Hungover man avoids acquaintance at Coles by pretending to look at cereal boxes for 7 minutes

CEREAL AVOIDANCE: A Sydney man has successfully dodged an awkward encounter with a neighbour by pretending to scrutinise cereal boxes at Coles Bondi Junction.

Jack Wilton, who was badly hungover this morning, found himself in a precarious situation when he spotted his neighbour about 20 metres away in the fruit juice section.

“He didn’t see me, so I quickly turned back toward the cereal boxes, and pretended to read the nutritional information.”

After a minute of stalling, Wilton says he looked back toward the juice section and his neighbour was still there.

The frustrated 41 year old ended up lingering around the cereal aisle for another 5 minutes.

“Then finally, my neighbour was gone. I grabbed the Coco Pops and headed back out to the car park,” he says.

“It was a disappointing way to spend 7 minutes, but much better than actually having to talk to someone.”