A Marks & Spencer employee was gobsmacked this week when she stumbled across an unusual find during a quality check in her store.
We’ve all spotted a cheeky looking peach or a rather rude looking aubergine while shopping, but have you ever seen a saucy tomato?
Security and safety advisor Maxine Baker, of Harrow, North West London, was examining the salad section at her M&S when she spotted just that – an X-rated tomato.
She couldn’t believe her eyes when she found the cheeky fruit – yes, tomato is a fruit – as Maxine thought it strongly resembled a woman’s genitalia.
“Cracking up” at the “rude” tomato, the shop worker decided the salad item was too raunchy for a family friendly supermarket.
So, she took it home with her and chucked it in her freezer to save.
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Maxine, 52, recalled: “Oh my God, it’s hilarious, it’s tomato saucy.
“I was doing quality checks on the tomatoes and picked that one up, and I just absolutely cracked up.
“I just fell about laughing when I saw it. I showed a colleague of mine, she did the same. It’s brilliant, I love it.
“I have got a really good sense of humour and I like slapstick and that was really up my street, so I thought ‘I have got to let everybody see it’.”
Mazine added: “I keep making up these silly things like ‘Now I know where cherry tomatoes come from’ and ‘Now I know what our tomatoes get up to in the night when the store’s closed’.”
The mum-of-two, who has worked at the Pinner M&S for seven years, knew that she couldn’t leave the tomato on the shelf.
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Maxine explained: “I made the decision myself, it couldn’t be sold like that.
“I don’t think anyone would sell it but I showed a few colleagues and also my boss who thought it was hilarious too.”
She continued: “Everyone I show it to is just cracking up and their hand goes to their mouth in embarrassment.
“I took it off the display and brought it home and put it in the freezer to preserve it because I have to keep it, I just love it”.
Maxine promised that she would never eat the tomato herself because she finds it “too sweet and cute”.
She added: “I have got a really good sense of humour and I like slapstick and that was really up my street, so I thought ‘I have got to let everybody see it’.”
