Gail’s warning

[Teacaketravesty]

My husband bought a tea and a hot cross bun in a Gail’s in central London yesterday, and they refused to toast it.

That’s it, that’s my PSA. Idk if it’s Gail-wide or if he was unlucky. I found some guff on their website about their HCBs being good enough not to toast but no actual confession. DH had no time to argue so just ate it: it was rubbish. I’d have asked for a swap for something that is meant to be eaten cold, but he is less good at sticking up for himself so had to live with the sadness.

Vipers, be warned.

I was obliged to eat an Aldi HCB with lots of butter when I got in from work after reading this

False advertising. You had a cold cross bun, when you requested a hot cross bun.

Is this for fucking real?!

Untoasted is bad, but no butter is madness

You have to be early they sell out quickly 🥲

I never toast my hot cross buns, or bagels, nor do I use butter or marge.

Do you work in Gail’s morning goods policy unit?

Eat it dry and untoasted and pretend you're in Gail's.

Do you also eat kit kats without breaking them into sticks?

People eat hot cross buns untoasted and without butter? What has become of the world.

So it was acturally a Cold Crossed Bun, if it was advertised as anything else that is just wrong.

Complain get some free buns!

I would have cried... a dry cold crossed bun.... these are bad times.

There are warnings of Gail's in Cromarty, Tyne, Dogger, Fisher and German Bight.

Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor.

This happened to me yesterday! I was told that if they have recently come out of the oven, they don't toast them.

Which does seem to imply they only toast them if they're worried they've gone stale. Very odd.

I did get butter, but it was so cold I couldn't spread it on the cold bun. It was a sad experience.

Good for you....

Another reason to never use Gail's.

My first, and last, visit had me queuing for 13 minutes to be served.

I had two customers in front of me. One ordered 2 coffees. The other ordered a coffee and a croissant.

Your story does not surprise me @Teacaketravesty

I thought this was a misspelt thread title about weather!

I have never heard of an untoasted HCB!
I bloody love a good toasted bun with ladhings of butter.

I know. The not toasting is bad enough but THIS???

How do we feel about a hot cross bun with a bit of cheddar on it?
A colleague suggested it. At first I told them to shit off. But then I tried it and had a come to Jesus revelation.

I toasted an M and S hot cross bun the other day, buttered it and then added some Aldi blackcurrant curd. It was heavenl. Now I am thinking about it and want one but have none in.

I stood in Gails a couple of months ago and watched as the man in front of me bought a sandwich (£11 for a couple of pieces of bread with a single filling) to eat in and asked the lady serving him if she could please cut it in half. She refused. She said company policy meant she was not allowed to cut anything in half. The man turned to me with a look of utter bewilderment. I actually snorted with laughter.

@NadjaofAntipaxos I used to think cheese in a HCB was the work of the devil himself. Then I tried it. Haven't looked back since.

Waitrose keep tricking me by putting lots of HCB in the reduced trolley....but on closer inspection they are always nasty flavours or wholemeal ones

They really aren’t.

Never heard of Gail’s, must be a southern thing. It would never happen in Booths.

No butter?

NO BUTTER???????

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