Hello Hello Hivians

I trust that you are all enjoying your weekend, or at least relaxing!

This week, Mrs T and I have been hit with a crappy flu which has been the worst that I can remember for years.

Something happened today which had me in hysterics and Mrs T said I had to share on a post.

So this post may well be suitable for #marketfriday or Comedy Open Mic but here it shall stay!

That picture above gives you a sneak preview as to what is coming up!

Do you order your groceries online?

I tend to get my fresh produce in the shops myself and walk home with said groceries. We ditched the car years ago and so just tend to get heavy items delivered to our home from the supermarkets when required.

We have a few Supermarkets in the UK, and I tend to alternate between Asda and Morrisons for our home deliveries.

However, they have pissed me off recently by either screwing up the order or by substituting things with inappropriate substitutes.

So I decided to use a different supermarket for the first time.

As you can see from that can of soup, it was Sainsbury's the supermarket that I chose.

One reason was that they had Benylin cough syrup in stock. The main reason was that as a first time user of a home delivery service from them I got ten pound cash back.

All good thought I, and went to sign up etc. I noticed that they had some rewards and if you got certain products you were given bonus points. This is like a loyalty rewards scheme.

No problem thought I.

I picked that bag up (the only problem with getting produce delivered is the plastic ~ when I pick my own I have reusable produce bags I use) and forgot what the fluff I had ordered.

Problem solved when out plopped ...

a rather small avocado. Priced at 55 pence per avocado then that was par for the course.

So the produce that I was getting these bonus points on was all vegetables.

Next up was broccoli.

I had selected 1 on the order form. They had the price online as £1.92/kg so I though my 1 would be one kilo of broccoli.

Yes it is my favourite green vegetable.

Not to be,the one was for one big piece.

Tomorrow I thought I would roast a chicken, and have mashed tatties and brocolli. I would then boil the carcase and make some chicken soup.

I would to my next produce bag which I had ordered for the soup.

What the actual fluff is going on?

The bags were open and it really was loose vegetables as described. I looked around and nope, there were no more carrots.

And that ladies and gentlemen is the carrot, that is what I got with my shopping...

One fluffing carrot

Surely some mistake thought I...

There was the price of £0.50 per kilo and I remember I put 1 expecting one kilo.

But oh noooo I got one yes one fluffing carrot costing four pence!

By now I had twigged that yes I had asked for not one kilo of carrots but one loose carrot.

Away I went to show Mrs T the lone carrot and for the next five minutes it was a case of hysterical laughter!

So there we have it, the tale of the lone carrot!

I did get some other things. Easter do you know that Easter is less than a month away?

They did have some Cadbury's chocolate eggs on sale, so fill your boots time @coquicoin what shall we have first?

By the way I did get some healthy stuff too you know!

Many moons ago I used to drink Raspberry and Echinacea tea from Twinings when I was not well.

So apparently after some internet digging, they stopped making it as it was not popular enough!

Fluffing arses!

No worries, I got some different teas to try...

What do you drink when you have the flu or a heavy cold?

This is also my contribution to #marketfriday from the terrific @dswigle

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!

All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo and pictures taken with my Smartphone. @tengolotodo March 11th 2023

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