An Aussie man has been left outraged after discovering on his weekly trip to his local Bunnings that there was no sausage sizzle.
The disappointed customer expressed his outrage on Reddit and shared a photo of the sign the hardware store had placed over the usual sausage sizzle menu bearing the bad news last weekend.
‘Apologies, our community sausage sizzle is closed today,’ the sign read.
‘Thanks for your support and understanding.’
To make matters worse, the man lives in a regional area with the next Bunnings store a 90 minute drive away.
‘So I just went home to bed and cried myself to sleep,’ he wrote.
Shocked Aussies were quick to show their support.
Many admitted the sausage sizzle was the only reason they went to Bunnings every weekend.
‘Why is Bunnings still open then? What’s the point?’ one wrote.
Another added the lack of a sausage sizzle was ‘absolutely un-n’ while another irate Aussie asked if the move was ‘even legal?’.
Others shared in the man’s devastation, with one calling it ‘a travesty’.
‘Thoughts and prayers,’ one wrote.
Another added: ‘Royal Commission now!’
The much-loved sausage sizzle, put on by various community groups to raise money, has become a popular fixture with Bunnings shoppers not just for the taste, but also the price.
The traditional Aussie snack of barbecued sausages on bread with onion and sauce s is capped at $3.50 at Bunnings, while soft drink cans are under $2 – exceptional value against the high cost of living.
But sometimes a group can’t make their allotted weekend and the sausage sizzle is called off, Bunnings Regional Manager Deb Thompson told news.com.au.
‘Occasionally, a community group cancels their sausage sizzle, which occurred at one of our NSW stores over the weekend,’ she said.
‘While we always offer the spot to other local community groups, we are sometimes unable to find a replacement at such short notice.
‘We appreciate the community’s understanding and look forward to holding future sausage sizzles.’
But some Aussies commented that if a community group doesn’t show up, Bunnings staff should step in.
‘This is crazy. When I used to do the sausage sizzles at my local Bunnings, they had to go ahead,’ one wrote.
‘If no community group was there, the Bunnings staff would do so and donate proceeds to local charity.’
A second added: ‘Yeah, I also used to be the set up person on weekends when I worked there, and if the group didn’t show we ran it ourselves’.
‘It was always chaos but it happened a few times.’
But the original poster believes it may have come down to location and staff.
‘We are a regional store so not as busy as the city, so probably less staff on,’ he said.
Daily Mail contacted Bunnings for further comment.