Waitrose

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular was scanning his groceries when he noticed something odd on the shelf above him—a jar of olives seemed to be moving ever so slightly. ‘Did you see that?’ he asked the cashier. ‘I’m sure I saw it,’ said the cashier with a smile, reaching up to grab another jar. Suddenly, every olive in the store started rolling down the aisles like tiny green tsunamis. A delivery driver calmly picked one up and remarked, “It’s just olives having their daily exercise.” The regular laughed and shook his head, muttering, “Next time I’ll buy my olives online.”

2. In Waitrose one afternoon, a delivery driver paused mid-unloading and asked aloud: ‘Who’s been rearranging these bananas?’ A nearby shopper overheard him and whispered to her friend: ‘I bet it was those pesky monkeys from the zoo again!’ The driver shook his head with a smile, finished unloading, and muttered under his breath, ‘Next time I’ll bring my own ladder.’

3. In Waitrose early Sunday morning, a delivery driver paused mid-unloading and asked aloud: 'Who left their dreams here last night?' Suddenly, an old lady from the nearby apartment building appeared, waving her shopping list. ‘That would be mine,’ she giggled. The delivery driver scratched his head, then grinned: ‘Well, ma’am, looks like you left them here after your late-night grocery adventure!’

4. At dawn, a delivery driver unloaded crates of fresh produce into Waitrose's backroom. Suddenly, an apple rolled away from its crate and whispered: 'I'm free!' The other apples in the crate looked around nervously as the whispering grew louder. Soon, the entire stock began rustling and murmuring together. A delivery driver, curious but not alarmed, leaned closer to listen. ‘I say,’ he grinned, ‘maybe it’s just a bunch of apples having an early-morning chat.’ And with that, he quietly closed the door, leaving them to their secret conversations. The next morning, everything was back to normal—except for one apple that seemed slightly more content than before.