They really burned our buns / myLot

United States

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

@RasmaSandra (79436)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

29 May 23

This has never happened to me and I am surprised that these buns even got packaged and were sold,

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 May 23

Someone in the bakery's quality control department must have been absent that day.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

29 May 23

@DWDavis Must have been or looking the other/way.

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Trebor Ika

@Treborika (17661)

• Mombasa, Kenya

29 May 23

@DWDavis Or they must have slept on their job.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (105398)

• Marion, Ohio

29 May 23

That is way over cooked. I would be letting them know too. They should refund your money

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 May 23

I'm hoping they will at least give us a coupon for a free package of buns.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (92069)

• United States

29 May 23

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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 May 23

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

@much2say (55364)

• Los Angeles, California

29 May 23

I've heard of blackened chicken, but not blackened buns

. Wow, it came like that

???

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much2say

@much2say (55364)

• Los Angeles, California

31 May 23

@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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 May 23

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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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (89741)

• Arvada, Colorado

29 May 23

Oh my how unusual..and disappointing.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

3 Jun 23

I'm glad they weren't all like that. Dinner would have been boring without the rolls.

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Keith Henthorne

@Scrapper88 (5983)

• United States

29 May 23

I would havge taken them back to the store and talked to them in person.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 May 23

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

@youless (112482)

• Guangzhou, China

29 May 23

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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snowy

@snowy22315 (179868)

• United States

29 May 23

No, as a matter of fact I have never seen anything like that before.

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Jenaisle

@Jenaisle (14078)

• Philippines

29 May 23

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

@Jenaisle (14078)

• Philippines

3 Jun 23

@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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

3 Jun 23

If we hadn't been away camping, we would have.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139386)

• Roseburg, Oregon

29 May 23

That has never happened to me. You should get a refund if nothing else.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 May 23

I expect we will receive a coupon for a free package of buns at the very least.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139386)

• Roseburg, Oregon

29 May 23

@DWDavis I hope you do.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (470942)

• Switzerland

29 May 23

I am surprised that they were wrapped to be sold. You should bring them back.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

3 Jun 23

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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Anna

@LadyDuck (470942)

• Switzerland

3 Jun 23

@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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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (338880)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 23

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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 May 23

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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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (338880)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 23

@DWDavis They certainly shouldn't have found their way to an outlet.

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Trebor Ika

@Treborika (17661)

• Mombasa, Kenya

29 May 23

@DWDavis Yes this is a direct job dismissal

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58505)

• Portugal

29 May 23

I would send them back.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

3 Jun 23

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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

7 Jun 23

@nela13 I need to ask her if they did. She hasn't said anything.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58505)

• Portugal

6 Jun 23

@DWDavis did they answer the email?

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (177038)

• United States

29 May 23

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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

3 Jun 23

They do, and she did.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (177038)

• United States

3 Jun 23

@DWDavis Good for her!

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (160518)

• United States

30 May 23

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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

3 Jun 23

As burned as they are, I'm doubtful they would have even made it to the discount rack.

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41337)

• United States

29 May 23

That's never happened to me, although I do like the hot dog itself burned. But not the bun.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

3 Jun 23

My mother and my sister both like their hot dogs cooked until the skin starts to burn.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

29 May 23

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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 May 23

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.

Zain Ullah

@zainkhan121 (859)

• Pakistan

29 May 23

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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

3 Jun 23

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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Trebor Ika

@Treborika (17661)

• Mombasa, Kenya

29 May 23

For me I think you need a refund for this.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

3 Jun 23

We've sent an email to the bakery with pictures.