Insanity at LIDL today

[Perikles]

I thought you all had your own brewing facilities up in "Them thar Hills"

At the alcohol prices in the shops (€1 for a bottle of our regular plonk), it's just not worth it. 

[Delderek]

At the alcohol prices in the shops (€1 for a bottle of our regular plonk), it's just not worth it. 

Well never met you Jeremy, but drinking plonk at 1e a bottle, would bet a weeks wages your going bald.

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Jesus Christ, he's psychic!

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Forgot to post this yesterday.  I went to LIDL to stock up on beer for OH (carefully, the side muscle is still not great so I have to lift crates of beer with care).

I was scruffy as LIDL is not the highlight of my social calendar.  If I had been shopping in Paris I would have dressed differently. 

As this is Spain we speak Spanish. I started by telling the guy at the till how many of which type of beer/wine I had so we established that we spoke Spanish to each other. Then when I put my card in the machine he told me to press the keys hard as sometimes it doesn't register. Fine. Done, and it said 'numero secreto correcto' which I told him about. Fine.

He then looks in my eyes and says 'Parlez-vous français?', to which I automatically respond, 'Oui, je parle français'. I had no idea what he wished to impart, but he seemed earnest.  He proceeded to (try to) tell me in French about pressing the keys extra hard so they registered. In Very Bad French. So it was 'Merci bien, au revoir', and I was on my way.

I give him points for customer focus.  Though how he determined I was 'French-speaking' is anyone's guess. 

Très amusant.

[Nova]

Probably from the name on your card