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Disappearing chocolates

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Rufus27 · 14/10/2018 20:23

About a month ago we bought about ten tins of chocolates while they were on offer in one of the major supermarkets. Intended to put them aside to give to nursery staff, bin men etc. at Christmas.

I happened to go into the cupboard where they are stored yesterday and noticed that the seal on one of the tins of Roses was broken. I then opened the tin to discover only a handful of chocolates were left . As the DC are too young to open them (or even know what they are) I assumed it was DP who'd got a bit peckish. However, when I mentioned it to him he hadnt even realised the chocolates were there!

We're now having a debate as DP wants to return the chocs and complain/ask for a refund, but I dont think we stand a chance, especially as we have no receipt. Surely we wouldnt be believed?
If we dont do that, then he intends to eat the remainder. My worry if he does this is that we dont know where they've been and they could easily have been contaminated - I'd much rather they were binned.

Just wondered what you'd do (if anything) and also whether anyone has a feasible explanation for why they were opened and nearly empty? I know it's all very trivial, but I'm intrigued! I genuinely dont think DP has eaten them.

(Before anyone asks, I picked up three or four tins at a time so didnt notice the weight of the near empty one).

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Longdistance · 14/10/2018 20:26

Does a relative have a key to your house?

AlpacaLypse · 14/10/2018 20:28

Um, sorry I think it's DP. And you don't say how old your children are, but I can tell you that remarkably small children can and do manage amazing feats of both strength and lying about it to guzzle chocolate.

fiftyandfat · 14/10/2018 20:28

I wouldn't eat anything that might have been tampered with tbh.
I agree that you probably can't do anything about it though.

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TeenTimesTwo · 14/10/2018 20:48

I think it was you, and you are in denial.

Like Zaphod(?) cauterizing his brain so he wouldn't remember why he had to steal that spaceship with the improbability drive (Heart of Gold?)

Rufus27 · 14/10/2018 20:50

Both DC under 26 months and the cupboard is hard to reach. Even if they'd tried to open the tin, they'd never have managed to a) hide the wrappers or b) hide the mess on their faces!

Obvious answer is DP but he's genuinely confused with it all and even checked his wallet for the receipt. He's the sort who'd have openly undone a tin and scoffed the lot in front of me

Personally I reckon someone in the warehouse got a bit peckish and somehow they made it onto the shop floor. Still not going to risk eating them!

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Rufus27 · 14/10/2018 20:52

TeenTimesTwo

I'd have chosen something nicer than Roses! Grin

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DBN1 · 14/10/2018 20:54

Deffo your partner Grin

ellenpartridge · 14/10/2018 20:57

It was clearly your dp. Checking his wallet for the receipt etc is protesting too much and putting on a show. He definitely did it!

Karachii · 14/10/2018 21:00

It's your DP! He probably didn't realise how many he'd eaten (or that you'd notice) so he panic lied when you said something.

ARandomPoster · 14/10/2018 21:03

Now I want chhocolat.

Our local supermarket own brand were £3.50 a tin this week and I resisted. Now I wish I hadn't Sad

IdahoCrow · 14/10/2018 21:25

You'd have noticed a near-empty tub when you scanned it or put it on the conveyor, or the check out person would.

SymphonyofShadows · 14/10/2018 21:27

Yep, it's your DP. You would have noticed the weight difference as soon as you picked it up.

Rufus27 · 14/10/2018 21:50

IdahoCrow that was my first thought. I think the cashier only scanned one and I loaded the rest into the trolley one on top of the other if that makes sense.
Convinced it’s not DP as there’d have been a trail of wrappers and he’d have probably polished off the lot. He’d never have left the caramels!

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SpoonBlender · 14/10/2018 22:04

DP asked me where the Snickers ice cream was yesterday. "It's in mah belly" I had to say. Whoops. The whole pot.

DeathyMcDeathStarFace · 14/10/2018 22:25

Either of you sleep walk? Could have eaten them in your sleep, it does happen.

sproutsandparsnips · 14/10/2018 22:58

Is it a random selection left? Or just the ones no one likes, such as those awful strawberry creams!

HelenaDove · 15/10/2018 01:11

In the 80s when i was a kid i developed a knack of opening the Roses jar (they also came in glass jars back then) WITHOUT breaking the seal i just used to twist and twist it both clockwise and anti clockwise until i could prize the lid off . Me and DB used to sneak the hazlenut in caramel (remember when that choc was a fair size half moon not the tiny square it is now) and the golden barrel.

My dad "opened" the jar one Christmas Day and moaned at Cadburys for not putting enough hazlenut in caramels in there. Grin

Rufus27 · 15/10/2018 13:31

Sprouts Weirdly, the nicer ones were left!

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KingPenguin · 15/10/2018 14:09

It might be a tin belonging to the staff (where I work, our boss buys us a tin of chocolates or a box of biscuits every time we do a very late night for something Christmas related and we eat them on the shop floor) that's got mixed up with the rest of the stock.

Stormwhale · 15/10/2018 14:13

Sprouts - What?! The strawberry ones are the best ones!!

sproutsandparsnips · 15/10/2018 14:38

TBH (and I realise it'll be an unpopular opinion) I don't actually really like Roses, and am not that keen on Quality Street but if I'm forced to choose it would be the toffee pennies, hazelnut in caramel, and noisette triangle.....

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