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wokbun · 2023-11-17T11:31:43+00:00

So Cadbury do this thing where you can send chocolate anonymously to someone. AIBU to think this is not something to be encouraged? I'd be disturbed receiving unexpected chocolate to my home address.

Precipice · 18/11/2023 01:47

WandaWonder · 18/11/2023 01:39

Do you not open your fridge incase the little man that switches the fridge light on and off jumps out and scares you?

What an unnecessarily unpleasant and belittling comment towards women who are saying they'd be creeped out by an anonymous 'gift'.

VitoCorleoneOfMNMafia · 18/11/2023 02:01

WandaWonder · 18/11/2023 01:39

Do you not open your fridge incase the little man that switches the fridge light on and off jumps out and scares you?

I do not believe in fairy tales. I acknowledge and fear the reality of male violence.

Your comment tells me that you lack any shred of empathy.

Copperoliverbear · 18/11/2023 06:12

I think you are over thinking it, you'd know that it was from Cadbury's and you know about the advert and you'd know that they must have your address.
I don't see the problem

Growingupinthe80s · 18/11/2023 06:18

It is not good for anyone with a dog that may get hold of it.

Whiteday · 18/11/2023 06:23

But anyone could send chocolate anonymously anyway!

Great marketing ploy by cadburys

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wokbun · 18/11/2023 07:13

myotherkidisacassowary · 17/11/2023 21:42

I think I must have lived a very unexciting life because it wouldn’t occur to me that this could be sinister 🤣

Trust me. It's not exciting to have a stalker

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wokbun · 18/11/2023 07:14

Pinkpinkpink15 · 17/11/2023 23:26

but anyone can send anything anonymously any time they want?!?!

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I know! I just don't think Cadbury should be advertising it as a jolly laugh

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wokbun · 18/11/2023 07:17

haXXor · 17/11/2023 23:35

There's apparently a box to tick that says "to the best of my knowledge, no dogs live at this address". Of course, that ticky box will do nothing to stop wrongdoers. I could order a monster bar of Bournville for every house on the street that has a dog, tick that box anyway, and pay for it with a pre-paid anonymous debit card (e.g. https://instacard.uk/) over a VPN. No fingerprints on the packaging, no DNA evidence, no CCTV at the Post Office showing me post the parcels, and the perpetual barking is stopped permanently. It's a good thing that I loathe animal cruelty.

Before you ask who would be warped enough to even think of something like that, my employer pays me to think like this.

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Exactly! Sure the vast majority of people aren't going to misuse it.

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wokbun · 18/11/2023 07:20

WandaWonder · 18/11/2023 01:39

Do you not open your fridge incase the little man that switches the fridge light on and off jumps out and scares you?

Of course I fucking open my fridge. What's that got to do with this. There are clearly others who feel the same as me, and yes you might disagree. But others are uncomfortable with the idea of Cadburys advertising a service to mail things to other people anonymously.

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Pinkpinkpink15 · 18/11/2023 07:22

WandaWonder · 18/11/2023 01:39

Do you not open your fridge incase the little man that switches the fridge light on and off jumps out and scares you?

And that people is why you don't keep chocolate in the fridge. He's a thieving little git, buy your celery is safe!!

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wokbun · 18/11/2023 07:22

Copperoliverbear · 18/11/2023 06:12

I think you are over thinking it, you'd know that it was from Cadbury's and you know about the advert and you'd know that they must have your address.
I don't see the problem

The problem is what if its the creepy guy from the office who has been acting oddly and following me around and now has a way to send something anonymously to my house that is advertised as a bit of fun so anyone I'd tell about it will react as others here have done and go "but it's only chocolate- it's fun"

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wokbun · 18/11/2023 07:23

Whiteday · 18/11/2023 06:23

But anyone could send chocolate anonymously anyway!

Great marketing ploy by cadburys

They could! I don't think Cadbury should be encouraging it though.

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Starsalign · 18/11/2023 07:25

wokbun · 18/11/2023 07:22

The problem is what if its the creepy guy from the office who has been acting oddly and following me around and now has a way to send something anonymously to my house that is advertised as a bit of fun so anyone I'd tell about it will react as others here have done and go "but it's only chocolate- it's fun"

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But he could send anything anonymously to your house either by posting it himself or from pretty much any website- most don't come with the paper receipts enclosed anymore it's all online so you'd never know. I don't think people are disputing that someone anonymously sending gifts can be disconcerting and creepy, but that a scheme in which lots of people will happily use and get enjoyment out of isn't inherently wrong because some people might misuse it.

Pinkpinkpink15 · 18/11/2023 07:29

wokbun · 18/11/2023 07:22

The problem is what if its the creepy guy from the office who has been acting oddly and following me around and now has a way to send something anonymously to my house that is advertised as a bit of fun so anyone I'd tell about it will react as others here have done and go "but it's only chocolate- it's fun"

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It's not like he couldn't do this anyway if he wanted to with chocolate/flowers/wine/a card/ a car...anything.

florists advertise
a million & 1 companies advertise 'delivery'

for YEARS you've been able to organise people to turn up at someone's house to sing, dance, strip...a ton of things.

if I didn't recognise your name I'd assume you worked for Cadbury!

clpsmum · 18/11/2023 07:31

erikbloodaxe · 17/11/2023 11:34

Would you freak out if someome knocked your door too.

🤣🤣🤣

Shouldgetupearlier · 18/11/2023 07:35

Letsnotargue · 17/11/2023 11:59

Just please make sure the recipient doesn’t have a dog! Even well wrapped, if I was out and a bar of chocolate landed on my doormat it would not last very long at all.

This!

ChocolateCakeOverspill · 18/11/2023 07:44

I don’t like any gift sent through the post unexpectedly. My ex used to send presents after he’d beaten me up, sometimes to work, sometimes to home. He would also break into my flat when we’d broken up and leave things. It was very unnerving and made me doubt my sanity. Years later although logically I can rationalise stuff I would feel very uneasy with something anonymous being sent.

Missingmyusername · 18/11/2023 07:47

I kind of get your get drift. Obviously what Cadbury send will be in bloody obvious Cadbury packaging. But people could lace a bar and send it out or post masquerading as free Cadbury choc and someone will fall for it.

Humans just aren’t very nice are they.

FoxClocks · 18/11/2023 08:02

I'm with you OP I'd be delighted if someone I knew sent me chocolates, but if a random bar turned up in the post I wouldn't feel comfortable with that and would wonder if it had been tampered with in some way.

PaperDoIIs · 18/11/2023 08:40

I get your point OP . It's not just the scenarios you posted , which are terrifying enough. But it could put at risk anyone in a volatile/toxic/abusive relationship to receive a random chocolate bar anonymously. No amount of explaining and showing it's a Cadbury thing would work.

Your main point is very valid, yes these things can and do happen anyways, but Cadbury's shouldn't be encouraging it and promoting it.

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wokbun · 18/11/2023 08:46

Pinkpinkpink15 · 18/11/2023 07:29

It's not like he couldn't do this anyway if he wanted to with chocolate/flowers/wine/a card/ a car...anything.

florists advertise
a million & 1 companies advertise 'delivery'

for YEARS you've been able to organise people to turn up at someone's house to sing, dance, strip...a ton of things.

if I didn't recognise your name I'd assume you worked for Cadbury!

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I don't think you should be able to do those things anonymously and I don't think Cadbury should be singing and dancing about it and saying how amazing it is. I don't work for them - I think its a shit idea.

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wokbun · 18/11/2023 08:47

PaperDoIIs · 18/11/2023 08:40

I get your point OP . It's not just the scenarios you posted , which are terrifying enough. But it could put at risk anyone in a volatile/toxic/abusive relationship to receive a random chocolate bar anonymously. No amount of explaining and showing it's a Cadbury thing would work.

Your main point is very valid, yes these things can and do happen anyways, but Cadbury's shouldn't be encouraging it and promoting it.

Thank you. Yes that is my point.

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They are the first as far as I know to have an advertising campaign promoting it

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VisionsOfSplendour · 18/11/2023 12:05

Unex · 17/11/2023 20:04

YANBU
I'm normally pretty chilled, but I straight away didn't like the campaign AT ALL

It put me in mind of a stalker, who wanted to unsettle you. You'd have no proof it was him, but you'd know

There's recently been a women killed by her stalker near me, and it reminded me of that tbh

That's obviously horrific but this campaign won't have any effect on the number of stalkers unless you think they dont already know about the postal service