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Big Brother is washing you

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lemongrove Tue 17-Jul-18 16:09:46

I think that the use of ‘washing’ was used on purpose ( the soap buys!) very good,Melting grin
Coincidence perhaps, but it certainly makes you wonder if all our purchases are instantly recorded by some vast central shopping experience agency somewhere ( the bowels of a Tesco Superstore?) I always thought it was only a matter of time before Tesco/China/Starbucks took over the world.
Your mission ( should you choose to accept it) is only to shop at the Co-op, pay with cash and wear dark glasses.
This post will self destruct in 30 seconds.Good luck.

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BlueBelle Tue 17-Jul-18 16:06:48

Well I want to wash myself

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SueDonim Tue 17-Jul-18 16:04:28

Surely Tesco don't pay anyone to sit and watch what people are buying next door, on CCTV? Do they?

Still, it's preferable to being washed by Big Brother! grin

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Oopsadaisy53 Tue 17-Jul-18 15:59:01

Oh dear, time to start wearing the foil hats!
I’m somewhat relieved that Big Brother was only watching you though and not washing you!

Sometimes coincidences do happen.

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MeltingMacaron Tue 17-Jul-18 15:36:50

I have just returned from the local shops. We have an independent pharmacy whose prices are competitive. I bought two toiletry items and paid cash. I then went into Tesco Express for food. At the self-checkout, along with my receipt came forward-dated money-off vouchers for those exact two toiletry products I had just bought for cash next door.

The store must now have me on CCTV looking around thinking What The … ?

If it was one product I might write it off as a timely coincidence knowing that, in the past, I have bought that product in Tesco. The other product (a special soap) I know I have never bought in their stores. I have only recently started to use it. My one and only previous purchase was in Boots Chemist.

How might this have happened?

I’m trying to be logical. If the product is being offered at a good price in the pharmacy then maybe it’s on special offer in other retailers so again it’s just a coincidence. I didn’t actually go check this second item on the Tesco Express shelves. Their toiletry range is very limited. It hadn’t occurred to me that they would even stock it and it may be something which is only available in their larger stores.

Weird, eh? Any ideas or theories? Or any other stories similar to this?

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