David Letterman is following in Lana Del Rey’s footsteps by buying and selling in his Hollywood job for a task as a grocery retailer clerk.
At some point after the singer, 38, made headlines for working as a waitress at an Alabama Waffle Home, Letterman, 76, shocked buyers at an Iowa location of the grocery retailer chain Hy-Vee on Friday, July 21, and shared an inside look into his shift with followers on-line.
Letterman kicked issues off by buying “tacky breadsticks and flatbread pizza” whereas recalling his previous job at an “independent-owned” grocery retailer in his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana. “And if I can provide one thing again to the advertising neighborhood, I wish to do this. However I don’t have all day, after all,” he defined in a Sunday, July 23, Instagram video.
The comic went on to bestow his grocery “knowledge and expertise” onto two of the shop’s employees by aiding them in on a regular basis duties reminiscent of cleansing up spills within the aisles and asserting that celery is “completely free” for the day by way of the shop’s speaker system.
Using his trademark humorousness, Letterman opened a can of Campbell’s soup and drank straight it straight from the container whereas serving to workers straighten canned items. “That’s good,” he quipped earlier than providing the can to one in every of his coworkers, who obliged and took a sip.
Along with snacking on sweet and baked items, Letterman ended his “implausible” Hy-Vee workday as a bag boy at checkout. “Man, I’m coming house with you,” he joked upon noticing a buyer’s purchases embody components to make chocolate chip cookies.
Hy-Vee thanked Letterman by sharing a pic from his go to by way of Fb. “You by no means know who you’ll stumble upon purchasing the aisles at Hy-Vee,” the shop captioned the Friday publish. “Thanks for stopping by, David Letterman!”
Whereas Letterman’s Hy-Vee go to coincided with attending a sporting occasion — a automotive from Letterman’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing staff participated within the Hy-Vee IndyCar Race on the Iowa Speedway on Sunday — Del Rey left followers scratching their heads together with her current shift at an Alabama diner.
The Grammy-nominated artist stopped to take footage with followers whereas serving espresso, ready tables and chatting with prospects on Thursday, July 20. “Guess even Lana Del Rey wants a break from singing about summertime disappointment,” one fan joked by way of Twitter (which has rebranded to X.) “However hey, a minimum of now we all know the place to search out her subsequent time we’re craving some breakfast grub in Alabama!”
A number of days earlier than working her shift at Waffle Home, Del Rey was noticed getting her nails carried out at a neighborhood Alabama nail salon.
Del Rey’s reps haven’t responded to Us Weekly’s request for remark concerning the which means behind her Alabama go to.
