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To think this is the most stupid substitute I have been sent to date.

161 replies

Bunraku · 29/11/2013 12:43

I ordered an electric toothbrush on sale in my tesco delivery. The toothbrush was out of stock and so they have sent me the replacement heads. Hmm

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honeybeeridiculous · 29/11/2013 21:08

I once ordered tampons and got a pack of 6 pencils Hmm what the actual fuck goes through their minds?!!

BikeRunSki · 29/11/2013 21:11

I ordered squeeze honey..... And got "free from" lasagna sheets.??????

HesterShaw · 29/11/2013 21:12

Pencils for tampons Shock

LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 29/11/2013 21:13

I once ordered tampons and got a pack of 6 pencils

Do you have a fanjo that narrow Hmm

onlysettleforbutterflies · 29/11/2013 21:17

I ordered carte noire coffee and got carte noire biscuits instead. Can't make a cuppa with those!

ReluctantCamper · 29/11/2013 21:20

A friend of mine ordered a dozen eggs.....and got a dozen cadbury's creme eggs. Result.

IneedAsockamnesty · 29/11/2013 21:21

A couple of weeks ago I was putting together some Christmas food hampers as gifts for friends and half legs of lamb were on offer so I ordered 5, one for each hamper.

Half legs were out of stock by the time they packed my order so they substituted with whole legs and charged me for the halfs.(I know that's a nice sub)

My most infuriating sub will be the 10 chicken pies when I wanted 10 steak ones, don't get me wrong I'm not adverse to chicken pies but I had already ordered 10 chicken ones in the same order.

honeybeeridiculous · 29/11/2013 21:37

lucius my fanjo is most certainly not that narrow after having a 10lb baby pass through it! DH now says its like throwing a sausage up the highstreet Grin

LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 29/11/2013 21:43

10lb, ouch, my fanjo refused to push 9lb DD through it. What a charmer your DH is, right up there with "Like a worm in the royal albert hall" Grin

PrincessChick · 29/11/2013 21:44

Tears...rolling...down...face Grin!! Oh I'm actually shaking with laughter!

Only controversial sub I've had was a free range whole chicken for an organic chicken. The driver was genuinely Shock and then very Hmm when I politely declined. "Really, you won't take the freerange chicken Mrs Princess?"
"No thank you"
"Really?"
"No. Thank you"
"Wow!" ^^ (extremely high eyebrows)

Ps I would also really like a small wooden owl too Grin Grin Grin! Or chocolate in place of sanitary towels! Or 100 rolls Grin Grin

ALittleBitOfMagic · 29/11/2013 21:45

GrinGrinNot laughed so much at a thread before this is hilarious !!

fuzzpig · 29/11/2013 21:46

:o

I would have a very happy DH if we got a dozen creme eggs Hmm

ALittleBitOfMagic · 29/11/2013 21:46

Hold on ... You can refuse subs ???Shock

honeybeeridiculous · 29/11/2013 21:48

lucius I tell DH if his own sausage was a bit meatier he would maybe feel the sides Grin

fuzzpig · 29/11/2013 21:49

On tesco if you go on your basket there's a column where you can tick 'no substitutions' or add comments

fuzzpig · 29/11/2013 21:50

I've never tried it myself but I think you can even specify what item to substitute it with if it's unavailable

honeybeeridiculous · 29/11/2013 21:50

Blimey fuzzpig bet that stung!

LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 29/11/2013 21:51

Honey, good way of keeping his ego under control Grin

LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 29/11/2013 21:51

Yeah Fuzzy, well dont on that one, makes my fanjo twinge just thinking about it.

fuzzpig · 29/11/2013 21:53

Easier birth than 8lb4oz DD Confused - though I did get treated like a celebrity on the ward when word got around - have to admit the attention got me through those few days of hormone craziness Blush

He's actually quite little now though, age 4 Hmm

fuzzpig · 29/11/2013 21:54

I am too scared to have another BTW so it wasn't all good! :o

Sorry for total hijack

LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 29/11/2013 21:56

I had to have EMCS to get DD out, shes 6 now and up to my bust and long skinny legs, things that she dont get from me

LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 29/11/2013 21:56

I actually feel robbed, i've never had a crappy sub before, how shit, i should shop online more often!!

IsabellaRockerfeller · 29/11/2013 21:59

Ouch at these big babies!

Tesco once substituted my white wine for white wine VINEGAR.

Not what I wanted to drink on Friday night after a shite week at work.

Crocodilehunter · 29/11/2013 22:11

We ordered onions and they sent onion seeds to substitute Grin