I have just been to Sainsburys to buy some baby aubergines. Worker didnt know what an aubergine was! How bad!?

Question

Thats a fair point BUT he was on the fruit and veg dept.

Answer 1

give the poor underpaid worker a break, maybe it was his first day. Why did you have to ask a member of staff anyway?

Next time try going to Tesco

Answer 2

Very very silly of them... if they work on fruit and veg in Sainsburys, they should know what an aubergine is. So then, they shouldn't find baby aubergines too hard! How pathetic!

I went in Sainsburys looking for white balsamic vinegar. Two workers didn't know what it was!!!! I went to Asda in the finish, where they were mildly better, but i got some after a 10min wait!

Answer 3

Eggplant and aubergine are just two names for the same thing - it's called aubergine in the UK and eggplant in the US.

And yeah I agree it's bad that people don't know what an aubergine is - there's far too much convenience food in peoples diets these days. Did you see that show that Jamie Oliver did about school dinners? Only a handful of the kids in one class knew that chips were made from potatoes!! Shocking.

Answer 4

I don't know where you live but hardly anyone knows the word aubergine in the US. Here, it's eggplant. Nonetheless, I agree with you, people working at grocery stores should be well versed in what the store sells. I also find myself like one other answerer constantly telling people what it is I have in my basket, and that includes parsley or apricots. I feel sorry for those people. It is the store we should be annoyed at. Plus, I have to wonder what they grew up eating, and whether they ever had any fresh fruits or veggies, when they don't know apricots! A real story...

Answer 5

I didnt know what an egg plant was but after speaking to someone on Saturday I was informed that its quite similar to an aubergine

Answer 6

That isn't that bad my uncle works in my dads farm shop and when people bring fruit and veg to be weighed he doesn't know a kiwi from a mango. He now always asks the customers. He also didn't know the difference between a french bean and a broad bean, now thats bad when he has a farming family heritiage!!!!!

Answer 7

I went to a local store to buy lox a couple of years ago and they took me to the little hardware section --- with padlocks, I am NOT lying! The people were complete idiots. When I go to the grocers I often have to tell the cashier what the name of the produce is that I am purchasing. Heaven forbid I am not purchasing a plain old red delicious apple or a navel orange.

Answer 8

Aubergine is an eggplant and is actually the french word for the colour of eggplant here in canada.

Answer 9

Did she have love bites and a vacant expression? Anyway, you should let the poor aubergines have something of a life before eating them.

Answer 10

oh so sorry, which branch did u visit?
sometimes some staff just walk around may be that person doesnt work in produce dept
bu he must be stupid to tell u that he dont knw, what he could do to ask his manager and just hold u for a minute.
one more thin i need to clear that sainsburys is the most racist company of uk, so staff isnt happy and u hardly find any devotaion.

Answer 11

Next time you go to the store, tell the clerk you're looking for eggplant, rather than aubergine. Then the clerk may know what your looking for. Not all store clerks are multi-lingual, so if you ask for what you want in American terms you might have better results.