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When Someone Eats Food Before Buying It At The Store

This meme uses the viral 'Side-Eye Chloe' photograph of a young blonde girl sitting in a car seat with a judgmental, skeptical expression. The overlaid text describes a common awkward everyday situation: when you are at the store with someone who opens and eats food before they have actually paid for it at checkout. The girl's disapproving expression perfectly conveys the uncomfortable, secondhand embarrassment people feel when their companion does this socially awkward act.
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WHEN YOU'RE AT THE STORE WITH SOMEONE AND THEY EAT THE FOOD BEFORE BUYING IT

Overview

This meme uses the viral 'Side-Eye Chloe' photograph of a young blonde girl sitting in a car seat with a judgmental, skeptical expression. The overlaid text describes a common awkward everyday situation: when you are at the store with someone who opens and eats food before they have actually paid for it at checkout. The girl's disapproving expression perfectly conveys the uncomfortable, secondhand embarrassment people feel when their companion does this socially awkward act.

Origin notes

This meme is a Reddit meme, with the original submission title 'Dawg PLEASE just wait for the car 😭'. The base image is the popular, widely used viral meme template 'Side-Eye Chloe', which originated from a family photo of a young girl that went viral online. This specific meme adapts the template to joke about the common relatable awkward situation of eating store food before paying for it.

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