolleys, one trolley had a trampoline and the other was just full of red wine. Whatever happened, I can’t imagine it was good.’
Laxly

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