Online supermarket ordering mishaps (mine)

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No, not another thread about the iniquities of supermarkets! We now have 16 large cans of tomatoes because I keep wanting to order small cans but press the wrong button. Also, there are just 2 of us but I now have the most humongous butter carton because, you’ve guessed it, I pressed the wrong button.

The worst, however, was DH ordering 4 bunches of bananas rather than 4 bananas! We ate a lot of banana bread that week!

I once filled my trolley with alcohol to book the slot, meaning to adjust it closer to the time. Yes I forgot and had zero food that week 🙈

Talking of bananas - I thought I’d ordered 6 but had actually ordered 6 kilos!!! The running team had them for sustenance 🤣
The worst thing was that 2 years later I did the same thing 🤣🤣🤣

Had similar Dementedswan, but it was early during the first lockdown. I bunged a bottle of rose champagne in the basket as a placeholder then could not get back in to vary my order when the whole world descended on online grocery shopping.

Cons: I would never normally spend that much on booze for myself.

Pros: I drank it for my birthday (over a couple oƒ days) - twas excellent

Oh I have had a few corkers

Booked myself a slot for the following weekend , put kippers , bread , butter and cider in the basket with the intention of adding to it later.
I did add to it later in the week but for god know what reason I didnt 'check out' so on delivery day all I got was kippers bread butter and cider , I had a nice supper that day but had to go shopping the following day
I managed to order a 10 kg of rice instead of 1 kg , I had to buy a huge box to put it in and the only place to store it is in my spare bedroom .

I somehow ordered a massive bag of fresh ginger. Only wanted one bit! I can't remember what happened but it was something to do with it being ordered by weight.

20 tubes of age 3-5 toothpaste. Currently in a race between the toothpaste and the 5yo turning 6.

(I would totally keep using it but he is wise to the packaging.)

@Dementedswan

I once filled my trolley with alcohol to book the slot, meaning to adjust it closer to the time. Yes I forgot and had zero food that week 🙈

Yes I've done this. Just recently our weekly food shop consisted of two bottles of pinot noir and a cbeebies magazine because I forgot to bloody confirm the changes the night before.

Not a mishap but daft substitutions:

Wanted stem ginger to make a curry and was given ginger nut biscuits
Wanted nectarines was given avocados
Wanted a disposable BBQ was given a turkey foil roasting tray

But sometimes it works out

Ordered 2 x 75CL of Absolut Vodka on sale and got 2 X 1L of same still at sale price of smaller bottle.

I thought I had ordered 1kg of cherry tomatoes. I was astonished when I unpacked and found a large transparent bag with ONE cherry tomato all lonely in the corner. It cost 6p.

I ordered a "Happy Anniverary" card for my brother, and it was subbed with a "Happy Birthday" card. Luckily I had a Biro handy ...

I used a bottle of champagne as a slot holder for my parents last summer. Then they decided not to do an online shop that week, I forgot about it and so they were delivered a bottle of Veuve Clicquot (and a pint of milk that I thought they'd need).

My mum doesn't drink and my dad doesn't like champagne. Fortunately Mum thought it was hilarious.

One solitary mushroom instead of 1kg. The next week I did it again!

I was once breezed with the Sainsbury’s man and van with a entire carrier bag full of loose parsnips amongst my normal order

Turned out I’d ordered 5 kgs of them
How the fuck I did that I will never know

Loads and loads of carrots 🥕

My relative is a supermarket delivery driver, he delivered to a lady who wanted a pregnancy yest, but the packers substituted it for some condoms!! I think they all had a laugh out of it!!

@Forgetmenot82

My elderly parents' £150 Ocado delivery turned up one day and then exactly the same food arrived the following day. Have no idea how DM managed to duplicate the shopping list and get a delivery slot the next day but they did!

@aibutohavethisusername

Loads and loads of carrots 🥕

Me too. 6 bags of them instead of 6 loose ones!!

I received phone call from Waitrose saying I had booked 2 deliveries for same day, same time but with different items, I don’t remember how I did it, but delivery driver said I could cancel one, but as there were different items, I kept both. I also ordered 8 bags of bananas instead of individual ones, luckily I took them to my son’s football match and they got eaten. I once ordered a beef roasting joint for £8 but this wasn’t available and they sent a piece price £25 for £8.

I once had Sainsbury’s deliver half my order and half of someone else’s by mistake. The driver insisted I keep it all. When I called to query it they sent the same first half of my order again the next day .

I run a food bank and I’d say we receive people’s surplus bananas (especially), potatoes, etc about fortnightly, when people are trying to order 6 and instead receive 6kg.

I ordered a multi pack of Haribo and was given five! Bargain.
On the downside they substituted my saint and vinegar crisps with cheese and onion blurghhh