A Woolworths customer has been left gobsmacked after she picked up a Happy Birthday banner and spotted an epic error. In a post to Woolworths’ Facebook page on Tuesday, Australian woman Beth Stimpson shared an image of the faulty banner which read ‘HAPPY BIPIHBAY’.
Despite the very obvious blunder, the woman hilariously chose to hang it up in her living room anyway. “Thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes,” she wrote. “Woolworths – you failed on the birthday banner!”
The post received a flurry of comments from people who found the gaffe hilarious, with one social media user writing: “Happy birthday and what a hilarious banner.” Another added: “Love it! Who doesn’t love a good HAPPY BIPIHBAY!!” While a third wrote: “Laughed so hard at this.”
It’s far from the first time that a brand has made an embarrassing spelling error though. Last December, one eagle-eyed shopper noticed a glaring spelling error on rolls of Christmas wrapping paper. Taking to social media, the woman shared an image of the faulty gift wrap which read ‘Merry Chirstmas’ and asked: “Did anyone else pick up some wrapping paper from Aldi? Check the spelling.”
Hundreds of people were quick to comment, with many suggesting that children wouldn’t even notice the mistake as they would be too busy unwrapping their gifts. One wrote: “Oh well the kids wont know they just rip into it.”
Another said: “So funny at least the person getting the pressy might have a giggle be a present to remember.” Another commented: “Fail! I wouldn’t have noticed that unless someone picked it out, like you did.” While one person joked: “You had 1 job, just 1 job haha.”
Other users admitted they too had purchased the paper and failed to notice the spelling error. One woman added that she had already wrapped up all of her gifts without spotting the mistake, writing: “Omg I didn’t even take any notice and I’ve wrapped a whole heap up, funny this is, I bought mine from reject shop.”
While the woman claimed to have purchased the wrapping paper from Aldi, a spokesperson for the budget supermarket chain confirmed to Starts at 60 that the product was actually on sale at The Reject Shop and not available in Aldi stores.
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