Bill Shorten makes small talk with shoppers about lettuce

OPPOSITION Leader Bill Shorten got friendly with local shoppers at a grocery store, but the conversation in the fresh food aisle was just the tip of the iceberg.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten announces Labor's fight against a GST increase as he helps the Grant family do their shopping at Woolworths in Queanbeyan in southern NSW. PD 586651 Picture: Ray Strange.

BILL Shorten got friendly with local shoppers at a grocery store in Queanbeyan on Tuesday, but the conversation in the fresh food aisle was as awkward as his recent dance moves in Kiribati.

The Opposition Leader arrived in the New South Wales town to kick off the 2016 election year, delivering his first press conference for the year which saw him challenge Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to a National Press Club debate on the GST.

But it was Shorten’s idle chitchat in the fruit and veg section of Queanbeyan’s Woolies that had us cringing.

“What’s your favourite type of lettuce?” he asked one woman.

Watch the full exchange below.

Shorten goes to the shops .... awkward! #pmlive https://t.co/emz05gPjKd (@pm_live)

— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) January 12, 2016

For anyone who might have missed it, the Opposition Leader’s dorky dance moves during his South Pacific trip back in November saw him trending on social media.

Shorten laughed off the cringe-worthy video at the time. “I’m giving hope to dads everywhere,” he said.

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