LONDON -- Supermarket substitutions happen. It's just one of those things. You order six free-range eggs and you get six organic free-range eggs. Usually it's no big deal.
Sometimes, though, the dispatchers get it spectacularly wrong.
Suzanne Bradish ordered a bunch of spring flowers from Sainsbury's to brighten up her home, and was sent 100g of spring onions instead, according to a delivery note she tweeted Monday.
Thanks for the flowers substitution @sainsburys ! pic.twitter.com/6rhZqDmTtU— Suzanne Bradish (@SuzanneBradish) February 29, 2016
Sadly, Bradish's boyfriend wasn't aware she'd ordered flowers so happily took the delivery without returning the onions.
@andy_odonnell Argh. That's a pain. My bf didn't know I'd ordered flowers so accepted the sub!— Suzanne Bradish (@SuzanneBradish) February 29, 2016
Others on Twitter were quick to sympathise with her, adding their own tales of confusion.
@SuzanneBradish @WingsScotland @sainsburys When 8mths pregnant ordered a parenting magazine that was substituted with a pregnancy test kit.— Janice (@B1970Janice) February 29, 2016
@SuzanneBradish @sainsburys haha.. Reminds me of the time I ordered squeezy lemon (Jif) for a pancake day date and got cif Lemon cleaner!— Cantankerous Old Git (@OldCantankerous) March 1, 2016
@SuzanneBradish @sainsburys Pal once ordered Mail on Sunday from Tesco, got a melon as substitute.— Clair Woodward (@Clairywoowoo) March 1, 2016
@SuzanneBradish @ben_cameron @sainsburys ha! Had lemon Flash delivered instead of lemons once!— MonroW (@jmcefalas) March 1, 2016
@SuzanneBradish @tony4625 @sainsburys At Christmas, Tesco substituted my order of Brie with Dairylea. — Heather (@Hrawli) March 1, 2016
@SuzanneBradish I once got children's nappies instead of dog toilet pads! #d'oh @sainsburys— Sparky (@sparkyscrum) March 1, 2016
@SuzanneBradish @TechnicallyRon @sainsburys I once had Tesco substitute a red onion for a plum.— Faye (Fin6y) (@anotherday_down) March 1, 2016
One person, meanwhile, was incredibly sanguine about the whole thing.
@SuzanneBradish @helenarney @sainsburys when life gives you onions it's still not a bad centrepiece.— Kevin Hutson (@therealHutson) March 1, 2016
Not ones to miss a social media moment, Sainsbury's eventually sent her some real flowers.
Aww. You shouldn't have @sainsburys ! pic.twitter.com/UJtCGlVOMu— Suzanne Bradish (@SuzanneBradish) March 2, 2016