They really burned our buns

(c) 2023 Douglas W Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
Pikeville, North Carolina
May 28, 2023 6:40pm CST
Quite literally. Hot dog buns that is. K grilled hot dogs for dinner on our panini make/indoor grill. We normally would have grilled outside, but the weather was iffy and better safe than wet. She opened the hot dog rolls and found these two beauties in the middle of the top row. The bottom row was also overdone, as were the two outside buns on the top, but not nearly to the extent of these two. K intends to send a politely worded letter to the bakery that produced these two overbaked buns to let them know someone in quality control wasn't paying enough attention. I wonder what type of response she'll receive. Have you ever opened a package of baked goods to discover they'd spent too long in the oven?
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@RasmaSandra (73158)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 May
This has never happened to me and I am surprised that these buns even got packaged and were sold,
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
29 May
Someone in the bakery's quality control department must have been absent that day.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
29 May
@DWDavis Must have been or looking the other/way.
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@Treborika (17199)
• Mombasa, Kenya
29 May
@DWDavis Or they must have slept on their job.
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@wolfgirl569 (94717)
• Marion, Ohio
29 May
That is way over cooked. I would be letting them know too. They should refund your money
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
29 May
I'm hoping they will at least give us a coupon for a free package of buns.
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@AmbiePam (85240)
• United States
28 May
Oh, goodness! I don’t believe I have ever seen anything like that. The odds of that getting past people would have been small in my head.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
29 May
It did surprise me that the burned rolls were caught by quality control. Someone was either distracted or absent from work if this was allowed to happen.
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@much2say (53868)
• Los Angeles, California
29 May
I've heard of blackened chicken, but not blackened buns . Wow, it came like that ???
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@much2say (53868)
• Los Angeles, California
31 May
@DWDavis Ohhhhh. I wonder if someone at the bakery/factory knew about it but didn't do anything about it. They need work on quality control!!
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
29 May
These two were in the middle of the top row of buns when K took them out of the package. The bottom row looked normal, and it is the one that can be seen through the package wrap at the store.
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@RebeccasFarm (86465)
• United States
29 May
Oh my how unusual..and disappointing.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
I'm glad they weren't all like that. Dinner would have been boring without the rolls.
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@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
28 May
I would havge taken them back to the store and talked to them in person.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
29 May
If we were at home instead of on a camping trip, we would have taken this up with the store. The store would probably have given us another package of rolls in exchange, even though they aren't the ones who bagged the burned buns.
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@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
29 May
I haven't experienced to it. As usually these food are made by machine and it is not so easy to have such a big mistake.
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@snowy22315 (169535)
• United States
29 May
No, as a matter of fact I have never seen anything like that before.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
29 May
It never happened to me, and if it did, I would send them back the buns and let them change them for some new well-baked ones.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
3 Jun
@DWDavis I see. I'm happy you want to continue writing after your retirement. I hope you make a book on the collection of your short stories.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
If we hadn't been away camping, we would have.
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@jstory07 (134232)
• Roseburg, Oregon
28 May
That has never happened to me. You should get a refund if nothing else.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
29 May
I expect we will receive a coupon for a free package of buns at the very least.
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@jstory07 (134232)
• Roseburg, Oregon
29 May
@DWDavis I hope you do.
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@LadyDuck (457243)
• Switzerland
29 May
I am surprised that they were wrapped to be sold. You should bring them back.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
We didn't see the burned buns until we opened the package at the campground. K emailed a complaint to the company.
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@LadyDuck (457243)
• Switzerland
3 Jun
@DWDavis Well done, this is what I always do when they "hide" their mistakes so you buy and only discover later.
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@JudyEv (325255)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
Oh wow, I'm a bit surprised that there were burnt buns in your packet. It's never happened to me.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
29 May
I've seen mildly overbaked bread and buns, but nothing like this. Imagine if an entire shipment went out like this. Someone might lose their job over it.
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@JudyEv (325255)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
@DWDavis They certainly shouldn't have found their way to an outlet.
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@Treborika (17199)
• Mombasa, Kenya
29 May
@DWDavis Yes this is a direct job dismissal
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@nela13 (55702)
• Portugal
29 May
I would send them back.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
Had we been closer to the store instead of down at the campground, we might have done so. K did send them an email complaint.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
7 Jun
@nela13 I need to ask her if they did. She hasn't said anything.
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@nela13 (55702)
• Portugal
6 Jun
@DWDavis did they answer the email?
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@LindaOHio (155469)
• United States
29 May
I've never seen a burned bun in a package. K should definitely write to the bakery. They may have a website where you can do that.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
They do, and she did.
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@LindaOHio (155469)
• United States
3 Jun
@DWDavis Good for her!
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@GardenGerty (157463)
• United States
29 May
No, never have. I think if something was overcooked like that where we shop they would send it to the discount rack.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
As burned as they are, I'm doubtful they would have even made it to the discount rack.
@1creekgirl (40384)
• United States
29 May
That's never happened to me, although I do like the hot dog itself burned. But not the bun.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
My mother and my sister both like their hot dogs cooked until the skin starts to burn.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
29 May
Never have I received burned buns. That’s the first I’ve heard of it happening. Sorry your dinner was spoiled.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
29 May
There were other buns in the package that weren't ruined, so K was able to make a good dinner. Still, to find this makes one wonder what went wrong at the bakery that day.
• Pakistan
29 May
I've never had quite the same experience, but I do recall a time when I accidentally added black pepper instead of cardamoms to my tea. And you won't believe it, but it was my older brother who took the first sip and nearly spit it out! Talk about a spicy surprise in his cup!
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
Your story reminds me of a time when my son was first learning to cook and made tacos using Allspice because he thought it contained all the spices he needed.
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@Treborika (17199)
• Mombasa, Kenya
29 May
For me I think you need a refund for this.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
We've sent an email to the bakery with pictures.
@ainnaqo66 (303)
• Indonesia
29 May
this is not funny, did you get something in return?
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
3 Jun
We did email the bakery and included photos. Still waiting to hear back.
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