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Old 07-12-2016, 14:04
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" Nichola Hart complained to Tesco, furious at being let down by the supermarket. The 30-year-old mum of two had bought a bag of alphabet potato shapes in order to teach her son Logan to spell, so she was livid when she discovered that there were no Ls or Os in the bag, so she was forced to write 'ICGAN'. http://money.aol.co.uk/2016/12/07/hi...3D333750083_uk

A letter to her MP is in order surely. Stupid woman.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:08
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Jesus wept !

I wish that were all I had to worry about, bloody alphabet potato shapes.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:09
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Anyone relying on frozen potato products to teach their child to spell shouldn't really be shouting about it.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:09
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TBF when I and my brothers were younger still my brother now had them one of the exciting parts was spelling or seeing get your name.

I don't think it's bad enough to kick up much off a fuss but I can see the kid getting disappointed.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:09
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She continued: "In the end I improvised by using an 'I' as an 'L' and a 'C' as an 'O' so spelled 'icgan' which obviously isn't his name... he noticed this straight away and I had to explain why. Very disappointed."

So why is she trying to teach him how to spell his name when he already knows full well how not to spell it?
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:10
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So she should be.

Absolutely ridiculous that those letters weren't included.

Tesco should feel very ashamed for stocking sub-standard products.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:11
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Anyone relying on frozen potato products to teach their child to spell shouldn't really be shouting about it.
That may not been all she does but everything helps when teaching them.

It has been used as a trick before the kids don't realise they are learning.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:13
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So she should be.

Absolutely ridiculous that those letters weren't included.

Tesco should feel very ashamed for stocking sub-standard products.
I feel a total Tesco boycott is in order.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:13
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She continued: "In the end I improvised by using an 'I' as an 'L' and a 'C' as an 'O' so spelled 'icgan' which obviously isn't his name... he noticed this straight away and I had to explain why. Very disappointed."

So why is she trying to teach him how to spell his name when he already knows full well how not to spell it?
To be fair calling the poor thing Logan is bad enough without admitting it to the world. Though it's better than Jaxon or Brooklyn I suppose.

I wonder if there's a chav reading that story and loves the name Icgan?
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:14
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I suppose calling a product Potato Alphabet does imply that it contains all the letters of the alphabet. It's a funny thing to complain about, though.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:16
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Logan is such a trashy name. That poor kid with an idiot for a mother.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:16
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I suppose calling a product Potato Alphabet does imply that it contains all the letters of the alphabet. It's a funny thing to complain about, though.
Because she does nothing else all day and needs stuff to fill her time, and a couple extra bucks off a news publisher.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:17
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That may not been all she does but everything helps when teaching them.

It has been used as a trick before the kids don't realise they are learning.
Its clearly unlikely you will get the letter combinations you want in such a small selection as you'll get in that packet though. I doubt there are 26 pieces anyway, and for some names you'll need multiple instances of some letters. Anyway - mums should know that for a good old rude word session you need Alphabetti Spaghetti!
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:17
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It's all a plot to make people buy multiple bags to increase the chances of getting the right letters. 😒
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:19
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That may not been all she does but everything helps when teaching them.

It has been used as a trick before the kids don't realise they are learning.
According to the article she purposely bought the food to teach him (which btw he could already do) but Tesco pointed out "The bags are packed with a random selection of letters, and we didn't state that you will get every letter." Either she can't read or lacks basic common sense.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:20
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Logan is such a trashy name. That poor kid with an idiot for a mother.
If they move to Australia he could be Logan the Bogan
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:22
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According to the article she purposely bought the food to teach him (which btw he could already do) but Tesco pointed out "The bags are packed with a random selection of letters, and we didn't state that you will get every letter." Either she can't read or lacks basic common sense.
I think that has been proved.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:23
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I think that has been proved.
I was trying to be polite.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:23
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She could change his name by deed poll to Icgan.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:27
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I suppose calling a product Potato Alphabet does imply that it contains all the letters of the alphabet. It's a funny thing to complain about, though.
She may indeed have thought it funny to complain.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:27
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She could change his name by deed poll to Icgan.
Or she could have spelled their surname out, or a different word altogether that's not related to names.

Unless that's the problem here, and the only word she can spell is her son's first name? (Yeah, yeah, I know she managed to send her letter of complaint where she spelled many a word successfully).
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:33
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Jesus wept !

I wish that were all I had to worry about, bloody alphabet potato shapes.
she cant have much in her life to worry her then.
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:34
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If they move to Australia he could be Logan the Bogan
Nah Logan isn't that bad, a bogan name would be something like Khodii
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Old 07-12-2016, 14:41
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The responses make it worth the read - particularly liked this one:

Dear Tesco, I also bought a £1 bag of Tesco 'alphabet' potato shapes and was furious to discover that they did not contain commas, full stops and umlauts, not to mention mathematical signs. To say I am incandescent with rage and have an overbearing sense of entitlement is an understatement. I shall be writing to my MP or sitting on the sofa watching Jeremy Kyle, whichever is the easiest. Suffice to say I shall never, *EVER* be shopping at Tesco ever again. Yours. P.S. When do you start discounting the Christmas stuff so I can pop in for a bargain?"

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Old 07-12-2016, 14:42
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I suppose calling a product Potato Alphabet does imply that it contains all the letters of the alphabet. It's a funny thing to complain about, though.
"Apparently it does say on the packet that not all of the letters are in there, but again I don't see the point in that.' ( her own words http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...to-shapes.html )

Perhaps her child could teach her to read what's she's buying.
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