AIBU to have bought ferrero rochers for the builders?

[McColonel]

My wife asked me to get a "treat" for the builders doing our extension as it's Friday. I bought ferrero rochers. Apparently that's not appropriate and i should have bought biscuits or a cake. WTF is she on about??

HAHAHA! I would've laughed my head off if DH bought Ferrero Rochers for the builders. He wouldn't see anything wrong with it either!

Perhaps not the most appropriate treat. I agree with your wife that a cake or biscuits may be more of standard fare.

Did they eat them?

I'm sure they will love a bit of choc... They are 'seen' as a somewhat romantic gift though, a naff one! Don't worry about it. Sure they won't give it a second thought.

They are not naff... I love them!

YABVU

Ferrero Rocher are lady chocolates. You should have bought them some Yorkies, proper mans chocolate, or perhaps Snickers.

I love this! Did you arrange them in a pyramid?

Brilliant! Thanks for making me properly laugh on what has been a decidedly crap morning so far.

Arf at the pyramid! I bet the builders thought they were doing work at the presidential palace.

yes a pyramid on a plate, and take them out to the builders holding the plate with one hand from beneath, purring about the ambassadors party?

lucky builders, I am sure they loved them.

They will be expecting their tea in bone china cups now OP.

Love it. Hey, Chocolate is always good

And my Hubs stealthy stealing of my Roche chocs proves they are a hit

I usually make them bacon sarnies and a cuppa.

Oh, very funny, that's made my day. ha ha ha ha.

"Ah Mr McColonel, you are spoiling us"

Depends if you are an ambassador

That's fantastic, McColonel. With those chocolates you will really be spoiling them.

(Sorry, it had to be done.)

I think you did a nice thing, and the builders will be happy. (And I don't think they are seen as a romantic choc, just a mid-priced choc suitable for group consumption. My DS - who perhaps is as carefree about weird social norms as you - chose them as the treat he took in for his mates at school when it was his birthday. I was only surprised the school let them in, as nuts.)

That's so funny. Let us know what the builders thought of it.

When I asked my dh to do the same, he came back with a selection of mini Danish pastries. The builders loved them.

I bought chocolate biscuits (their favourites were Penguins) all the time for my builders a few years ago. If I'd seen Ferrero Rochers on sale,. IO'd have bought those too!

I think I really wanted them to move in & just look after me & DS. THey were lovely people, my builders, and did a total renovation around us, at a fairly stressful time for my DS. I think he enjoyed trying to 'help' them as a break from studies (university resits) and they were very tolerant.

Good idea abput the pyramid, but no, just left them by the kettle.

They haven't had any yet. I've had 3 of them. ..

ywbvvvu

building is hard work they need bacon sarnies tea on tap and entire packets of biscuits.

I think I'd have bought a bag of doughnuts. Or Celebrations. But not nut-encrusted gold balls. Too much.

YABVU. Save the Ferrero Rocher for next time you have the ambassadors in .

You should probably tell them that the romantic chocs are for them, they are probably politely assuming that they're not theirs to scoff.

Makes me want to be a builder

I love them!!!!!!! Can i be your builder...

Oh please please arrange in a pyramid as others have suggested