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Deli worker gives customer a straw with their bleach purchase

This is a TikTok screenshot of a young man standing on a residential street lined with brick buildings. He holds a bottle of Clorox bleach up to the camera, with a disposable plastic straw inserted into the top of the bottle. He has sunglasses resting on his head, earbuds in, and a confused, amused expression. Overlaid white text on the image reads 'I got bleach at the deli and he gave me a straw??????????'. TikTok interface elements are visible on the right side, showing 21K likes, 137 comments, and 690 saves. The humor comes from the absurd, dangerous mistake of the deli worker giving a straw for a toxic cleaning product, implying they mistook the bleach bottle for an edible beverage while working on autopilot.
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I got bleach at the deli and he gave me a straw??????????

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This is a TikTok screenshot of a young man standing on a residential street lined with brick buildings. He holds a bottle of Clorox bleach up to the camera, with a disposable plastic straw inserted into the top of the bottle. He has sunglasses resting on his head, earbuds in, and a confused, amused expression. Overlaid white text on the image reads 'I got bleach at the deli and he gave me a straw??????????'. TikTok interface elements are visible on the right side, showing 21K likes, 137 comments, and 690 saves. The humor comes from the absurd, dangerous mistake of the deli worker giving a straw for a toxic cleaning product, implying they mistook the bleach bottle for an edible beverage while working on autopilot.

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This content originated as a short video posted on TikTok, and was later reposted as an image meme on the X (Twitter) account @meme.jpg via RSS feed, as noted in the provided source information. It spread as a relatable meme about absentminded retail and food service worker errors, and absurd, unexpected everyday situations.

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