to be consumed by guilt over delivery man?

[riskit4abiskit]

We had a supermarket delivery. We were given a bottle of vodka. We didnt order it. My dh said ' ssh dont mention it.'

Now I am worried delivery man will get in trouble! Hes so friendly.

if dh wasnt there I would have given it back because we didn't pay for it. I feel bad now.

[ICanSeeTheSeaFromHere]

I saw your two posts together and the times.., I missed that they were a day apart!

[riskit4abiskit]

They collected the next evening about dinner time.

[ICanSeeTheSeaFromHere]

What time did they collect it? I would have called and told them it was a mistake but I would not have appreciated the doorbell going after 9.30pm to collect it!

[MomsStiffler]

I'd look at it as a gift from Mr Tesco for all the money we've spent there over the years & raise a glass to him.

It'd cheer me up nearly as much as when a shop with one of those "please check you have the correct change as mistakes won't be rectified" gives you an extra fiver!!

[Cockadoodledooo]

If you wouldn't brazenly walk out of a shop with it without paying, then you should at least call and ask them to collect.

[kungfupannda]

I once got an entire duplicate shopping order. I was the last one on the round, and the driver was told to give me the whole lot and if I wouldn't accept it, he'd have to take it all the way back.

We had a very full fridge and had to distribute fresh stuff around the family to get it used up.

[Idocrazythings]

Maybe you're part of a secret study in honesty and they'll come back with a brand new car for you for being so honest!! One can only hope

[daisychain01]

Oh well have a drink on MN for doing the right thing . Good Karma will be yours x

[PorkPieandPickle]

Booooooooooo :(

[riskit4abiskit]

Buggers collected it

[riskit4abiskit]

:) daisy

I would not have hesitated to report if money had been involved. Thanks to all for your help

[whois]

If you ring and say you got a bottle of vodka you didn't order then you will most likely be allowed to keep it - and the picker and driver won't get in trouble for an honest mistake.

Much better to ring and say rather than let someone get in trouble.

I got a pack of brussel sprouts I hadn't ordered last time, and was missing an endive. Not a good swap!

[daisychain01]

toffee a bunch of strangers? How very dare you! We are riskits close friends and have coffee together every week

group hug

[daisychain01]

Always best to own up, in case the driver or packer ends up paying out of their own wages. How would anyone find out? You'd never know if they did or didnt but is it worth risking that possibility? Only you can answer that, depending on how you see things.

DH and I had a dilemma last week, DH took £500 out of his BS account and discovered they had not updated his passbook. Next day he rang the branch and they are looking into the matter, probably will update the passbook on DHs next visit. The thought of that poor girl being £500 down when she cashed up was too much to bear

[riskit4abiskit]

Wish it had been chocolate instead! Noone has phoned back and its been 4 hours now.

toffee, I was torn between doing the right thing and the easy thing. Everyone's advice persuaded me to do the right thing and avoid feeling guilty all night.

[MaccaPaccaismyNemesis]

You should have given him an egg

[ImperialBlether]

You could have said you'd opened it before realising that it wasn't yours. They wouldn't want it back, not with lipstick around the open top!

[giraffesCantMakeResolutions]

I would like some free chocolate

[PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline]

I'd worry about it too. DH would have drunk it already.

You did the right thing, I doubt they'll ask for it back.

[HoneyDragon]

ashtrayheart I think its a compensation thing. For every 37 times you get a random substitution like a tub of Brussels pate as an alternative for a bottle of shampoo , they send you something good.

[ToffeeOwnsTheSausage]

So you are worried about delivery man getting into trouble but wanted a load of strangers to tell you it was fine and to keep it . Quick turn around there.

I received two items in my Waitrose shop and one missing item. I rang to tell them. They said if the driver didn't[t come back for them by the end of the day I could keep them. I ended up taking them back to the shop as I hadn't paid for them, wouldn't use them and it was wasteful to bin them.

[IneedAsockamnesty]

Fwiw I once had a bike delivered it was faulty so they collected it and sent another that was faulty so they sent another and a spare part it needed but did not collect the second bike.

I told them to collect it 3 times they did not the 4th time they told me to keep it as a good will thing

[FudgefaceMcZ]

Phone up, they'll tell you to keep it probably. I've had a packet of bacon, some icecream and a pack of 1st class stamps off wrong deliveries- when you phone they aren't bothered at all!

[ashtrayheart]

I think I might start shopping online again