• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
    2·
    20 hours ago

    We get mixed deliveries now and then. We recently got a bag of someone else’s groceries, and they got a bag of ours. We lost some not very important stuff, but gained a 5 pound bag of pecans, so we made out on this one.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
    7·
    1 day ago

    My grandmother did the same thing with potatoes. She accidentally managed to somehow order 220 baking potatoes, for some reason no one at Sainsbury’s thought that that was an odd thing to want and didn’t question the order and just went ahead and fulfilled it.

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
    31·
    2 days ago

    This once happened to me with Kroger and limes

    They subbed 6 limes for 6 bags of limes

    As a citrus enjoyer I was not at all stressed though. I’d legit eat a lime straight.

  • Sturgist@piefed.caEnglish
    40·
    2 days ago

    I’ve been wanting to switch out the buckwheat husk filling in my pillow. So I ordered £14 of the stuff…turns out that I now am in possession of enough buckwheat husk to be a heirloom for my descendants to last to the heat death of the universe…

      • Sturgist@piefed.caEnglish
        14·
        2 days ago

        I really like it, stays cooler longer, is firm but also conforms to the shape of your head and neck a bit

          • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
            11·
            2 days ago

            Imagine the conformity of memory foam with the firmness of dry rice, and you’re in the ballpark. There’s not really a 1:1 comparison.

            It might sound weird but it is super comfortable. It needs to be pretty full though, if it’s under-stuffed then it just lacks the support.

              • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
                2·
                18 hours ago

                I think it makes a pretty satisfying sound. When you first drop it on the ground it makes a gentle, “clink” sound. When you sit on it it kinda rustles a little.

                Then it doesn’t really make much noise when you shift around, unless you rearrange the pillow significantly. Once it conforms to your seat it kinda just holds its shape.

          • Sturgist@piefed.caEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            Beanbag chair…ish. it’s not really close to anything else. In fact I think some beanbag chairs are filled with buckwheat husks.

      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
        4·
        2 days ago

        It’s common in traditional meditation cushions. It gives you a firm seat while still conforming nicely. There’s nothing else like it, honestly.

      • Drusas@fedia.io
        2·
        1 day ago

        Some traditional Japanese pillows use(d) them, which is where I first learned of them. They’re also great because you can remove or add more hulls based on how thick or malleable you want the pillow to be. Highly recommend them.

      • Sturgist@piefed.caEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        The carrier is there because our cat’s been deathly ill. Last few months he’s been going off food, obviously hungry because he comes and yells at us for the 45mins before supper time, just won’t eat. Took him to the vet, nothing seemed wrong with his teeth or tummy. Then my wife said she’d noticed his breathing was quite laboured. They pulled 300ml of fluid from his chest cavity. The possible causes were heart failure, kidney/liver failure, something about proteins 🤷🏾‍♂️ or cancer.
        All his bloods came back in the green. Two ultrasounds showed a bit of something in the chest. So CT scan.

        Turns out all they can find is a bit of arthritis starting in his spine, but no cause of the fluid. So wee man got shoved in the carrier three days on the bounce, £3500 if I didn’t have insurance for him.

        Sorry for triggering your fur baby.

        • GiveOver@feddit.uk
          41·
          1 day ago

          Aw no I didn’t expect sad kitty stories. Hope he doesn’t have to go back! Here’s mine pretending she’s not scared of the box

          • Sturgist@piefed.caEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            He’ll have to go back in a few weeks to see if the meds are working to keep the fluid out of his chest. But other than that he’s not going in the carrier for a while if we can help it.

            • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
              2·
              1 day ago

              Hey if the carrier is traumatizing for the cat, and you have a car, I’ve had much better experience, just putting the cat in the car and carrying it into the vet wrapped in its favorite blanket.

              • Sturgist@piefed.caEnglish
                2·
                1 day ago

                That’d be a great idea for anyone who has a cat they can pick up. Jin is so skittish that he’ll scratch and bite if you try to pick him up. He’s usually a really gentle boy, enjoys a cuddle, just had a traumatic kittenhood and gets freaked out by being picked up. I had him for 4 years before he’d let me touch him with both hands at the same time.

  • Bwaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    I did something similar with bananas from Fred Meyer when they changed the units for orders from ‘banana’ to ‘bunch’.

    • kazerniel@piefed.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      We had one in the first building I lived in the UK, it was handy for gossip lol (“what was that screaming last night on the top floor?”). The address was posted on the entrance hall cork board. Ever since I moved from there, I wished that my subsequent buildings/neighbourhoods also had one, but even if one exists, it’s deathly silent for months at a time :/

      • vrek@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        The screaming reminded me of one time I was walking my dog around the apartment complex at like 10pm. As I walked by the one building I heard some woman scream from the third floor “oh yeah fuck my pussy papi” at the top of her lungs. I have no idea who screamed or who lived there but I guess she was having a good time.

        • kazerniel@piefed.worldEnglish
          1·
          21 hours ago

          I tried for a few months (invited a bunch of neighbours who didn’t know the group existed and so tripled its size), but people are extremely passive and unengaged. I don’t want 80% of group activity to be me 😅

          • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            21 hours ago

            It’s not ideal, but it still means that 20% is from others, which is more than you would have had before.

            I’ve helped found a couple of different types of groups now. It’s not easy, but often worth the effort.

            • kazerniel@piefed.worldEnglish
              1·
              20 hours ago

              Tbh I was conservative with that 80%. I’m a very private and introverted person, being the social butterfly of a group is just exhausting, esp. when there’s clearly no interest from others 🤷

    • CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 days ago

      I think it’s somewhat common, especially for smaller buildings. Mine has one. It’s optional to be part of it, but pretty useful.

    • diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I don’t know why but lots of people around eastern europe have that either in Viber or WhatsApp, and nothing else. That’s where the HOA lead, uhm, does stuff… IDK, I am in a private home.