It’s a urban legend which circulates in Spain dal 2017but it went viral again on social e TikTok in the last few days of summer, when the return to the city from vacation is all uphill.
It’s the fashion of ‘dating‘ a Mercadonaor how to find thesoul mate al supermarket most beaten in the country, converted in Alternative Tinder for the Generation Z and became trending topic are X in this last week. The bottom line is that thousands of people crowd together every evening to do their shopping from 7 to 8 pm, which is the time when Cupid he shoots his arrows at the many willing to catch them in flight between the frozen food counters and the shelves of soft drinks.
Oh yes, because the various codes not written, but revealed by tutorial sui social to become Fr Spain e Portugal – where the chain Mercadona has triumphantly landed in the last two years – they send out unmistakable signals. The most popular one among customers to show that they are willing to ‘ligar’ to make friends for an ‘affair’ is to first place a’pineapple upside down in the cart. Then, once the hunt is open, when an attractive prey has been spotted, a casual shot between the carts is enough and the game is done.
But be careful! To avoid misunderstandings and involuntary collisions during rush hour, the other code in force is that ofage; for young people between 19 and 25 years old, the hunting reserve is that of the frozen products; for those between 25 and 40 years old, the selection takes place in that of fresh fishwhile for the ‘upper 40‘convicts are the wine shelves. Cunning of the marketing or foolishness of the generated content from social networks during the holidays?
It is not known. What is known is that the person responsible for the last viral phenomenon it was theactress e Spanish comedian Vivy Linwho first posted in TikTok a video while she was wandering around with a friend looking for soul mates a Mercadona. In a few days it has registered thousands of views and prompted a flood of comments and more videos on social media. But the original hunt for Cupid at the supermarket she had been in 2017 a participant in the television competition ‘First Date‘, a “diehard romantic” who claimed to have found her soul mate Carrefour…the competition.