A grandmother was left stunned after she accidentally purchased 30 packs of condoms thinking they were all teabags.
76-year-old Rosemarie Riley battled through the storm and went to a local store but because of the bad weather conditions, she forgot her eyeglasses at home.
As she couldn’t see clearly, she accidentally grabbed packs of Durex Thin Feel condoms – not just one, but 30 of them!
To make things worse, each pack costs $22. That’s really costly for a few cups of tea!
It was her 78-year-old husband John who then told her about the hilarious mistake and called her a ‘silly mare’ when she realized she had to return the condoms to the store.
But the shocked pensioner begged her granddaughter Gemma, 29, to do the task and get her cash back.
“I’ve not stopped laughing, and it’s brought many people to tears,” Gemma shared on Facebook. “I saw the box on the side and asked her ‘how come you’ve bought these?’
“She said, ‘I went to the Asda without my glasses and I picked them up thinking they were teabags’. She didn’t notice what they were until my granddad noticed on the receipt.
“He’d said to her, ‘how come you’ve bought condoms, you silly mare?’ He wasn’t very happy she’d spent that much money on his card.
“From there we had a little giggle about it all and I said I’d return them for her.”
Gemma added: “I kept them hidden in my bag until the lady was ready to see me and I explained what happened.
“My nan said they were actually on the aisle where the teabags were – so either someone popped them back, or she’s got mixed up, I’m not too sure.
“I said, ‘she’s picked these up instead of the teabags, is there any chance I can get the teabags and return these?’
“The lady was laughing her head off. I was too and then I ran out there as quickly as I could.
“Everybody knows me around here and I didn’t want to be seen returning them, especially before Valentine’s Day.
“I said to my Nan, ‘I thought you were in for a good time’.”
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