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Asda delivers sex lubricant instead of children’s bubble bath

9:20am Friday 19th March 2010 in


A FATHER of two was shocked when a supermarket delivered sexual lubricant to his house instead of the children’s bubble bath he had ordered.

Finance broker Mike Boss says he realised he had been substituted Durex Play Lubricant for Lucky Matey bubble bath when the order arrived at his home in Alderholt.

Mike had ordered the well-known children’s brand of bathtime suds – which comes in a bottle shaped like a cheery parrot wearing an eye patch – for his children aged seven and four via the Asda website.

The items were delivered by the Bournemouth Castlepoint store after being selected by a store worker.

Mike joked: “We’ve had issues with Asda deliveries before. Last time there were 16 substituted items.

“But this is taking things to a whole new level – I’ve no idea who could confuse sexual lubricant for children’s bubble bath. When they bring your order they give you a delivery list to check so that you can confirm the substitutes. When I saw what they’d done I was gobsmacked!

“I did have a laugh about it with the delivery guy who was quite young and seemed embarrassed about it.”

An Asda spokesman said: “We’ve messed up here. The substitution was clearly not appropriate and we apologise to the family for any upset caused. To avoid any further mix-ups we’ve changed the way both items are described on the booking form used by our store pickers.

“As well as this, and as an apology to Mr Boss and his family, we’ll be delivering them a free supply of bubble bath to make sure bath time goes without a hitch from now on.”

Comments(39)

High Treason says...
9:30am Fri 19 Mar 10

Looks like Asda slipped up there. :>)

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2Much...again! says...
9:35am Fri 19 Mar 10

High Treason wrote:
Looks like Asda slipped up there. :>)
Hahahahaha!

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morita says...
9:41am Fri 19 Mar 10

with a name like "lucky matey"I can understand why he chose the substitute.

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mikey2gorgeous says...
9:44am Fri 19 Mar 10

'I'm forever blowing bubbles...'

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contric says...
9:46am Fri 19 Mar 10

its not a government initiative is it

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Upkeep says...
9:49am Fri 19 Mar 10

Whats he complaining about I`m sure they both do the same job.

Or so I`m told.

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Duckorange says...
9:55am Fri 19 Mar 10

What, I ask, is wrong with a bit of washing-up liquid?

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mikey2gorgeous says...
10:00am Fri 19 Mar 10

Upkeep wrote:
Whats he complaining about I`m sure they both do the same job.

Or so I`m told.
No - one's for clean sex - the other's for dirty stuff!

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Syd Poumen says...
10:22am Fri 19 Mar 10

Finance broker Mike Boss said ' I've no idea who could confuse sexual lubricant for children's bubble bath.'
.....a load of bankers perhaps?!?

The security word 'gain-size' is befitting even by the Echo's impressive prowess!

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ben111 says...
10:28am Fri 19 Mar 10

Really did they think they would have sensible coments on this story ,,, Was it the workers last day and thought right we can have some fun with this lot ,,, but who got the condoms ?

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Huey says...
10:36am Fri 19 Mar 10

Don't rub it in

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Syd Poumen says...
10:49am Fri 19 Mar 10

Huey wrote:
Don't rub it in
Blinding comment!

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mikey2gorgeous says...
11:09am Fri 19 Mar 10

I thought that chewing gum tasted funny!

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sibisogno says...
12:06pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Ha ha ha, that is hilarious, I bet the lube stuff was worth a lot more than the crappy bubble bath, Asda are really rubbish for home deliveries I once ordered a computer monthly mag and recieved a mother and baby mag as a replacement. priceless, still, that is what you get for shopping at peasent supermarkets.

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WOC says...
12:06pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Duckorange wrote:
What, I ask, is wrong with a bit of washing-up liquid?
What as a sex lubricant? You try it and let me know how that goes...

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AFCB1223 says...
12:22pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Someone really screwed up this time!

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Tictock says...
12:39pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Was this a ****-up or not?

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Syd Poumen says...
12:45pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Tictock wrote:
Was this a ****-up or not?
F*** Nose!

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ian belchamber sausage says...
12:47pm Fri 19 Mar 10

te ee ee ha ha ha allthe comments are very funny hahah eee ee t e hah for goodnses sake get yo crayons out.

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Syd Poumen says...
12:55pm Fri 19 Mar 10

ian belchamber sausage wrote:
te ee ee ha ha ha allthe comments are very funny hahah eee ee t e hah for goodnses sake get yo crayons out.
Thankfully, ASDA substituted pencils with some lead in, when I ordered crayons!

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Nan Sheppard says...
1:20pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Okay, I thought I had a great comment, but someone's beaten me to it! Hilarious comments!

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ian belchamber sausage says...
1:22pm Fri 19 Mar 10

he he heh you he tee te pencils he no paper hehehe betty stop it he he he hay you is funny.

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Exbournemouth says...
1:23pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Nice story for a change that made me chuckle.

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Ivan Opinion says...
1:40pm Fri 19 Mar 10

really ...... seriously who actually cares, why does this make news?. They once substituited beef for lamb on one of my orders- perhaps I should have made that public knowledge

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ben111 says...
1:49pm Fri 19 Mar 10

The father was SHOCKED , really

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madras says...
2:54pm Fri 19 Mar 10

WOC wrote:
Duckorange wrote:
What, I ask, is wrong with a bit of washing-up liquid?
What as a sex lubricant? You try it and let me know how that goes...
hmm, I reckon if you did it would give a whole new meaning to 'blowing bubbles'...

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Tony South West says...
3:01pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Relating to Asda substitutes,this Castle-point branch Bournemouth is renowned to sending out substitutes when not asked for,ive had many ups and downs !! over there sloppy ways with the delivery of substitutes not asked for,but it still goes on,so it says a lot for the staff that work there bottom of the barrel stuff,no wonder the world is going to pot !!

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ian belchamber sausage says...
3:23pm Fri 19 Mar 10

I asksed for fish pond food and got powder for my crabs, but that was the Polish 99p shop.

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traindriver3ss says...
3:39pm Fri 19 Mar 10

i cant believe no one is taking this seriously!!! ;-)

Sorry I'm still chuckling!!!

oh what a perfect security word combination WIFE-PLAY

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Syd Poumen says...
3:58pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Tony South West wrote:
Relating to Asda substitutes,this Castle-point branch Bournemouth is renowned to sending out substitutes when not asked for,ive had many ups and downs !! over there sloppy ways with the delivery of substitutes not asked for,but it still goes on,so it says a lot for the staff that work there bottom of the barrel stuff,no wonder the world is going to pot !!
I hope the staff got a rise for this cunning stunt!

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Hornedreaper says...
4:59pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Bet that stuff gives you a HEAD-ACHE

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WIGGINSv says...
6:45pm Fri 19 Mar 10

contric wrote:
its not a government initiative is it
They're trying to lube us all the time dude. Makes it easier (or so they think), to take the pain up the jaxie.

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nikkip71 says...
9:48pm Fri 19 Mar 10

Excellent story which made me giggle!!! Checked to see if it was April 1st though!!!! Ahoy Matey - Brace yourself I'm coming aboard!!!

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contric says...
10:07pm Fri 19 Mar 10

what about the bloke who ordered durex play lubricant and ended up with matey how does he feel

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grimreaper says...
12:07am Sat 20 Mar 10

I thought Michael Jackson was dead ?
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ASDA

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BobbyPoole says...
11:33am Sat 20 Mar 10

....and the award for the best investigative journalism goes to.......... i'm so glad i only read this "news"paper online and don't bother to waste my money buying it !!!

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sussexcherry says...
12:44pm Sat 20 Mar 10

a

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poolebabe says...
7:40pm Sat 20 Mar 10

This is a story?? Really?? Thank goodness the comments are funny. Mistakes happen. It's quite funny. Most people would just giggle?? :/

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peter hurt says...
12:01am Sun 21 Mar 10

I hope the parents didn't let the slippery little suckers slide onto the floor when getting them out of the bath.

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