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Jun 9, 2026, 10:15 PMLool, 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/
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- DevdevJun 9, 2026, 10:21 PM
This might tickle @regehr
John Regehrregehr@mastodon.socialJun 9, 2026, 11:32 PM@dev the best kind of correct!!
Jun 9, 2026, 10:26 PM@dev *
Raymond Russellraymierussell@mastodon.scotJun 9, 2026, 10:33 PMSend in the clones.
Jun 9, 2026, 11:54 PM@dev I am both too high and not high enough for this.
David Cohendavidbcohen@twit.socialJun 10, 2026, 6:01 AM@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.
Kallistikallisti@infosec.exchangeJun 10, 2026, 8:28 AM@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.
lp0 on fire :unverified:lp0_on_fire@social.linux.pizzaJun 10, 2026, 9:52 AM@kallisti @davidbcohen @dev @TheBreadmonkey, s/clerk/assistant/
- David Cohendavidbcohen@twit.socialJun 10, 2026, 10:46 AM
@kallisti @dev @TheBreadmonkey Yes, they are definitely in on the conspiracy 😂
Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫petealexharris@mastodon.scotJun 10, 2026, 8:44 AM@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.
- David Cohendavidbcohen@twit.socialJun 10, 2026, 10:45 AM
@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.
- Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫petealexharris@mastodon.scotJun 10, 2026, 12:17 PM
@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.
Jun 10, 2026, 6:34 AM@dev the berry offer better apply to pumpkins and melons too. All berries means all berries.
StarkRG@myside-yourside.netJun 10, 2026, 9:01 AM@dev Either they're wrong about excluding strawberries, or they're wrong for excluding bananas.
UkeleleEricUkeleleEric@mstdn.socialJun 10, 2026, 11:10 AM- StarkRG@myside-yourside.netJun 10, 2026, 11:35 AM
@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.
HollieKHollieK72@mastodonapp.ukJun 10, 2026, 9:07 AM@dev Tesco need to elaborate on what berries are included, if it includes raspberries and blueberries, but not strawberries.
Reid :blobcat_happy:reiddragon@fedi.catto.gardenJun 10, 2026, 9:10 AM@dev I mean, Wikipedia classifies bananas are berries
Jun 10, 2026, 9:57 AM
Jun 10, 2026, 10:32 AM@dev okay, the strawberry one is bullshit.
Yes they’re technically aggregate accessory fruits but multiple languages call them “<something>berry”
Codey McCodefacebcasiello@floss.socialJun 10, 2026, 2:25 PM@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."
四yon@sakurajima.moeJun 10, 2026, 5:58 PM@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.
Space Hobospacehobo@teh.entar.netJun 10, 2026, 8:19 PM
Bakunin Boysbakuninboys@aus.socialJun 10, 2026, 11:32 PM@dev this berry thing seems to be the nerd version of The Aristocrats.
Jun 11, 2026, 3:24 PM@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
LunaphiedLunaphied@provably.onlineJun 11, 2026, 3:28 PM
Matt Hardy 3.11 for Workgroupstechnicaladept@techhub.socialJun 11, 2026, 3:54 PM@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.
Jun 11, 2026, 4:09 PM@dev they gone and removed the post and locked it now.
ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool:thatKomputerKat@oldbytes.spaceJun 11, 2026, 5:03 PM
Jun 11, 2026, 4:28 PMPost removed by reddit's filters, they're clearly in on the conspiracy
Colincolinstu@birdbutt.comJun 12, 2026, 10:44 AM
