A MUM has been left horrified by the language choice in her daughter’s books she’d ordered on the cheap from Temu.
Being a parent comes with what feels like never-ending list of expenses, which is why many of us are on the lookout for ways to slash the costs wherever possible.
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This is why one mother, Camille Wight, decided to order her baby girl books from budget online retailer Temu.
But little did she know that the seemingly innocent essentials would come with a surprise, one the shopper later shared the horror of on TikTok.
According to the brunette beauty, she was reading the words to her daughter while the family was driving to her parent’s home.
Each of the page of the ”cute” book described animals, such as “caterpillar” and “rabbit” – but it all took a sharp turn when Camille got to a page where the language choice was unforgivable.
In the video, the mother shared how her jaw dropped to the floor, as rather than “rooster or hen or chicken”, the word they’d gone for was “c*ck”.
Mortified, Camille looked at her followers in a suspicious way and claimed she’d then asked her partner to look at the book.
“And I get that’s like the technical name”, the woman said, but she queried why that was the “choice they made for that page”.
”Would you keep them?” the mother, who posts under the username @chaoswithcamille, wanted to see what fellow parents would do in the same situation.
In the comments section, one eagle-eyed TikTok user pointed out: “It’s the fact that ‘horse’ is also next to it that kills me.”
Someone else said: “I feel like that was 100% intentional”.
However, this wasn’t the only mishap in the cheap buy, as she then went over the rest of the contents.
“So then I’m like hmm I wonder if there are any other ones that are amiss”, Camille continued.
Much to her surprise, in the book of Jungle Tails the mum was greeted by, not a Raccoon – but a Raccoo.
“I like that one”, she chuckled.
Why is Temu so cheap?
TEMU exploded onto the scene in late 2022, with people all over social media raving about the low prices.
The company is a Chinese-owned digital marketplace – essentially an online shopping app where people are connected to the retailer directly while the app takes care of the shipping element.
The frenzy over the app is not completely unfounded either as it offers a wide variety of products, including fashion, make-up, electronics and furniture.
According to a report from the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Temu takes advantage of a trade loophole that allows the company to ship duty-free goods directly to the US.
The loophole is called the de minimis exception and it means they can ship goods valued up to $800 (£643) to the US without it being inspected or taxed by US customs.
Temu connects customers directly to manufacturers and only manages how the items are sent to customers.
It means Chinese vendors can essentially sell their products directly to customers and ship it without building a network of warehouses across the globe.
By doing this, they cut down on huge costs and ensure the product itself isn’t marked up extra.
While many of the products seen on the Temu app are from brands with extensive, original collections, many more are dupes of designer brands.
The China-based retailer had also referred to a Sika Deer as a ‘Cervus Nippon’ – and although this is technically correct, it may be a little too advanced for a baby book.
The young mother, who boasts close to a staggering 50k followers, reckoned the text must’ve been “put in a translator”.
Despite the odd choice of wording, she did say that the books were “so cute” and that she would let her baby girl “play with them”.
The Sun have reached out to Temu for a comment.
According to The Mirror, a Temu spokesperson said: “Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
”We have removed the product in question from sale pending a review.
”Customer satisfaction is our top priority, and customers can apply for full refunds for items that are not as described or are defective.”
