What's the strangest "substitute" item you've been offered on your home delivery?

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icklede wrote: »

I am currentley a picker at Tesco and have been for 3 and a half years so just thought I'd add some stuff.

Donna x

Yes, that's what lots of pickers seem to do....add some stuff we don't want:rolleyes:

No-one meant to offend you Donna (or any other pickers reading this thread) but you must admit some of the subs in this thread are bizarre to say the least.

I haven't laughed so much for ages. Thanks to the OP and everyone who has contributed to the fun:beer:

rowansway

Ordered some "fruits de mer" last week from a well known supermarket .... and received a lemon meringue pie instead!!!

stacey89

the worst ones i have had were lube instead of condoms:embarasse last time i checked lube wasn't a contraceptive could you imagine if i was stupid and thought it was lol
also ordered sliced chicken and ended up with a whole one:rolleyes:
i think their computers need sorted out

NatFeerick

Rainbow_Butterfly wrote: »

The other issue I have with them is carrier bags. We chose to have shopping delivered with bags as we dont always have time (toddler) to unpack the shopping the moment it arrives. My issue is that say we order 10 jars of baby food.. we are very likely to get a bag with 4, another bag with 1, another bag with 1, and another bag with the remaining jar in with something completely random like fruit.

I have had so many rows with Tesco about their packing policy - finally the issue now seems to be resolved but I had to go through the Chief Execs office after weeks and weeks of butting heads with their customer-no-service team. Same issue as Butterfly and also lots of items loose in the crate instead of in bags, so I would have to delay the driver while I packed the shopping into bags so I could carry it through the house to the kitchen. I do not have them bring it into the kitchen because my cat will trip them up...:rotfl:

RedSpecs

This HAS to be the funniest thing I've read in AGES!! :rotfl:

Makes me feel dead smug, as I've never tried one of these online supermarket thingies, and avoid places like Tesco and Asda for moral reasons :A

SO glad now that I hold these principles :beer: :j

hippey

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Which makes me think the substitutions are computer generated. If you were picking you'd pick up another fruit not walk halfway across the store to the bizarrest thing you can find with Kiwi in the title!

I can't qoute for other stores, but the WaitroseDeliver system lets the shopper pick the subs, however at my local branch where my wife works, has two shoppers who are quite young, still live with parents and have never done their own shopping, and some of the subs are quite strange, mainly as they don't know actually what things are! Or what would be acceptable as a possible sub.

Teign8

Tesco substituted a christmas pudding with a christmas cake once, try setting that alight with brandy:rolleyes:
They also tried to deliver some shopping when I was out once and my mother in law kindly let them in, it was only on my return that my mother in law was informed that the shopping was for the people who lived somewhere else on our road :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Tesco was informed and told me that they wouldn't be allowed to come and pick it up so I had a whole weeks worth of someone elses shopping for nothing. I did feel sorry for the people who were still waiting for there groceries though.:o

professoryaffle_3

My personal favourite was when every item that had to be substituted was substituted for chocolate covered turkish delight ,ok I could have understood if I'd ordered ordinary turkish delight or Fry's but turkish delight in place of mixed peppers and washing up liquid .

anansi69

Once (Sainsburys) I ordered 4 pack AA batteries, but received a roasting chicken

Customer services quipped that it must be a "battery chicken". Hoho. At least they seem to have a sense of humour.

Skint_Catt

anansi69 wrote: »

Once (Sainsburys) I ordered 4 pack AA batteries, but received a roasting chicken

Customer services quipped that it must be a "battery chicken". Hoho. At least they seem to have a sense of humour.

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