What's the weirdest substitute item you've been sent?

ska_lover

onwards&upwards wrote: »

That’s 2 a second! It’d be like an episode of supermarket sweep every single day in Tescos!

(Am I showing my age there?)

It was a nightmare. I was never able to keep up with the young uns.

I did it for a few months for extra cash. The 'pickers' are flying around everywhere. It is great when you get an one where the customer has ordered 12 of the same item

You are literally meant to run, and know the layout of the supermarket with your eyes shut

I was constantly in trouble :rotfl::rotfl:

unholyangel

MSE_Laura_H wrote: »

We recently spotted a mum explaining the odd substitute she received in her home delivery food shop. Instead of being sent a number five candle, she received a two, a two, and a one! (Read the full story here.)

This got us wondering, what are the strangest substitutes you've ever received in your home delivery?

I think the funniest bit of that story is this part:

Sheree said it looked like her daughter was having her 221st birthday rather than her fifth and she decided not to use the candles.

<snip>

‘I called Tesco straight away as I could not believe a human could think that’s a suitable alternative.

‘Friends have said surely a four and one would have been cheaper! Or five ones would have made more sense.’

So 2+2+1 is barmy but other combinations "would have made more sense"?

Maybe her friends work at tesco!

onwards&upwards

ska_lover wrote: »

It was a nightmare. I was never able to keep up with the young uns.

I did it for a few months for extra cash. The 'pickers' are flying around everywhere. It is great when you get an one where the customer has ordered 12 of the same item

You are literally meant to run, and know the layout of the supermarket with your eyes shut

I was constantly in trouble :rotfl::rotfl:

Literally everybody must be missing their targets, none of the pickers i’ve ever seen are going anything like that rate. It’s physically impossible.

ska_lover

onwards&upwards wrote: »

Literally everybody must be missing their targets, none of the pickers i’ve ever seen are going anything like that rate. It’s physically impossible.

OH the pickers you have seen...Have you worked in a home shopping dept?

The younger people seemed to be much quicker than the rest of us

onwards&upwards

ska_lover wrote: »

OH the pickers you have seen...Have you worked in a home shopping dept?

The younger people seemed to be much quicker than the rest of us

I see them in the supermarkets.

No human being can do 120 items a minute, 2 a second. If that was really the target it was ludicrous.

GlasweJen

I did a couple of overtime shifts picking for Asda, yes the targets really are that high.

You don't pick one person's shopping though, you'd pick a section and other pickers were doing other sections and then it would all come together to go on the vans at the end.

The best was bakery as if the bakers started late you'd either have hardly anything to pick or you'd get loads of substitutes that were all the same (all the posh baked in store loaves subbed with kingsmill). I hated ambient, could never find the right tin of beans and someone would always want something mental that I'd never heard of.

GaleSF63

meer53 wrote: »

Minced Beef Pies instead of Mince Pies. Great with Brandy Sauce - not.

I once asked for 2 mince pies in a shop in Edinburgh. Halfway back to London on the train I discovered I'd bought 2 meat pies! (Also known as Scotch pies).

When I'd got over the surprise I found that they were really delicious.

I should have asked for mincemeat pies or Christmas pies I found out later

Ken_Workman

I ordered two pairs of trousers from Chums mail order; they were the same item except one was in black, the other in beige. They didn't have beige in stock so they despatched TWO IDENTICAL pairs of black trousers. This was just the first in a list of errors by this company which lead to me telling them to cancel my account and stop sending emails.

TBagpuss

The weirdest substitution I had was when I had ordered cat bsicuits, and they substituted fish food! Which I do not think my cat would have found acceptable!

I also once ordered 2 babanas and they showed up with 2 Kilos of bananas. Which is a lot of bananas. (the delivery guy and I both checked - my order and the printed list both did say 2 bananas, it wasn't an ordering error)

Jakg

I ordered 24 second class stamps to send out invitations to my wedding.

I received 12 first class stamps instead.

Still, the wedding would've been cheaper though... :rotfl: