I ordered a red rose and a Valentine card from ASDA. They were in stock when I ordered last night. Now they are out of stock. I am in trouble. Could they not at least have substituted the card for another?
I ordered parsnips – they are sending diced carrot/swede. You can’t roast them quite the same and swede is a very different thing to parsnips.
I ordered Lemon Cheesecake, they are sending ES Pudding. I don’t even know what that is.
I ordered Stilton, they are sending St Agur. One is made within 30 miles of here, the other is made in France. One is the King of Cheeses, the other is French. I think you get my drift.
I ordered bake at home baguettes, they are sending sandwich thins. In other terms that is like ordering a shark and getting a goldfish. same family but completely different. I still haven’t forgiven them for sending gluten free baguettes last time. That’s like ordering bread and getting cotton wool. Exactly like ordering bread and getting cotton wool.
I ordered ASDA Indian tonic Water. They are sending ASDA Soda Water. They could send somebody else’s tonic water but that would cost them money. So they send me something I don’t want. I would rather pay extra for something I want, rather than be foisted off with something I don’t.
I ordered Jam Doughnuts. They are sending Custard Doughnuts. Custard? Are they mad. Apart from the fact they look like a bursting boil, does anyone over the age of six actually eat them?
The only acceptable substitution is the pasties and I’m not convinced about that.
I would love a return to those carefree pre-Covid days when all you needed to do to get a week’s shopping was to walk round a shop with a trolley, brushing up against fellow shoppers and greeting neighbours as you walked down the aisles.
I decided to use the photo with the sunset that looks like the end of the world. If you can’t get Stilton Cheese it might as well be the apocalypse.
Enjoyed that! Maybe you should try Waitrose; or Fortnum & Mason?
Fortnums would be good. I can imagine the neighbours faces if a Fortnum & Mason van drew up. I could try Sainsbury’s…
That was quite a rant. I do hope you have settled down by now. ( I can be smug because I am still able to go pick my own groceries.)
Rant? I dialled it back considerably, because this is the new, cheerful me. Turns out the unknown pudding was Sticky Toffee Pudding, so was acceptable after all. 🙂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 this is a good day if this is the worst of your problems.
Besides it gave us a laugh or me anyway 💖
🙂 Me too, in the end…
Yes, for sure!!! 🤗💖
You make me feel happier about ringing up my corner shop rather than using a supermarket. We can discuss substitutes in real time. And he got me goats’ milk when I asked.
Yes, you are a lucky man.
Sorry…laughing at your sorrows and lack of Stilton…
Pah!
The French may have many culinary delights but none of them tops a nice creamy stilton. They only think they are civilised. Saint agrrrrr!
🙂
Do they have a “no substitutes” option on the order forms?
Yes, but that has it’s own perils, like getting no bread or milk.
First world problems…
That was my original ending, but then I thought I’d go for the big cheese finale. 🙂
It is true that I’m ranting about Stilton while some people don’t even have roads.
Lots of disappointments, that’s for sure.