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

luce181

Lol, just read this thread and it is so funn!
I'm sat waiting for my Asda order as I type and am wondering whether I'll have any more to add hehe!

*onlyme*

I ordered greaseproof baking paper a while back and got Cilit Bang instead...(and I can't stand that stuff cause of the shouting adverts!)

brogusblue

Hello

I use Ocado,Waitrose & Tesco and they use the common sense on subs but i used Asda once and never again i asked for andrex loo roll and got a ream of paper :eek: ,

My friend was forever refuseing subs from asda, she now shops at sainsburys.

Cheers
Brogusblue

Skint_Catt

brogusblue wrote: »

Hello

I use Ocado,Waitrose & Tesco and they use the common sense on subs but i used Asda once and never again i asked for andrex loo roll and got a ream of paper :eek: ,

If they'd given you a newspaper they'd have been closer, but its not bad!

Amanda65

I once ordered frozen Quorn fillets and received a whole fresh chicken :rotfl:

Much nicer IMHO but no good for the vegetarian relative I was catering for :eek:

JoCJo2

Thanks for this thread - excellent! Laughing out loud xx

silkcutblue

I ordered naan bread and fresh onions (so I could make an indian meal featuring onion bhajis)

I got a loaf of brown bread and a pack of mushrooms.

And my regular driver told me that a woman ordered 10 multi packs of water and for some reason got ten cases of wine, instead. He said she was honest enough to call them up and report it :P

babs2008

silkcutblue wrote: »

And my regular driver told me that a woman ordered 10 multi packs of water and for some reason got ten cases of wine, instead.

If only :beer:

I love this thread. It's made me giggle so much

socks_uk

emay wrote: »

Oh my this thread brings back some memories, I used to work in home shopping and had the joyous task of checking what substitutes had been picked and then correcting the more weird ones!!

And it isn't done by computer...it's the person picking the order that decides what they are giving you as a substitute (and to whoever asked at asda you pay the cheapest price (eg you order asda beans and we sent smartprice, you pay for smartprice, if we sent heinz you'd pay however much the asda beans would of been))

We did discover the best mistakes are made by youngsters still living at home who don't do grocery shopping (don't ask why they would then be employed to pick someone else's shopping, never could figure the manager out!)

but back to topic, best i remember kitchen cleaning wipes sent instead of feminine wipes!!! or the girl who kept snapping french sticks in half to make them fit in the tub!!

Hiya emay... haven't seen you at work lately! :hello:

Had some 'sliced tiger bread' substituted by....... non-sliced tiger bread!!!! lazy picker!!

Abbafan1972

This thread is so funny, I've been laughing out loud!

I have been using Tescos for a few weeks and haven't had any weird substitutions yet, I suppose it's just a matter of time.

Waiting nervously for my shopping to arrive between 11 & 1.