I just got home from the grocery store. I had bought a big can of Redi-Whip but it’s defective!! If any of you have ever huffed a can of whipped cream (no I haven’t but I have worked in a restaurant), you know that the cream doesn’t come out all nice and fluffy when you suck all the whatever it is out of it.
I’m gonna complain to Redi-Whip’s but seriously now, are they gonna believe I didn’t huff it?
Just take it back to the store. They’ll let you exchange it. Maybe one of the stockboys huffed it. They won’t suspect you unless you’re a teenager.
Once I bought a bra from Walmart, the kind that comes in a box. I knew my size, so I didn’t take it out to look at it. When I got home, there was a dirty *used * bra inside. I returned it to Walmart and showed it to them. They gave me a dirty look like they thought I put it there, but they took it back.
I’ll take it! runs away with it
Don’t forget to pick up some sprinkles while you’re there!
The tamper seal cap thingie was totally intact. As I usually do, I tried to take the cap off without pulling the tab first (you’d think I’d remember by now) and it wouldn’t budge till I removed the tab. So, I doubt it was a case of someone tampering with it.
The can is really really heavy, like it’s wickedly overfilled. I didn’t even notice that until my boyfriend pointed it out.
There are 2 other issues with just bringing it back to the store.
The store closed too soon after I got home so I wouldn’t have time to go back. We have only 1 car and I wont get to use it again until Friday, when I have something very important to do in the opposite direction from the store.
If I don’t notify Reddi-Whip and there’s something wrong, and if no one else notifies them, then they wont know.
Having Reddi-Whip is not a life and death situation. I’m actually not certain why I bought it since the only thing I have to put it on is hot chocolate and it’s too hot for that. So, rushing back to return it isn’t a priority. I’ll survive without it. And if Reddi-Whip chooses to not reimburse my $5, then it’s my own fault for not returning it to the store.
Sticks and Scones: Personally, I think sprinkles are nasty. We have jimmies in the house but those are nasty too. They taste like dry wax.
Freudian Slit I actually considered using it as a treat for my dogs until my sister said botulism in a can. I have no clue if the defect is actually a problem with the cream so I’m really glad I didn’t test it out by squirting it into my mouth.
But, but… They’re so COLORFUL! 
How about sanding sugar?
Oh I love to look at them! I use them when decorating and I always buy them if I’m making sundaes for other people. For me though, I wont eat them.
I love to get a big bowl of them and run my hands through. They’re so smooooooth.
I’m a (somewhat) reformed sprinkle junkie. I use my job as a caterer as an excuse to buy all kinds of sprinkles. A couple of months ago my assistant and I went through all the sprinkles and threw away the really old ones. I poured them all into a big pan and kind of swirled them around and took pictures of them! And then I weighed them… There were 18 pounds of just the* old *sprinkles! I also used some of them to make resin necklaces and paperweights.
Sprinkles are awesome!!!
A. There’s no such thing as defective whipped cream. If it’s cream and it’s whipped, it works.
B. REdi whip is not usually whipped cream, it’s whipped cream like product.
Just letting you know.
There’s a rat inside the can, I’m sure of it.
runs away
I bought a queen-sized comforter from Wal Mart once and came home to discover it was a full-sized comforter…somebody had gone to all the damn trouble to switch the two so they could save thirty bucks or so.
It never occurred to me to open the big bag and check.
I have no plans to ever buy another comforter from Wal Mart ever again (hey I was a broke college student back then) but the lesson remains…never underestimate the crafty sleazy nature of your fellow shoppers.
Oh and on that note, speaking of Wal Mart, my ex used to work for their “shrinkage team,” which is a fancy corporate term for theft detection, and one of the most popular ways to steal from Wal Mart (or any other large store probably) is to stuff merchandise into comforter bags and sleeping bags. You can shove all kinds of stuff in between the folds of said comforter/sleeping bag, and only pay for the actual comforter/sleeping bag.
I knew this when I bought the damn comforter, but it never crossed my mind they would STEAL the queen size and make me take home a full-size. Thieves suck! 
Reddi whip is made of cream & milk. cite. True, it’s their own website, but the FDA is usually pretty humorless when it comes to enforcing ingredients lists.
Cool whip, however, is made of oil.
Sounds as if it was a manufacturing/filling defect, not a huffer, if the can is heavier than normal. There’s probably too much milk and cream and little or no propellant.
I’d give Redi-Whip a call. In my experience, as long as you’re nice about it, you’re about to get a handful of coupons for free Redi-Whip. You can ALSO take this one back to the store and they’ll exchange it, but check the lot number first. If all they have is other cans with the same lot number, it’s possible they’re all FUBARed from a malfunctioning whozeewatsit on the assembly line that affected the whole run.
This happened to me a few months ago with Dean’s French Onion dip. Got home to find it was just sour cream. Called them up and they sent out 4 or 5 free coupons and, meanwhile, I took the one I had back and exchanged it…for another mislabeled sour cream. Lather, rinse, repeat. By the third one, after verifying they had no tubs with a different lot number, I got smart and bought some onion dip mix and mixed it at home! (I really love French Onion Dip!)
It’s defective if it’s not whipped. When it runs out of the tip like coffee creamer, it’s defective.
I actually prefer the homemade stuff and if I need whipped cream for a specific reason, I’ll always make my own. When I buy it on a whim, just in case, I get Reddi-Whip.
And is only fit for human consumption when used as a layer in trifle.
I’m figuring the same thing as you. I sent them an email last night.
I LOOOOOOVE Dean’s french onion dip. I haven’t been able to find it in a long time. The closest match I can find is Stop and Shop store brand. I’ve dried the packets mixed with sour cream but the pieces of dehydrated onion are too big. I like my chip dip to be smooth. Unless it’s salsa of course.
That’s been my experience, too. I’ve also been told that if I call them up again in a couple of months and ask, I can have MORE coupons for a discount on the price.
Put the contents of the packet into a food processor or blender, and pulse until smooth. Also, try to mix the packet contents and sour cream at least a couple of hours before serving. A full 24 hours ahead of time is even better. Personally, I hate the Dean’s brand, but it was available here the last time I looked.
Speaking of huffing, does anyone know why nitrous is used instead of, say, compressed air?
O2 + fat = yucky rancid stuff. Nitrous doesn’t react with the cream. Also, it whips it to about 4 times its volume, instead of the roughly 2 times you can get with air. That’s why the canned stuff is “lighter” than homemade whipped cream. (Ironically, to get “extra creamy” whipped cream from a can, they add thickeners and gums to it, not more cream.)
If the can is extra heavy, I wonder, does the bottom unscrew? Seen any suspicious people trying to get the can back?
I once opened a can of chickpeas in brine to find… brine. No chickpeas, not one. I briefly considered returning to the store to complain that my can of chickpeas was empty and figured I’d just be laughed at.
