A supermarket bakery was at the centre of a spelling joke this week after making an awkward mistake.
One of the Tesco store’s signs went viral after shoppers spotted an embarrassing error, which left some customers ‘peeing themselves laughing’.
This sign was intended to alert customers to a shortage of baked goods due to lack of available staff, with the classic line to sign off the shortage: “Apologies for the inconvenience”.
However, the mix-up meant the sign read: “Apologies for the incontinence”, much to the amusement of sarky shoppers.
The A4 sign hung on the shelf – attached with some yellow and white tape amongst the empty trays.
The sign read: “Sorry, no bakery due to staff shortage. Apology for any incontinence.”
According to the NHS website, incontinence is defined as the “unintentional passing of urine” with it being a “common problem thought to affect millions of people”.
An eagle-eyed supermarket shopper spotted the mistake and posted the sign gaffe to Reddit.
They titled the post: “The floors were a bit sticky to be honest.”
Tickled by the spelling error, people fled to the comments to jump in on the supermarket mishap.
One person joked: “Tesco really are taking the p***.”
Another user added: “Only a single apology as well.”
A third noted: “God I hope that was intentional.”
Someone else stated: “Tesco bakery is wild.”
A Tesco spokesperson said: “A very unfortunate but amusing typo – we are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused though.”
