Shoppers have labelled a Woolworths’ Mother’s Day display a ‘fail’, claiming no mum would want any of the items as a gift on Sunday.
An Aussie shopper uploaded a photo of the display on reddit, with the heading ‘Go on, spoil your mum on Mother’s Day!’
The shelves are packed with pink teddies, Mother’s Day mugs, slippers, wheat packs and socks, as well as bulk dishwashing tablets, pans and washing detergent.
The shopper captioned the photo, “I don’t even know where to start on this cluster f**k of a fail”.
The image attracted comments from others who were offended by the insinuation that mums would want these items for Mother’s Day.
“Nothing quite says “I love you mum” like bulk liquid Cold Power,” one person commented.
“Spoiler alert – your mum doesn’t want any of this stuff,” said another.
“Because every mum wants her image to be reduced to that of primary housekeeper and collector of cheap, pink plushies.”
However, there were plenty of mums who said in the current cost of living crisis, they’d welcome a bunch of dishwasher tablets!
“Honestly, buy me everyday consumables over a giant burden of a mass produced teddy bear every day of the week. Do I have to keep that thing until I die? Or eventually have to feel bad for getting rid of the impulse buy you’ve been conditioned to give me on a particular day? Laundry liquid/dishwashing powder and a small card would be amazing. I can keep a card but I can’t keep that monstrosity of a bear.”
“If there’s a good price on the dishwasher tablets, I welcome the spoiling.”
“I get my parents dishwasher tablets or laundry powder etc. every mother’s day/father’s day. It started off as a joke gift, so meets the narrow niche of running joke/useful gift.”
While others said their Mother’s Day wish list didn’t involve any gifts at all.
“I want no children for a few hours, is that too much to ask?”
And there were those who defended Woolworths, saying the items aren’t all necessarily aimed at mums.
“The stuff on the left is just leftover from an allocation all stores got a few weeks back. “Bulk” version of stock Woolworths sells with a “While stocks last” ticket price.
“Not only do stores often get given more stock than they need, but they’ve got limited promotional space and when various events are being hammered out, it leads to weird displays like this as staff try and find places to put everything.”
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