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Mum was angry that alphabet potato shapes bag didn’t contain the letter to spell her |
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Mum was angry that alphabet potato shapes bag didn’t contain the letter to spell her
" 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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Jesus wept !
I wish that were all I had to worry about, bloody alphabet potato shapes. |
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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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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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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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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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Anyone relying on frozen potato products to teach their child to spell shouldn't really be shouting about it.
It has been used as a trick before the kids don't realise they are learning. |
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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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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? I wonder if there's a chav reading that story and loves the name Icgan? |
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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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Logan is such a trashy name. That poor kid with an idiot for a mother.
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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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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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It's all a plot to make people buy multiple bags to increase the chances of getting the right letters. 😒
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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. |
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Logan is such a trashy name. That poor kid with an idiot for a mother.
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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.
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She could change his name by deed poll to Icgan.
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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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She could change his name by deed poll to Icgan.
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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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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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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![]() 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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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.
Perhaps her child could teach her to read what's she's buying. |
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Stupid woman.

