Man accidentally orders single Brussels sprout instead of one bag
'Just need to decide which family member deserves a sprout for Christmas, decisions decisions!'
People are sharing their online shopping fails on social media after one man revealed he had bought a singular Brussels sprout, instead of a bag of the vegetables.
Tweeting a picture of the solo sprout, which cost him just 3p, presenter James Murden wrote: ‘Please note: when ordering sprouts from Tesco online, quantity one does not mean one bag of sprouts. It means one sprout. Thank you and good night.’
He later added: ‘Just need to decide which family member deserves a sprout for Christmas, decisions decisions!’
His post quickly received more than 42,000 likes from other Twitter users, with many going on to reveal their own online shopping mishaps. One woman shared a picture of six bunches of bananas, stating that she thought she’d ordered six singular ones.
She said: ‘Full credit to the Tesco delivery driver who kept a straight face when asking whether I meant to order that many as I unpacked all 43 of them.’
Another person shared a picture of a pile of the fruit on their table as they revealed they’d intended to order 10 separate bananas, while a woman shared a picture of three bags of carrots, when she had only intended to order three singular ones.
One Twitter user then replied: ‘Likewise when ordering spring onions, quantity four does not mean four spring onions’, with a picture of her order.
A spokesperson for Tesco saw James’ tweets about the Brussels sprout and apologised. They continued: ‘Unfortunately, the way our system works, each individual loose item counts towards one item on the order.
‘We’ve raised this with the IT team in the past and hope it’ll be resolved in the near future. I apologise for the inconvenience caused.’
However James later shared a second photo of himself holding sprouts on a stalk, stating that he’d since got his hands on a ‘whole family’ of the vegetable.
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