The devil made me do it
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Lynn Newby was set to break up with her boyfriend after discovering that one of the Favourites was a packet of 12 condoms.
Miss Newby, 40, accused boyfriend Andy Allott, 29, of buying them and having an affair behind her back.
She even threatened to cancel a holiday to Mexico because she refused to accept that he was innocent.
“I couldn’t believe what I saw when I logged onto my Tesco account,” said the building manager from Rotherham South Yorks.
“It gives a list of everything bought on a club card and there at the top of the list was a packet of Mates condoms.
“I knew I hadn’t bought them so I went in and accused Andy, who had not idea what I was talking about.”
When Tesco investigated the matter Miss Newby was sent a letter of apology from Chief Executive Sir Terry Leahy – and a cheque for £100.
Sir Terry told Lynn he could appreciate how distressing it had been for her and an investigation had revealed that the problem was caused by a new member of staff in the marketing department.
She had added the condoms as a “special promotion” to customers on line favourites but it had not shown up as a promotional item.
“This error was completely unacceptable,” added Sir Terry and staff are being given further training ” as a matter of urgency” to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
And he promised that items “of a sensitive nature” would not be included in promotional information in future.
Miss Newby said: “Things are fine now and we can laugh about it but I just wonder how many other people had to deal with this mistake which could have cost me my four year long relationship.”
Courtesy Telegraph: United Kingdom
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