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Somebody asked about the ‘most absurd’ supermarket delivery substitutions – 23 packers who just could not be arsed

13.

‘You ordered a 3.5kg Turkey, we sent you 7x 500g Turkey Twizzlers.’
ThomasGullen

14.

‘I work as a driver, once had a pregnancy test substituted to condoms. When the customer was told about the sub the response was “I think it’s a bit fucking late for those”.’
ppppanda

15.

‘COVID also…. Ordered antibacterial wipes, got a bottle of wine… Took it as a sign, less cleaning, more drinking.’
Superb-Pudding-6532

16.

‘Many years ago, I ordered two bags of lemons. Asda sent me two bottles of ‘lemon’ washing up liquid instead. Yummy!’
BeagleMadness

17.

‘During Covid I had a pork pie sent as a substitute for razor blades.’
Altruistic_Dot_637

18.

‘No bayonet light bulbs, have some screw ones instead! Same wattage, carefully chosen.’
appocomaster

19.

‘A friend of a friend ordered Woodland Eggs – got a small wooden owl. Cute but not much use if you want to make a cake.’
Lumpyproletarian

20.

‘I ordered a box of those praline seashell chocolates and got…a bath mat? I am still baffled at the insane mysterious logic involved in that one.’
mannymo49

21.

‘Ordered Smarties as I was making my own caterpillar cake, they got substituted for Smints. Not quite what I needed.’
citronl

22.

‘I once ordered a 500g bag of onions, they substituted with TWO 1KG bags. They could have sent one KG bag and doubled the amount of onions I needed, they went and quadrupled it. It was a problematic amount of onions.’
Fiigwort

23.

‘I ordered potatoes and was substituted with a 3 pack of Kinder Surprise.’
Strawberry1701

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