A lot of Irish people struggle at making small talk with strangers - but they don't let that stop them!
For some reason, we just keep going, even when we know that the person listening to the forced conversation and bad jobs is cringing themselves with second-hand embarrassment.
To prove that point, one Tesco worker shared on TikTok some of the most common things customers say to her at the tills - and all of them make her cringe.
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And we are all guilty of saying them at least once.
Holly Dixon uploaded a video in which she listed some of the things she hears "at least 10 times each shift" while working on the tills at Tesco, including the cringeworthy "joke" people always make whenever an item doesn't want to scan, our sister Mirror site reports.
In the clip, posted to her @hollydixon2112 account, she explained that the first thing she hears every day is customers telling her they "only came in for one thing" - despite having what seems like "the whole shop" in their trolley.
Next was the classic joke: "Oh, it's not scanning? It must be free!" to which an unimpressed Holly simply wrote in text on the video: "Absolutely not."
Finally, the employee said she isn't fond of customers who say she "looks bored" and state they're going to "give her something to do" by choosing her till for their shopping.
She said: "I was happy chilling and counting down the minutes until I finish."
In the comments, some people shared their own experiences with working in supermarkets as they quoted other popular phrases that customers use whenever they're at work.
One person said: "I get asked if I'm worried about losing my job if they use the self-service till."
While another added: "Or they ask for a lottery ticket and then go 'the winning one would be good' when you ask what one they want."
Others admitted they've definitely used these common sayings at least once, with one user posting: "I hold my hand up that I'm probably one of these people that say these things."
While Holly might poke fun at the customers she sees while working in Tesco, she defended her job in the comments when someone suggested it was "time for a job change", as she said: "I love my job."
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