It wouldn’t be Christmas ( sorry, the Festive season ) without a tale of woe or two, preferably featuring some “vulnerable” member of society and including the word ” ruined “, so here you are.
Jean and Ron Rodbourne were due to host the family celebrations. They placed an order for home delivery back in October, which was due to arrive between 4 and 5pm. When it hadn’t been delivered by 6pm, Jean rang only to be told it was a ” computer glitch” and there was nothing that could be done.
Now, here’s where my sympathy chip went on the fritz.
This was the 22nd December, not Christmas Eve. The delivery was from Sainsbury’s, not Fortnum and Mason. It was payment on delivery, so they weren’t left without money to buy groceries elsewhere.
What was stopping their son ( who ended up hosting at his house ) taking them shopping on the 23rd, so plans could go ahead?
Of course, Christmas was “ruined”, and the couple have asked for compensation, naturally.
Nominated by : Jeezum Priest
Modern society’s disease…no responsibility. And no ability to plan ahead. I plan years ahead, deep into my own future retirement.
I was happy to shop for my elderly parents two weeks before Christmas when they were alive, not wait until the last minute like a disorganised simpleton.
Reading the linked story, I noticed an amusing story on the Kent Online site: man wanks off dog:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/dog-owner-spotted-in-park-fondling-his-dog-s-private-parts-334360/?dicbo=v2-lEGEBZW
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I bet he was the van driver for the codgers non delivery.
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There is always someone to blame and therefore off whom to claim compensation, in this case Sainsbury’s. There is no such thing as an accident any more, the word has become redundant. No RTAs now, RTCs please, as if there was intent to cause a prang.
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Thatll be the German in you Thomas.
Not me!
I like to lurch from one impending disaster to another!
The Rodmans should of just gone poundland and got some reduced pot noodles.
Sainsburys will always let you down.
My advice is
Plan nothing and see where the winds of fate take you.
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Ps
They should of put a brick through Sainsburys window.
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Or just done it the Romanian way and nicked loads of stuff; Mrs Rodbourne could’ve stuffed a butterball turkey down her bloomers – bootyful!
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A similar thing happened in the Good Life Christmas Special, when the Leadbetters food failed to arrive on time. That was back in 1977.
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Quite right Sammy. The silly bitch thinks she’s Margo Leadbetter.
‘Gerry, Christmas hasn’t been delivered’.
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It should be obvious to even the most stupid cunts that it’s a waste of time to order grocery shopping 2 months in advance.
What the fuck are Sainsbury’s going to do with an order for food placed in October and not to be delivered until late December?
The daft woman wants fresh produce so the order would not be processed until the day of delivery, perhaps the day before.
I can just imagine the conversion that the shop staff had when the order was placed.
Some daft old biddy has given us a list of vegetables and meat now, to be sent out in December!
Did she expect them to box up her stuff there and then and leave it rotting in a corner of their warehouse?
Her order would have been deleted from the supermarket’s system within 48 hours of her placing it as it wasn’t delivered.
If you are old and you can’t get around then order a home delivery the day before you want it delivered, and expect that to include replacement items which you will need to send back for the right stuff.
If you can get around, and Christmas is that important to you, then get off your stupid arse and go shopping yourself.
You would think that with age comes a little intelligence.
Good morning!
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I get that they are in their 80s and a bit frail.
Instead of bothering the son, who was going away for Christmas. Why didn’t they just ask him to pop to Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, Aldi or Lidl with a shopping list and have him drop it round?
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Or spend Christmas Day with Tom and Barbara Good next door.
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May I be the first to wish all you Cunters a very Merry Xmas for 2026 & a happy 2027 !
🎄
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Hehe😁
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Steady on there, SB…we’ve got the annual festivities of World Onion Ring Day to struggle through first:
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/onion-ring-day
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They should have gone begging outside sainsbury like every other cunt seems to do.
Or the son could’ve taken them off on his holiday to benidorm for a slap of traditional Spanish Christmas Dinner of spam,eggs and chips with Heinz ketchup.
Splendid.
Good morning.
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The poor buggers should count themselves lucky..
They could have had some of these as a Christmas Eve treat..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70lnlk9pzdo
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Morning Terry.
False reporting by the BBC again i see.
The pork Scratching actually got ill off the ethnic looking woman.
She says her names ‘Ruanda’
But its clearly Doreen Lawrence in her PE vest.
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Ive been to kent.
What a ugly fuckin county.
Flat as a witches tit.
The Rodmans should move.
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Retards
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Iceland might not be their cup of tea, but they wouldn’t have failed them the way they go about it.
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Great cunting, JP!
I will never forget the time that my Christmas was ruined by the crappy new eco- friendly wrappings on the Quality Street. An absolute fucking nightmare, the only sympathy I got was from MNC and Paul Chuckle MBE. I didn’t get a single penny in compensation, and no one from the BBC was interested because I don’t qualify for universal credit. Fuck off Nestles, the DWP, and The Mirror.
Good morning, everyone.
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they should have ordered the stuff in August when the Christmas crap starts being put on the shelves in the retailers and thrown in your face on TV…😩….by the time they ordered they’d have been lucky to have received some turkey twizzlers and some aunt Bessie’s limp Yorkshire’s… remember your friendly e-scooter rider will deliver fresh spit on goodies to your door anytime 🎄🎅…
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