Consumer group Choice’s annual Shonky Awards highlights what it rates as the worst products and services on offer in Australia. And this year, Qantas took the gong for “being the Spirit of Disappointment” because it “deliberately out of its way to win” with a year of delays, lost baggage, and unusable flight credits. VetPay, a quick loan service targeting people struggling to pay vet bills, was recognised for its high fees and interest rates of 18%-plus. Steggles’ Chicken Nuggets Boosted with Veggies got a mention for “hiding veggies so well we could barely find them”. The Zega Digital pot was deemed an “expensive ‘self-cooking’ smart pot that doesn’t properly cook” with the $299 appliance turning out raw chicken. Maybe that’s what our former PM was using… And flower delivery company Bloomex received a Shonky for “dodgy deliveries, dead flowers and accepting orders they can’t fulfil”. Seems there’s no pleasing some people…