2024-08-31 08:54:32
If you live in Spain or are on vacation, there is a great chance that you have done grocery shopping at Mercadona.
But did you know that ‘there’s a time to gamble’ at the country’s most famous mall?
It all started with a TikTok video that went viral (although if there was someone in Mercadona’s marketing department who came up with the campaign they should definitely get an award).
Well…we’ve heard it but we haven’t seen it for sure!! Now … it seems so … that is Mercadona from 7 to 8 …. 😉 https://t.co/MLiRfX5vrD
– Vivy Lin 🌊 (@YoSoyVivyLin) August 22, 2024
Everyone in Spain is talking about it. The idea is that if you turn up at Mercadona between 7pm and 8pm, that’s it flirting time (time to flirt), and there is a secret language of love as well.
Putting an upside down pineapple in your shopping trolley means that you are ‘looking’ and ‘interested’.
Then you have to go to the wine gate, and if you see someone you like, you have to crash your trolley into theirs.
If you have singletons 40 and up you should do it if you are interested in amor de Farmer (love of Hacendado, Mercadona’s house brand).
For those aged 19 to 25, the frozen goods section is the place to meet prospective lovers.
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In your thirties or mid-twenties? The fresh fish section, of course.
It may all seem a bit silly, but we wouldn’t be surprised if pineapple sales are extremely high in Spain and Mercadona’s turnover spikes as a result.
In fact, there are already videos circulating online of Mercadona supermarkets being crowded at seven o’clock.
In completely different news but perhaps just as reassuring, locals from the Galician village of O Hío in northwestern Spain recently decided that the best way to protest against the amount of summer tourists they receive is by blocking zebra crossings.
The plan includes choosing crossings where pedestrians always have the right of way (no traffic lights), so a dozen locals walk up and down them for 37 minutes, causing a total traffic gridlock.
Endless line Pedestrian crossing as protest: residents of O Hío (Pontevedra) mobilize against illegal travel pic.twitter.com/PNv7uvoFMg
– elDiario.es (@eldiarioes) August 26, 2024
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“Traffic problems have been common before, but this year they have tripled at least. It’s a pile of cars that not only pollutes but also affects people’s lives because they stop everywhere that they want,” O Hío resident of Mercedes Villar told the local daily La Voz de Galicia. .
“We still have the right to live”.
People from this small coastal village in the province of Pontevedra say they are not against tourists, but the authorities have to find a way for the holiday authorities and residents to “get along”.
Local roads are closed, yellow lines are ignored and car accidents are more common.
“The protest is meant to raise awareness and sound the alarm,” another villager told La Voz.
“We want people to be civil and intelligent and if they see that there is no parking space, to leave, as we all have to do in any city”.
2024 is proving to be the year of Spain’s rebellion against tourism and the impact it has on property prices, rents and the standard of living for residents.
From Cantabria in the north to Malaga in the south, more and more places in Spain are asking local, regional and national governments to adjust the tourism model that no longer works for them.
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