What’s the worst shopping substitution you’ve had? 18 unexpected items in the bagging area
10.
Ordered bayonet light-bulbs, substituted for screw-in light-bulbs
Yep, I’ll just change all of my light fittings shall I?
— Paul Hutchings (@paulbhutchings) December 22, 2018
11.
Bounty chocolate replaced with Bounty kitchen roll, didn't taste so good……
— Sharon COYI (@SharonEdwards1) December 24, 2018
12.
My in-laws recently ordered a big gammon (roll of meat not a Brexiter) and the delivery person showed up on their door with £51 worth of bags of sliced honey ham.
— Il Papa Chris “Now Ordained” Formaggia (@ChrisFormaggia) December 22, 2018
13.
Fish food, replaced by dog food. Wrong species, fool!
— Beaker ❄️ (@neilbeakerq) December 22, 2018
14.
I had bananas fir potatoes! Mmm nice roast bananas wiv yer turkey eh
— Jane Coomber (@JaneCoomber1) December 23, 2018
15.
It's almost as good as the time they substituted the cucumber I ordered with a flan case! I mean, who, on finding a lack of cucumber, instantly thinks, that's OK, I'll make a flan?
— All Of Us (@tycoeden) December 23, 2018
16.
I ordered kiwi fruit and got this … pic.twitter.com/cmGOM2zGxU
— Lady Crank of Crankston#GTTO (@glynbmil) December 24, 2018
17.
My mum ordered tampons and they substituted with a pot noodle 🙄
— Stacey (@staceeytaylor) December 22, 2018
18.
I once ordered battered onion rings and received a packet of hula hoops. I'm sure noone would have noticed… https://t.co/071F0Qaar1
— Deborah Crelly (@Debswakefield) December 24, 2018
Someone had an insight from the other side.
We were chatting with someone who had been a picker. Someone had ordered condoms, there was none in stock so they sent a pregnancy test kit
— Lorraine S (@Peak_Childcare) December 22, 2018
As bad as these swaps were, it seems they were preferable to not getting a substitution.
One year they turned up on Christmas Eve saying nonchalantly there weren’t any turkeys or potatoes. No substitutions or apologies, or apparent awareness that these are fairly important for a Christmas dinner.
— Helen Barnard (@Helen_Barnard) December 22, 2018
If ever there was a strong argument for not ordering online.
