Bitten in Tesco

[bagpuss]

having read the post about shocks in Tesco, how about this one? A friend of mine was rummaging among the cardies in the Wick branch when she felt something nip her-she put it down to a paper cut from a price tag. When she got home her finger had a huge bump on it- and by next day she had suspected blood poisoning- turned out she'd been bitten by something of the insect variety. She informed tesco- who did what they do as routine- sent in pest control overnight. getting bitten is par for the course- in the fruit department.
Maybe the bug was just staying warm among the knitwear?

Any other victims out there?

My London neighbour got tarantulas in a pot plant from Homebase

[Loraine]

I've never been a victim but did see a couple of foreign spiders in a supermarket I worked in many years ago. One ended up in the office which was right next to the back store. We tried to catch it but it kept jumping all over the place. Wasn't very big but it sure could move fast. Suppose it must be fairly common for these insects to hitch a ride over here with the fruit shipments from abroad. Not nice getting bitten by one of them though!

[achingale]

I got shivers down my spine reading these. Yuk!

[shazzap]

I got shivers down my spine reading these. Yuk!

Know the feeling.

[tonkatojo]

I've never been a victim but did see a couple of foreign spiders in a supermarket I worked in many years ago. One ended up in the office which was right next to the back store. We tried to catch it but it kept jumping all over the place. Wasn't very big but it sure could move fast. Suppose it must be fairly common for these insects to hitch a ride over here with the fruit shipments from abroad. Not nice getting bitten by one of them though!

Back in the 60-70s in my fathers grocery store, the staff were armed with crowbars brushes and whatever waiting to dispatch anything when the banana boxes were opened, I found their antics hilarious in those days.

[Cedric Farthsbottom III]

This got me this one.I went onto www.howmanyboxesofbananas.com. To see the probability of finally meeting a spider,scorpion or beastie.Did once come face to face with a red eyed tree frog(not the orger).I've now opened 7979 boxes of bananas and found one frog.Its like Russian Roullette.I feel like De Niro in 'The Deer Hunter'.

[Connor.]

When i worked in tesco's i found quite a big spiders leg in a box of bananas, being feart of spiders i didn't hang around too long.

Found some sort of catepillar in amongst the bananas aswell

[Olin]

When I used to work in Somerfield I used to come across caterpillars living in the organic wrapped brocolli.

It happened more than 10 times. I think it is something to do with the fact its organic!

Was mingin!

didn't know if the yellow dots were eggs or "processed food" but it was rank!

[Loraine]

Back in the 60-70s in my fathers grocery store, the staff were armed with crowbars brushes and whatever waiting to dispatch anything when the banana boxes were opened, I found their antics hilarious in those days.

I would be exactly the same - I hate creepy crawlies, especially the foreign ones who're much more likely to give you a nip. If it came anywhere near me it's days would be numbered!!

[katarina]

you lot wouldn't be much use in the jungle then!

[ShelleyCowie]

I mind once when i went to my sisters for dinner, she had bought a bit of brocolli from tesco and it had the caterpillars in it! Well we binned that fast enuf!

Then when i bought my nephews birthday present which was a ben 10 toy wrapped in celaphine it had bugs come out of it! Luckily we noticed because my mums dog was playin with them!

[Dog-eared]

I was bitten on the leg by a spider when in Asia. It formed a big lump which eventually burst, leaving a hole the size of a 1p piece which took two months to heal up. Luckily nothing hatched out of it !!

[riggerboy]

aye you always get a little extra from tesco,


i got bit by a wee beastie on the ankle when we wiz camping in a wee toon called alva, about 2 days later i wiz scratchin the lump like a mad thing, then i decided ( full o vodka tough as nails when drunk) i would burst it, a thing like a grain o rice popped out and it left a wee hole that took ages to heal, thank god for vodka

[annemarie482]

in clothing? I'd almost certainly say it was the security pin! maybe only half was on. from experience, i can say I've been stabbed many times by the pins, and if it was dirty you could easy get blood poisoning! far more likley i reckon.

[northener]

in clothing? I'd almost certainly say it was the security pin! maybe only half was on. from experience, i can say I've been stabbed many times by the pins, and if it was dirty you could easy get blood poisoning! far more likley i reckon.

Now, now, AnneMarie....you can't come on here giving sensible explanations for minor incidents. It spoils everyones fun.

Anyway, thuis is another good reason why we need Asda up here...

[Tom Cornwall]

aye you always get a little extra from tesco,

I thought everybody gets bitten by TESCO....I never shop there ..they are trying to take over every department where people have to spend money,,,shopping, banking insurance, phones, energy, they're trying to get into everything

[gardenergirl]

We found a locust a couple of summers ago when I was working in a garden centre in Inverness. We think it came in on a pallet of glazed pots.