Shoppers at Sainsbury’s have been finding Japanese haiku-style poems in packets of cookies and cakes.
@sainsburys got these awesome haikus with my cookies in great Portland street. Nice touch guys! #theboredbaker
The haikus are all signed off by “The Bored Baker”, with an accompanying hashtag.
Good morning @sainsburys Unaceptable haiku found in my cookies, what a hell! #theboredbaker
The supermarket giant appears to have only been made aware of the issue after people started posting pictures of the verses on Twitter.
@WillWilkin Haha! Hmm..Don't think that's meant to be there. Can I ask which store you got these from? Natalie.
Student Gary Hernandez told the Sun he had found one poem which read: "Been sneezing all day, good thing HIV cannot, be passed on like that."
The 24-year-old later complained to Sainsbury’s saying he found the poem “tasteless”.
@sainsburys look what I found in my cookies. A Haiku.Where did that come from?Is it meant to be there? #theboredbaker
The Daily Mail claims the mystery baker carried out the prank on his last day in the job and has since left to concentrate on his studies.
@wself found this haiku in my cookies @sainsburys thought you might like it #theboredbaker
As soon as we realised one of our bakers had been putting notes in a small number of cookies, we immediately checked them and withdrew them from sale.Obviously this should never have happened and we apologise to anyone who was affected.
So long Bored Baker.
@sainsburys haha got this in me bluddclart cookiedems #theboredbaker