I asked DH to pick up "x" from the supermarket and he bought "y". What bizarre swaps or substitutes have you had?

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Asked DH to pick up short sleeved school blouses. He claimed there were none and came home with several reduced Easter eggs instead!

What strange or inappropriate things have you had substituted?

Sainsburys substituted window cleaner for shower cleaner - removes 100% lime scale and scum - great, perfect for my limescaley windows.

Oh, not so good then ha ha

I asked DP to get some bay leaves from Tesco.

He came home with a bottle of Bailey's.

I was quite happy about the mix up

I once went to buy a meal deal for work the next day
came back with a coat,two pairs of shoes,3 sweaters,a bag of fruit gums and a coffee table
had to send the kids back to the shop for the meal deal

Ordered rice wine. Sainsburys substituted a head of broccoli

This is a recent supermarket one. Covid isolation and my DP was away. I ordered fresh ginger and lemons to make a hot toddy. Got garlic (?) and limes. Cried when I saw the email.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=11fCIGcCa9c

DH and I both do "Even better than that"

Love that!

Tesco home delivery
Ordered ear wax softener drops
Replaced with
Dry eye drops

I asked for leeks. He bought bok Choi.

Yeah, I have no idea what he was thinking either. 🙄🙄

@2bazookas Love this one - reminds me of when my DH got flummoxed in Pictionary (word: tulip) and drew a daisy because he knew a tulip was a flower and that’s what flowers look like 😂

Love this!!

Sent adult ds for some Bbq coals. Brought back a bag of coal adamant it was the same..

I liked the one where they had ordered condoms but there were none so they sub'd with a pregnancy test

Oooh we once went to b&q for some paint and came home with a hot tub!

We went to Asda yesterday to pick up a George click & collect order. We ended up with half a trolley full of food and just now I've realised we didn't pick up the George order 😐

My Dad once made a carrot cake with cream cheese type icing. The recipe said soft cheese and instead of buying a philadelphia type cheese my Dad bought a French style soft cheese from Lidl (He only really ate cheddar type cheese so he thought he had bought the right thing). He still persevered trying to blend it with orange zest which obviously didn't work even when he resorted to whizzing it through the food processor. The result was a sort of shredded camembert topping which was quite "interesting"!!!

Can't see the connection between broccoli, cauliflower and great sex, but please enlighten me!

Nowt like being spanked across a bare buttock with a broccoli spear...
So I hear anyway...

In our case we went to buy a bed and came home with a television.

I've ordered dog food (big dog. Big big bag of dog food) and had a regular sized bag of cat food come as a substitution.

I didn't even notice until after he had left.

I asked my partner to get garlic. The supermarket had run out so he bought me a coconut 😂

But did he go back to get what you actually wanted? 🌹

I can explain this one as used to work as a shopper. When I worked for sainsburys (might have changed) you picked for up to eight people at once and didn't know which "order/box" each item was going into till after you'd scanned it.
If I was to pick you salmon but there was none left it would prompt me to sub it for something like tuna. Once I'd done the sub and put it in your box (say number eight) I would move onto the next item. If that was the tuna bit I'd used the last pack for your previous sub I'd have to say there was none available.
Once you've scanned the item into the box you can't go back and change it so you have to just carry on and know the customer will think you've lost the plot.
We we're always told to pick a substitute even if it seemed daft as they must be hoping the customer just keeps the subs rather than waiting for a refund.

Sent DH out Christmas eve for bay leaves. He came.back with Baileys! Lovley but no good for stuffing...