EPISODE · Mar 27, 2026 · 11 MIN
I Think My Grocery Store Is Training Me
from Tales That Tickle · host Phillip Polite
Margret only went in for eggs. A simple errand. No list. No distractions. No unnecessary decisions. Just eggs. But somewhere between a grocery store that quietly rearranges itself, an employee labeled “Observer,” and a self-checkout machine that already knows her PIN… Margret begins to suspect that something isn’t quite right. At first, it feels like a minor inconvenience. Then… a pattern. Then something far more deliberate. Because the store doesn’t just react. It anticipates. It tracks. And, for reasons Margret doesn’t fully understand… it appears to be guiding her through a series of steps she never agreed to take. As she returns for a second visit, things become clearer—and somehow even more unsettling. There are rules. There is progress. And there may not be a way to opt out. In this episode of Tales That Tickle, Margret discovers that what started as a routine grocery run may actually be something much larger… …and she might already be part of it. (pause) She doesn’t even like eggs that much.#TalesThatTickle #DarkHumor #DryHumor #FunnyStories #AbsurdComedy #StorytellingPodcast #WeirdStories #FirstPersonStory #ComedyPodcast #SurrealHumor #DeadpanComedy #BritishNarration #LateNightVibes #PodcastBinge #StrangeButFunny #ModernLifeComedy #AIHumor #TwilightZoneVibes #StoryPodcast #DarkComedyPodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tales-that-tickle--5861752/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
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Margret only went in for eggs. A simple errand. No list. No distractions. No unnecessary decisions. Just eggs. But somewhere between a grocery store that quietly rearranges itself, an employee labeled “Observer,” and a self-checkout machine that already knows her PIN… Margret begins to suspect that something isn’t quite right. At first, it feels like a minor inconvenience. Then… a pattern. Then something far more deliberate. Because the store doesn’t just react. It anticipates. It tracks. And, for reasons Margret doesn’t fully understand… it appears to be guiding her through a series of steps she never agreed to take. As she returns for a second visit, things become clearer—and somehow even more unsettling. There are rules. There is progress. And there may not be a way to opt out. In this episode of Tales That Tickle, Margret discovers that what started as a routine grocery run may actually be something much larger… …and she might already be part of it. (pause) She doesn’t even like eggs that much.#TalesThatTickle #DarkHumor #DryHumor #FunnyStories #AbsurdComedy #StorytellingPodcast #WeirdStories #FirstPersonStory #ComedyPodcast #SurrealHumor #DeadpanComedy #BritishNarration #LateNightVibes #PodcastBinge #StrangeButFunny #ModernLifeComedy #AIHumor #TwilightZoneVibes #StoryPodcast #DarkComedyPodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tales-that-tickle--5861752/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
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