Waitrose

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Waitrose and noticed an eerie humming sound coming from inside the store's loading bay. He shrugged it off as just another oddity in that old building, but soon enough, every customer passing by swore they could hear it too—like a distant choir of bees. Finally, after much confusion, someone suggested it might be the new ventilation system. The humming stopped—and so did everyone’s curiosity. Until, weeks later, when a regular heard it again… outside his own house.

2. Late one night, as a delivery driver approached Waitrose, he heard a strange humming sound coming from inside the empty aisles. Curious, he peered around the corner and saw an old lady pushing a trolley filled with nothing but jars of jam. ‘I’m stocking up for the winter,’ she whispered. The driver laughed it off, thinking her just another Waitrose regular. But when he left, he noticed his own shopping basket was mysteriously full of preserves too.’

3. One day, while shopping in Waitrose, a little boy pointed excitedly towards the aisles and whispered to his mom, ‘Mummy, look! The apples are dancing!’ The mother smiled, thinking it was just her imagination playing tricks on her. Suddenly, an elderly gentleman passing by chuckled and said, 'Ah, yes—they do seem rather lively today!' Turning around, they saw that indeed, every apple had begun gently swaying as if to music only they could hear. Realizing it was probably just the gentle breeze from the vents, they shrugged it off with a laugh. From then on, whenever someone mentioned Waitrose’s magical dancing apples, everyone would smile and nod knowingly.

4. Late one night, as a delivery driver approached Waitrose, he caught a whiff of something peculiar—a faint scent of freshly baked cookies wafting through the empty parking lot. Curious, he followed his nose into the deserted store and found an open display case filled with warm, chocolate-chip cookies. With a smile, he took one last bite before heading home—only to realize that his own kitchen was stocked with identical cookies from his neighbor’s bakery across the street.