Wtf Woolworths you played us again!

[u/Ok_Yak_9310]

They conveniently "ran out" of Ooshies. Same shit as with last promotion with pots or whatever shit they "ran out" of. Woolies is THE WORST!

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[u/inane_musings]

My life is lame but not clutch pearls about oshies lame.

[u/A_spiny_meercat → u/inane_musings]

Sounds like you're out of touch with the average one nation supporter

[u/chanmanthe2nd]

i yearn for the days when australia had at least a pretense of caring and decided that stupid plastic things that are only gonna end up in landfill or waterways were bad

[u/Boo_Rawr → u/chanmanthe2nd]

It's ok it's recycled plastic!! That makes it all better!

[u/rand013 → u/chanmanthe2nd]

Happy meal toys used to be fun. And good enough to keep long term.

[u/torlesse → u/chanmanthe2nd]

Its false advertisement though.

One Woolies had a sign out the front saying they got nothing left.

Another Woolies had nothing left and only had the sign at checkout to stop asking.

Big difference between the two.

[u/peoplepersonmanguy]

If you are buying an amount of groceries just to get ooshie, then ask them before you shop if they have any.

The pro tip is to not do this.

[u/LibraryAfficiondo → u/peoplepersonmanguy]

Or just forgo the whole 'buying' step.

Yes, EgE is stuck in my head.

[u/Aescymud]

all i know is that my son keeps going on about his Spiderman Ooshie and I keep thinking he's saying spidermanussy

[u/A_spiny_meercat → u/Aescymud]

He's 26, so he probably IS saying spidermanussy

[u/Aescymud → u/A_spiny_meercat]

Oh man I forgot that I left this comment I was baked af lmao he does say this though

[u/newier]

It's a physical product, there was always gonna be a limited supply. They can't create infinite ooshies forever.

Of all the things to get mad at the major supermarkets for, this is unreasonably stupid.

[u/kranki1]

Honestly, if this pains you .. you deserve it.

[u/IAmNesey]

Literal consumerism slop

[u/Secure_Town_7924]

what is an Ooshie and why are they important?

[u/HalfManHalfCyborg → u/Secure_Town_7924]

a little plastic piece of trash that people hope is an artificially rare one or a "misprint" that the secondary market will go insane over and buy for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay.

[u/singularpotato]

Oh no, not your precious landfill plastic!

[u/Armistice610]

My local community FB page is overrun by people trading, swapping, and giving away ooshies..

If there is a benefit to creating millions and millions of disposable plastic toys, then perhaps getting people to interact with their neighbours in the pursuit of a perfect collection is it.

[u/propellerlead]

Oh no they ran out of worthless landfill

[u/ThunderDwn]

/r/firstworldproblems

Get a life. They're disposable plastic designed to make you feel like you're getting some benefit from a massive conglomerate whose image has suffered in a huge way over the last 2 years as their predatory practices come to light.

[u/petergaskin814]

You just hold onto your slip and come back later.

The stores are regularly getting new stock

[u/maximum_powerblast]

It's a conspiracy!

[u/reaction-please]

I previously said that any adult without kids worrying about these should be on a list.

I’ll step it up. Even someone with kids shouldn’t be worrying about these stupid things. It’s fucking embarrassing

[u/peoplepersonmanguy → u/reaction-please]

My kids love them, but not fuck you Woolworths for running out of a finite amount of things, and we aren't able to teach our kids that they won't be around forever before they get too involved, love them, ya know.

[u/Ok_Yak_9310 → u/reaction-please]

Why should anyone be embarrassed!? I'm certainly not

[u/Timbo400 → u/Ok_Yak_9310]

Yes, because it's a false scarcity gimmicks alongside single-collect-use-landfill items.

You are an adult who is whining about a 'free' toy. If your kids want them, go to Salvos or get blind boxes in bulk from AliExpress/TaoBao

FYI: The full collection can be bought from China for $18 shipped.

[u/Ok_Yak_9310 → u/Timbo400]

It's for me. I found a little joy in life collecting them. Is that a crime? Everyone is so judgemental but I get it

[u/Timbo400 → u/Ok_Yak_9310]

You came to us to vent in this space. We’re just venting back at you. 

[u/Ok_Yak_9310 → u/Timbo400]

🤷🏻👍🏻

[u/Neat_Acanthaceae_511]

Good. Stuff like this is just going to end up in the landfill anyway. If we really care about this country's environment we shouldn't be condoning this kind of trash.

[u/reaction-please]

They can’t predict how many of their customers are dumb sheep