JoJacombJun 10
Dev

Lool, on r/LegalAdviceUK someone is fighting with tesco to get the berry offer on bananas

https://reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1u0mwsr/extremely_low_stakes_legal_question_tescos_are/

Jun 9 at 10:15pmWeb
Show threadDevJun 9
This might tickle @regehr
Show threadJohn RegehrJun 9
@dev the best kind of correct!!
Show threadRoy #EatTheRich Pardee 🇺🇸 ☘️Jun 9
@dev *
Show threadRaymond RussellJun 9

@dev

Send in the clones.

Show threadHugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷Jun 9
@dev It boggles the mind.
Show threadNix A-Bomb, Brick RunnerJun 9
@dev I am both too high and not high enough for this.
Show threadDavid CohenJun 10

@dev @TheBreadmonkey A keyboard warrior steels himself and steps out, blinking, into the light of the real world and says ‘yes, even here I can make a difference’

He (and yes, it is always a he) is blissfully unaware that IRL being a pedantic annoying shit who always wants the last word can get you smacked in the mouth.

Show threadKallistiJun 10
@davidbcohen @dev @TheBreadmonkey
I would have thought the same, until it turned out that the store clerk was just as much of a "keyboard warrior" by insisting that strawberries aren't berries.
Show threadlp0 on fire Jun 10
@kallisti @davidbcohen @dev @TheBreadmonkey, s/clerk/assistant/
Show threadDavid CohenJun 10
@kallisti @dev @TheBreadmonkey Yes, they are definitely in on the conspiracy 😂
Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Jun 10

@davidbcohen @dev @TheBreadmonkey

Counterpoint: Fuck Tesco.

There is literally NO inch of ground I'd be willing to concede to a corporation to choose their own version of the truth.

I don't care how silly it is, or how little it matters to 99.99% of people buying bananas. I expect the party with most of the power in any given situation to at least be constrained by the truth. That's the bare minimum to ask.

Show threadDavid CohenJun 10
@petealexharris @dev @TheBreadmonkey I respectfully suggest that if you want to fuck Tesco that haranguing a low wage employee who has zero power to set discount policy is not an effective way of striking against their corporate ignorance.
Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Jun 10

@davidbcohen @dev @TheBreadmonkey

Sure. But the objection is valid. I didn't see anything about haranguing the employee. If they can't give the discount, they can't. Their personal legal position wasn't in question at all as far as i can tell.

Show threadConnor CadellinJun 10
@dev the berry offer better apply to pumpkins and melons too. All berries means all berries.
Show threadStarkRGJun 10
@dev Either they're wrong about excluding strawberries, or they're wrong for excluding bananas.
Show threadUkeleleEricJun 10
@StarkRG @dev Exactly what I think. OR they need to specify on the offer exactly which fruit ARE included. You can't exclude one fruit that IS technically a berry, but then exclude another that is a berry, but not technically.
Show threadStarkRGJun 10
@UkeleleEric @dev Either go with the culinary definition that includes raspberries and strawberries, or go with the botanical definition that includes bananas, melons, squash, pumpkins, and chili peppers. You can't just make up your own definition and then refuse to tell anyone what it is.
Show threadHollieKJun 10
@dev Tesco need to elaborate on what berries are included, if it includes raspberries and blueberries, but not strawberries.
Show threadReid Jun 10
@dev I mean, Wikipedia classifies bananas are berries
Show threadJesus Michał von Gentoo 🏔 (he)Jun 10
@dev, that's a great #TIL.
Show threadCodey McCodefaceJun 10
@dev "Ah, sir, I see you're using the botanical definition of berry. At this store we use the grocer definition which is 'a berry is anything the fucking regional manager says is a fucking berry' end quote, sir. I hope this clears it up, sir."
Show thread四Jun 10

@dev The answer is always the kitchen answer, not the scientific classification answer. That’s the understood answer no matter how much someone wants to argue.

Tomato is a vegetable because it’s a vegetable in the kitchen. We call it peanuts and use them like nuts, even if they are not.

But a strawberry is definitely a kitchen berry. It’s used the same way and has berry right there in the name.

Show threadSpace HoboJun 10
@yon @dev It is for this and this reason alone that I hope they get backed into adding courgettes to this deal.
Show threadBakunin BoysJun 10
@dev this berry thing seems to be the nerd version of The Aristocrats.
Show threadProcess ParsnipJun 11
@dev please does someone have more of this? It looks like Reddit took it down 😩 and the entire thing cracks me up.
Show threadNora Reed Jun 11
@dev i heard about a legal case where the jaffa cakes company had to bake a large jaffa cake to prove they were cakes and not biscuits for some kind of tax reason so as far as i know you can win with this bullshit in the uk
Show threadLunaphiedJun 11
@nora @dev look I understand the banana at first but when you start excluding strawberries too I draw the line
Show threadMatt Hardy 3.11 for WorkgroupsJun 11
@dev On the issue of whether strawberries are berries, I have in my freezer a bag of Tesco frozen berries. This contains frozen strawberries. Seems like Tesco are trying to have it both ways.
Show threadAlkaris  Jun 11
@dev they gone and removed the post and locked it now.
Show threadThatKomputerKat Jun 11
@Alkaris @dev reddit sucks
Show threadCynethrythJun 11

@dev

Post removed by reddit's filters, they're clearly in on the conspiracy

Show threadColin6d ago
@dev @barnibu aaaand it’s gone. :/