Dating apps are out. Supermarket meet cutes are in.
If you ’ve spent much sentence swiping on dating apps to discover erotic love , you ’ll realize why meeting eligible singles literally any other way has commence to sound sympathetic . In the US , singles are posting photos of themselves on brick walls . In Spain , they ’re getting even more originative , carting around upside - down pineapples in a supermarket , between the hours of 7 and 8 pm .
“ There ’s a trend in Spain decently now where people go to a local supermarket called Mercadona between 7 and 8 pm , get a cart , put an upper side down pineapple in it , and then go to the wine-colored section , ” drug user Jeronimo Noriega says ina viral TikTok . “ If you care someone , you hit them with your handcart , and you start let the cat out of the bag . ”
The trendappears to have been startedby Spanish actor Vivy Lin , whoposted a TikTokin the supermarket suggesting the metre to receive love in Mercadona is between 7 pm and 8 pm . The television , brand in August , has over 80k likes , and it ’s sparked an entire undulation of cheeky response . explore the hashtag “ # mercadona ” on the app , and you ’ll encounter hundred of videos ofyoung Spaniards jokingly tossing pineapples into their pushcart , in search ofthe one . Comments from users around the world are expressing interest in booking flight to Spain to see the phenomenon for themselves .
Photos courtesy of @jeronimoooo0000; @marinabarrial
The trend is already fuelingchaotic scenesin wine-coloured sections across the country , and it ’s not uncommon to see a few security guards patrol the gangway . harmonise to the BBC , police had to be call to a Bilbao Mercadona positioning after would - be romantic make a rowdy scene .
The supermarket Ernst Boris Chain allegedly had nothing to do with the trend — it seems to be just as constitutive as the produce on offer . German supermarket Lidl , though , is sample to get in on the action , pushing a“La Hora del Amor ” crusade in Spain , suggesting individual shoppers inflict the store between 6 and 7 pm , opting for a watermelon rather .
As for whether or not the proficiency function , that ’s still up for disputation . Noriega , for example , reportsdoing 27 lap around the entrepot , leaving without even “ a potency peradventure . ” Of naturally , there ’s a harsh reality that comes with lay yourself out there in the real world , perhaps one we trust to disguise with the advent of go steady apps : The possibility of take in someone cunning , in the wine gangway , with an upside - down pineapple in their cart … only to see them walk aright past you .
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