Maggots!

Mirtos

Mirtos wrote:

I have absolutely no recollection of that! recently? are you sure it was me? :rotfl:

Ah found it! I said:
"Oh, and this week, I opened a bag of tesco rice to find it full of maggots. MAGGOTS :eek: I sense another complaint coming on."

and finally, I've got round to writing it!

Wonder_Girl

Mirtos wrote:

Just to clarify - I contacted tesco and they acknowledged the problem and refunded the cost of the rice - I'm writing a letter AS WELL because I don't think a £1.80 refund is good enough for maggots in my kitchen. (doesn't it say that in the letter?)
The meal was home made thai green curry and rice, so would have been a bit crap without the rice! :rotfl:

I think if it was me I would have done exactly the same! You have something disgusting and unexpected in your hand you drop it, it’s instinct! And I certainly wouldn’t have left swiggly maggots on my floor! What a horrible experience, they would have been out of the house in seconds!

And I think your right, a refund is NOT good enough, they should have offered you compensation.

However I am now concerned that I may have cooked and eaten maggots in the past _pale_

ZTD

Wonder_Girl wrote:

However I am now concerned that I may have cooked and eaten maggots in the past _pale_

They're good for you. High in protein and nutrients.

Or so I'm told.

CFC

Hi Mirtos, your letter is great.

I'd add a couple of points - the store and date where you purchased them, and the fact that the store refunded your money. You should also raise in the letter if the customer service staff at the store took all the details you could recollect about the purchase date. It raises an interesting question - have Tesco's sought to find out as much as they can in order to remove the risk to other consumers? If not, you should highlight that as a concern in your letter.

Also state the restaurant you took your friends too, the date and how much the bill was.

I feel it is perfectly reasonable to ask for flowers and choccies too.

RoCas

ZTD wrote:

Please don't feed the trolls.

Unless it's with rice 'n maggots :rotfl:

Good luck with your letter Mirtos.

needaspirin

As maggots do not eat rice, only rotting flesh, the mind boggles at what else was in the batch of rice!

earwig

mybe if they are still in your bin you could take a photo to go with your letter

Bells&Whistles

Mirtos that is grim, no two ways about it, best of luck with your letter, I thought it was very well written and its true that if you don't say what your after you will only be offered some mediocre voucher and after an experience like that you should be well entitled to some chocs and flowers too !

ehallett

Hi Mirtos

Go for it!! You've got nothing to lose but the cost of a stamp. Have you still got the receipt from the restaurant you had to go to?

To be honest if I found maggots in anything then I would freak out and chuck them in the bin, I would then scrub whatever room I found them in from top to bottom to ensure that I didn't suddenly see one crawling around somewhere and then I would go for a bath!!!

My first thought would not be 'oh, I must get these little darlings to Tesco ASAP'!!! :rolleyes: - I certainly would go back into the bin to scoop them out!!! :rotfl:

I believe you Mirtos and think the letter is fine, like you say if you don't let them know what you expect back in compensation then you might get some 25p off rice voucher or something!!

Let me know how you get on

Emily xx

(Don't listen to the people on here questioning your honesty, just do what you feel is right ).

Snaggles

Hello!

I believe you. You go for it.

Just wanted to say that!

Love Snaggles xxx