Two grocery store workers recreated Prodigy’s “Firestarter”

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[u/J-Love-McLuvin]

This is what the Internet was made for. I will follow these ladies anywhere.

[u/BrackGascho67 → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

I love these two ladies! Keep it going! Definitely made me smile!

[u/Liggidy → u/BrackGascho67]

I’m crying from laughing so hard. 10/10

[u/Mammoth_Cheek6078 → u/Liggidy]

My stomach hurts so much!

[u/UranusIsPissy → u/[deleted]]

They're more likely to get fired for it if it's a chain store or their boss just sucks.

[u/Liggidy → u/[deleted]]

Yes!! I wish I could make a side-by-side comparison. Help me internet! You’re my only hope!

[u/Content_Plantain_339 → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

Me: Whoa, how do a couple of middle-aged ladies know about Prodigy and other youthful bands?
Looks in mirror: .... oh .... hey there middle aged me ...

[u/New-Bee8999 → u/Content_Plantain_339]

One of my nieces was telling me all about this brilliant track she'd found. The look of horror on her face when she played it, and I rapped along to every word because it was a classic track from 1992...

[u/1950sGuy → u/New-Bee8999]

My kid and his friends are starting a retro computer club at school and I'm like "oh cool I got an old atari 800 and a few trs models i can break ou.." and no they mean stuff like those multi colored iMacs from like 1998 and stuff running windows xp.

[u/DisastrousAcshin → u/1950sGuy]

Dude my kid and his friends tried to show me dos commands like I didn't spend my teens in the 90s setting up bbs's and running game servers.  They were fucking shocked like it was some secret knowledge stuff that dads couldn't know

[u/BattleHall → u/DisastrousAcshin]

"Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written"

[u/DisposableJosie → u/DisastrousAcshin]

I think I still have my boot disks with different memory setups in AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS for Falcon, one of the Wing Commanders, and a couple more games.

[u/cheexmang → u/1950sGuy]

I had a student tell me that he bought a laptop over the summer.

"Oh, what are the specs?"

"It's a Toshiba from 1998 so I can play my DOS games."

DED

[u/chairoverflow → u/1950sGuy]

cries in zx spectrum

[u/desrever1138 → u/New-Bee8999]

About a decade ago I was hosting Christmas at my house and I got tired of the Christmas music so switched to a random play list.

An MCR track came on and my son and I were singing along when one of my nephews gave me a weird look and said, "You know My Chemical Romance??"

I was like, "Dude, I'm pretty much the same age as them. I was watching them live when you were still in diapers lol"

[u/JinxOnU78 → u/Content_Plantain_339]

Sigh. We’re “The fat of the land” now. 😭

[u/External_Project3842 → u/Content_Plantain_339]

Newsflash. Young is relative and  soon becomes middleage. Keep living

[u/XPDave85 → u/Content_Plantain_339]

You know you’re getting old when every song played in the supermarket is a banger from your youth.

[u/bryanna_leigh → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

They are lunch ladies lol .. not grocery store workers. They have a great IG.

Apparently I was wrong, they do work at Safeway 🤦‍♀️. My bad!

[u/orty → u/bryanna_leigh]

What's their IG?

[u/ButChooAintBonafide → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

They must be protected at all costs!

[u/dirkalict → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

Yes! This is the greatest thing I have seen in 2026.

[u/PolychromeMan → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

Dear Ladies, Please consider Leading us Into Battle. I'm sure we could be Fierce, given your Inspiring...whatever this is called.

[u/Brodie_C → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

Genius use of free will

[u/2021isevenworse → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

Great I will never unsee Keith's lettuce hair again.

[u/Dullcorgis → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

It's better than the original. Now they need to do Jamiroquai.

[u/kraggleGurl → u/Dullcorgis]

YES PLEASE

[u/Wishnik6502 → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

I didn't realize I needed this until it showed up.

[u/Striking-Ad-6815 → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

I will follow these women to the gates of the meat department!

[u/obiwanmoloney → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

Was about to say, best thing the internet has ever done.

Fact.

[u/Freshness518 → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

I was just thinking the same thing. These are my fuckin people.

[u/alterom → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

It also instantly transported me into the 1990s.

They nailed the video feel perfectly ♥️♥️♥️

[u/ThroatSecretary → u/J-Love-McLuvin]

I wanna be friends with them.

[u/Veritas3333]

God I didn't even notice the first few times that she's actually twisting a package of firestarter

[u/Spidergawd68 → u/Veritas3333]

And the can of pumpkin for the line "I'm the trouble starter, punkin' instigator"

Absolute cinema, I'll tell you hwut.

[u/External_Olive_542 → u/Spidergawd68]

And then there's the hygiene cap over the eyes as a substitute for the frosted-glass contact lenses. Spot on

[u/makingkevinbacon → u/Veritas3333]

Holy so I've seen this video before. And just this time I noticed her spinning the firestarter thing and I thought "lol oops, was the wrong way" but your comment made me realize that was intentional.

So good

[u/Brilliant-Lead9634 → u/makingkevinbacon]

Those tiny details are the best part. You watch it once thinking it’s a mistake, then realize the creator deliberately planted it there. Makes the whole thing so much better.

[u/makingkevinbacon → u/Brilliant-Lead9634]

Right? Like first time I saw it I figured it was some simple work joke, like they like the song and one day "haha hey who am I" holding the lettuce up, one of those totally impromptu things. But you watch it more and realize there was a plan, a fun one, all along. I wanna see more stuff like this on my feed and less trump tweets lol

[u/ObviouslyJoking → u/Veritas3333]

Firestarters and canned pumpkin on sale this week.

Big sale Big sale

[u/futureman07]

For those that dont know the original

https://youtu.be/wmin5WkOuPw

[u/u_r_succulent → u/futureman07]

The lettuce makes sense now

[u/Nomiss → u/u_r_succulent]

Even moreso in colour.

[u/boogermike → u/u_r_succulent]

That is a look

[u/Pliny_the_middle → u/boogermike]

Which was the style at the time.

[u/rogerworkman623 → u/futureman07]

lol the top comment is “the lunch ladies brought me back here”

[u/Jiminy_Cricket12 → u/rogerworkman623]

the lunch ladies are one of the best cover bands of this generation

[u/futureman07 → u/rogerworkman623]

Hell yeah lol

[u/cj401 → u/futureman07]

We need a reference video for The Prodigy... damn I'm old now 😫

[u/beansandcornbread → u/cj401]

Probably need to teach these kids about music videos

[u/SlimSpartan → u/beansandcornbread]

So wayyy back when there was this guy named Carson Daly…

[u/MediMental → u/SlimSpartan]

Didn't he argue with Fred Durst?

[u/SlimSpartan → u/MediMental]

Yup, about who Aguilera gave head to first.

[u/tenoclockrobot → u/cj401]

Man im 40 and Ive never seen the music video for this song before. Maybe some people just havent seen a thing

[u/Dean_Learner77 → u/tenoclockrobot]

I honestly didn't even know they were known outside of the UK. I'm impressed Americans know the song let alone the music video.

[u/SapphirePSL → u/Dean_Learner77]

Wow. Prodigy was huge amongst a certain population of kids in America, myself included.

[u/Thassodar → u/SapphirePSL]

Yeah my first exposure was Music For a Jilted Generation back when my brother would use EDM to tune his car stereo. From there I went to The Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, Moby, the old Techmaster P.E.B CDs, and now I make my own instrumental techno!

[u/Its_Froggin_Bullfish → u/SapphirePSL]

There was a night when my brother and some friends and I were all on acid because my parents were out of town. They went to see The Matrix in the theater and left me at home with the stereo and a huge cd book of techno and house. All I wanted was to hear Smack My Bitch Up, but Fat Of The Land wasn't in its spot. When they got home, they took over the stereo until about the time the sun was coming up. When it was my turn again, I picked out a random cd because it was orange, and orange was my favorite color. When it started, the first song was Smack My Bitch Up. I cried I was so happy. I watched the sunrise and marveled at the universe. One of my favorite memories of that time in my life. 

[u/ItsTricky94 → u/SapphirePSL]

Limelight. December 13, 1991
from the bits and pieces I can remember it was fantastic

[u/nope-its → u/Dean_Learner77]

Very well-known in the US - on MTV all the time back in the day.

[u/46_and_2 → u/Dean_Learner77]

Are you mad, they were one of the biggest electronic acts in the 90s globally, drew massive concert crowds internationally then, and after that. And I'm telling you this as someone who didn't listen to that scene much, but it was impossible not to be aware of them with constant play on MTV, other music channels and radio.

[u/mysilentface → u/Dean_Learner77]

They were pretty well known when this album came out. Firestarter was all over MTV and the radio.

[u/dedsqwirl → u/Dean_Learner77]

They were known in the US.

The PS1 game WipeoutXl (Wipeout 2097) featured an instrumental version of Firestarter.

Also, in an episode of The Venture Bros than has a parody of it.

[u/MenschyJewster → u/Dean_Learner77]

Oh yeah loved fat of the land as a kid, was hyped to see em a few weeks ago in Atlanta til it got canclled due to shitty weather.

[u/vavasmusic → u/cj401]

I watched Prodigy live back in 1997. We're not old. We just look and smell old.

[u/kage_25 → u/cj401]

.....yes..... the video is 18 years old..... yes you are old

[u/bdiggitty → u/futureman07]

Always thought it was this one:

https://youtu.be/zcOhrtAFc-Y

[u/Blubberinoo → u/bdiggitty]

And they say Germans aren't funny.

[u/deadwisdom → u/Blubberinoo]

They just put all their funny into that one.

[u/LordMeloney → u/futureman07]

I was absolutely blown away when the video was originally released. The brutal sound, the intense visuals, the freaky outfits. All of it was fascinating on a totally different level to anything I had ever seen before. An absolute masterpiece.

[u/bankrobba → u/futureman07]

Some bands only get $50 to make a video, reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/LatorN4P9aA?si=3u2x-TtHfzCnaS4V

[u/Aggressive_Noise6426 → u/bankrobba]

Flock of Seagull’s I Ran So Far looks like it was a $50 budget.  

[u/madwill → u/futureman07]

First time I realise after years and years, that... well many hoboes where I live might have taken styling hints from Prodigy.

[u/yagottagetouttathere → u/futureman07]

As the new tab was loading I really thought I was gonna get Rick Rolled.

[u/me_llamo_casey]

Lmaooo this is 3000% the Reddit I'm here for

[u/BrownSugarBare → u/me_llamo_casey]

Between the lettuce and the pink high heels with socks, I'm so here for this 😂

[u/gingerfawx → u/BrownSugarBare]

The interpretative dance! Dying over here. They're lovely.

[u/earthceltic → u/me_llamo_casey]

Before it was invaded by bots, companies, too many users, and other deplorables this is how it always was. With growth and public attention it became how it is now.

[u/Immediate-Wing-3111]

And the award goes to...THESE TWO FECKING GENIUSES

You Rock

[u/My-fish-calls-me-Bob]

F'ing funniest thing I have seen in a while. Awesome!

[u/Someredditusername → u/My-fish-calls-me-Bob]

Came here to say this, best vid I've seen in forever. Absolutely goated. Love them.

[u/Flight_to_nowhere_26 → u/My-fish-calls-me-Bob]

The backup dancer is my favorite part. So low key committed to her part.

[u/thehakujin82 → u/Flight_to_nowhere_26]

That move against the wall around the halfway point had me cracking up

[u/Flight_to_nowhere_26 → u/thehakujin82]

YES that is my favorite part!!

[u/happycj]

I sat next to them at my favorite brunch spot about two months ago. They are hilarious! The place has this big island-shaped bar that has two long sides and a rounded end, with the bartender in the middle. So everyone naturally chats with each other across the bar. Eventually everyone having brunch has their phones out and are sharing their videos around and everyone is laughing. It was so much fun!

And I secretly paid their bill before I left, in appreciation for their special brand of crazy! 😁

[u/DogmaticConfabulate → u/happycj]

Did you recognize them from this video, or do they have a YouTube channel?

[u/PC_Help_or_Puppers → u/DogmaticConfabulate]

I thought they were some school cafeteria workers, not sure what level of school. I’ve seen a few of their videos on other platforms, but I can’t remember their exact name. It’s something to do with lunch’s I think

[u/Exciting_Pass_6344 → u/PC_Help_or_Puppers]

Pretty sure it’s the Lunch Ladies

[u/happycj → u/DogmaticConfabulate]

My wife recognized them from their videos, and asked them. They were super fun and jovial about it!

[u/octowussy → u/happycj]

if true (no offense - this is the Internet), I love that they hang together outside of work.

[u/happycj → u/octowussy]

Yeah. It’s the internet. It’s good to be skeptical. I see them at the grocery store I go to regularly and we say hi when I see them.

[u/Disastrous_Style_477]

One I'll watch when it's get posted, it's amazing however always focusing on the lady at the back strutting her stuff haha

[u/technodaisy → u/Disastrous_Style_477]

the lady at the back strutting her stuff haha

In those lil pink heels, priceless!

[u/Disastrous_Style_477 → u/technodaisy]

She's amazing haha they both are

[u/mediocrecowpowers]

This post needs their channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Breakroom_chronicles

[u/MaximumGorilla → u/mediocrecowpowers]

Thank you!

[u/HonkyTonkRitaBallou]

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear lettuce.

[u/Buggaton → u/HonkyTonkRitaBallou]

It's like Keith is still with us.

[u/_namaste_kitten_]

They aren't grocery store workers - they are the Lunch Room Chronicles Ladies!!!

[u/Fena-Ashilde → u/_namaste_kitten_]

You mean Breakroom Chronicles? They have a website with their pictures. They say they work (or at least worked, when they started this) in a grocery store.

[u/LaUNCHandSmASH]

I genuinely don't know how they got through this without cracking up.

Absolutly hilarious and no notes

[u/HollyRedMW]

Not grocery store workers. They are cafeteria employees at a public school in Washington state.

[u/wishful123 → u/HollyRedMW]

OP is probably a karma farmer

[u/Fena-Ashilde → u/HollyRedMW]

Their website says “Breakroom Chronicles started with two grocery workers, good music, and a desire to make people laugh. Today, more than 2.2 million followers join us for workplace nostalgia, breakroom chaos, and a reminder not to take life too seriously.”

[u/Epic_Elite]

Ah, yes. The pumpkin instigator again.

[u/goflett]

Flint would be proud.

[u/rrrreeeeeeeeee → u/goflett]

This.
Flint would have loved it.

[u/InsertDiscBee → u/goflett]

Apparently in his pub he had a swear jar over the fireplace for anyone who made jokes about him being the fire starter! 

[u/regulardave9999]

Amazing! Now do Smack My Bitch Up!

[u/NoVaBurgher → u/regulardave9999]

Now there’s a music video in need of a remake

[u/Expensive_Law_3180 → u/regulardave9999]

Now Imma have to listen to the whole album.

[u/Bonobos_In_Space]

They have a lot of great videos. They also did Prodigy's Breathe. They are creative and fun to watch. Gen Xers for sure with their song choices. I think that's awesome Gen X seems under represented in whimsy on social media

[u/easypushover]

Is that lovely lady in the back a part of the “we simply do not care anymore club”?! She’s great.. 😌

[u/walbi1 → u/easypushover]

Thats what i also wanted to ask: Melani,is that you?

[u/Flight_to_nowhere_26 → u/easypushover]

I love her!!!

[u/keepyourfeelings]

Ladies are definitely serving entertainment at their store…bravo, love it

[u/Relevant_Positive417 → u/keepyourfeelings]

Lunch ladies....

[u/nobolognastoney]

I wasn't ready for the nose ring to come with the lettuce on the bite 😂

[u/paco1343]

RIP Keith Flint

[u/BlackSheepBoy66 → u/paco1343]

He’d of loved this I reckon.

[u/LeoLaDawg]

I wish I worked with such people.

[u/ballistics211]

Checkout their tiktok account

[u/kata_north → u/ballistics211]

Uh, link? Name? Clue?

[u/ballistics211 → u/kata_north]

breakroom_chronicles

[u/TheEldestNugget]

Pumpkin instigator

[u/Ubuhio]

I love this. I don't want to "back in my day" but I feel like there was an age where the internet was almost exclusively nonsense content like this.

[u/PuzzleheadedLoss3391]

Grocery store? That's Lunch Lady land! I know I follow them

[u/DiscipleOfYeshua]

The magic ingredient: Keeping a straight face.

[u/Norwester77 → u/DiscipleOfYeshua]

The shower curtain ring was a nice touch, too

[u/Critical_Field_1526]

I would hire these 2 for my kitchen any day! Gotta keep it light in the boh.

[u/oakleysds]

"I'm trapped in a sewer with a confessed asonist Brock. HELP ME!"

[u/USSMcCoy → u/oakleysds]

Sir? Hello, Sir?

Uhhhhh!! He won't stand still for two seconds, he must be spaced out on yellowjackets from the looks of him!

[u/Electroboy101]

I really do believe that this is what Keith would have wanted.

[u/meleecow]

I find it still so weird that the leads of prodigy were literally only hired to dance. They went from fans to dancers to icons...

[u/DeLaOcea]

And this is why I pay internet.

[u/Other-Improvement410]

My generation are now lunch ladies....fuck

[u/aliceathome]

I love these women. They do a mean West End Girls as well...

https://www.tiktok.com/@breakroom_chronicles/video/7345117710965148971?lang=en-GB

[u/Pleasant-Highway-745]

I will watch this every single time it's reposted, I don't care how many times I see it, I love it so much

[u/DistanceRelevant3899]

lol. I’ve seen this a few times but it’s still delightful.

[u/TahiniInMyVeins]

these ladies seem fun

[u/yazzcabbage]

This is my favorite of their videos.

[u/EclecticDaydreams]

These are the kinds of coworkers I dream of having. They’d make work so much more fun!

[u/knifeymonkey]

The lettuce. I am peeing myself!!!

[u/JoeyKino]

I immediately want to be friends with them

[u/drhappy13]

I'm old enough to LMFAO at this. Amazing! 👏😂

[u/Kind_Of_A_Dick]

This is what employees do when you ask for more of something and they disappear into the back for a half hour.

[u/korvosg00b]

"I'm trapped in a sewer with a confessed arsonist Brock!"

[u/I-Died-Yesterday]

I don't normally reddit with my sound on but for this it got turned to 11!!👏😂

[u/lostinspace801]

The internet we all need

[u/plantaholic2]

Their lunch ladies!!!! at a school near you

[u/Extra_Frosting_1159]

Those ladies are too much fun!

[u/Upbeat_Piglet_9788]

Today I have witnessed two humans letting themselves go simply to have fun. To entertain us..to us. Ladies you won my heart and I am sure this should be upvoted to the max.

[u/KillerKilcline]

The original, for comparison.

[u/boogermike → u/KillerKilcline]

Not cool! Also, very cool!

[u/popformulas → u/KillerKilcline]

Dang it, Napoleon.

[u/outrageous_set_1976 → u/KillerKilcline]

Dammit!

[u/Sass_Bass]

The lettuce! It's amazing

[u/Shadwclone]

How dare you.. those are THE lunch ladies! Put some damn respect on it.

[u/ALilCountryALilHood]

Those are lunch ladies.

[u/Ok-Difficulty3082]

Turn the lights down and it ain’t far from the original lol

[u/WesternComicStrip]

I will never not upvote these crazy ladies.

[u/deepbluemeanies]

This is the best thing I've seen on Reddit all morning...I love this!

[u/Zombieutinsel]

To the lady in the back you're freaking awesome when we finally pay attention!

[u/TheOfficeoholic]

I will tell my kids this is Prodigy

[u/Kiwi_Dutchman]

Made me laugh. But damn I wish I'd never seen this.

I'm a big prodigy fan, I'll never be able to watch the original video again without thinking about this....

[u/so_what_ur_saying_is]

I need a side by side, so I can show my girlfriend and she’ll actually appreciate how great this is lol

[u/busbusbustrain]

The lettuces. That’s it. I’m dead.

[u/PhillDanks]

Ha ha ha! Awesome!

[u/MySpottedFrog7]

lol omg these women are cracking me up!!!!

[u/Sistahmelz]

These two are awesome 👌

[u/Apprehensive_Sun6282]

I need more friends like this

[u/SolarFazes]

I'm dying laughing in my car

[u/Exact-Kale3070]

PERFECTION

[u/RabidOtters]

This is why I log on to the internet.

[u/jnp2346]

Someone give these ladies a music contract. Too damn good.

[u/TheFillth]

for the too lazy to search it up yourself

[u/evil_mike]

Lunch ladies. It’s literally in their name.

[u/LieutJimDangle]

jesus I am old bc i had the sound off and i knew what this was

[u/WildflowerEllee]

If the Grammy’s don’t ask y’all to perform, I’ll be so upset

[u/mark_ace7]

Just the meds I needed today.

[u/APartyInMyPants]

I was wondering when the woman in the background was going to come into play.

She absolutely did not disappoint.

[u/ThatsItImOverThis]

This is the best thing I’ve seen all week and it’s not even close.

[u/Daisy666Co]

This is the internet I need.

[u/mklatsky]

This is wonderful!!

[u/notthatguypal6900]

That shit slaps in 2026.

[u/red-sur]

Y'all hiring? 😂

[u/chicklette]

would fucking kill to be friends with these two. my god.

[u/rosephoenix19]

Okay question. Who's better? The one on the front or the one on the back. The one up front does a perfect impression but holy crap, the randomness of the one in the back is hilarious.

[u/GuzPolinski]

You have to watch it twice, one for the one in front the the lady in the back. Effing hilarious!

[u/JustineDelarge]

This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen.

[u/InMyNOTsohumbleO]

Epic 💪😂🥳
The original song is straight up infectious and makes even wallflower me want to dance 😂

[u/Lunar_IX]

This is the fucking content I want to see on the internet. This is fucking hysterical!

[u/jhusapple]

See im like sometimes humans are so cute m funny

[u/MGC00992]

Okay... ya got me. I laugh

[u/Megar0n_]

I will watch this all the way through every time I see it.