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An irrational fear that every potato, turkey and mince pie will disappear forever.
Read full entry →The collective belief that cooking outdoors somehow changes the air temperature by several degrees.
Read full entry →The risky assumption that the cashier will correctly separate two customers' groceries.
Read full entry →A prolonged struggle between a shopper and a self-closing freezer door.
Read full entry →A public electronic suggestion that you may have committed retail crime.
Read full entry →A mysterious reduction in bakery purchases during the journey home.
Read full entry →A complete obstruction created by poor trolley positioning.
Read full entry →Settling for a lunch option that is merely acceptable rather than desirable.
Read full entry →A frantic exercise in transferring shopping into bags before becoming an obstruction.
Read full entry →An unexpected stroke of good fortune involving a free supermarket trolley.
Read full entry →The sickening awareness that you've accidentally agreed to pay full price.
Read full entry →A silent retail heartbreak in which another shopper unknowingly claims your intended purchase first.
Read full entry →A crushing emotional collapse caused by an underwhelming reduction.
Read full entry →An unexplained force compelling shoppers to inspect inflatable kayaks and welding masks.
Read full entry →The overwhelming collapse of groceries caused by checkout staff operating at superhuman speed.
Read full entry →A state of voluntary immobility entered into because disturbing a slumbering animal is deemed morally unacceptable.
Read full entry →A suffocating, enclosed quiet where two people stare intensely at the floor numbers rather than acknowledging each other's existence.
Read full entry →A highly modulated, emotionally dead emission of amusement deployed exclusively upwards in a corporate hierarchy.
Read full entry →A physics-defying catastrophe where the stickiest, most absorbent part of a breakfast item violently meets a filthy rug.
Read full entry →A deafening, passive-aggressive symphony of slamming plates and violently scrubbing pans to communicate intense domestic rage.
Read full entry →A bizarre physiological reaction where you suddenly feel incredibly guilty despite having stolen absolutely nothing.
Read full entry →A cruel culinary deception where dried grapes masquerade as delicious cocoa, devastating the consumer's trust in baked goods.
Read full entry →A high-stakes, adrenaline-fueled burst of acceleration to pass agricultural machinery without causing a head-on collision.
Read full entry →A culinary falsehood propagated by TV chefs who claim a complex dish is 'quick and easy', resulting in a devastating pile of washing up.
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