Parking lots and what bugs me

[January]

Delivery requires you to be home though or have it left on your doorstep which isn't great for refrigerated items.

Pick up - you can order online same as for delivery- and then pick up at set time or text when you are there. Handy for people who pick up on way home from work or don't have time to go in or don't like crowded shops etc.

 

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We have a vulgar name for such drivers. It rhymes with Anchor.

Do you mean Wanker, which they are.

 

[Sunkist]

Do you mean Wanker, which they are.

That was my guess, too.. and I'm not even from your country it just came to mind, somehow!

 

[Sunkist]

Delivery requires you to be home though or have it left on your doorstep which isn't great for refrigerated items.

Pick up - you can order online same as for delivery- and then pick up at set time or text when you are there. Handy for people who pick up on way home from work or don't have time to go in or don't like crowded shops etc.

When I have groceries delivered, I'm always home. As kitty 'goes on alert' whenever there's any sound in the hallway, I'm always ready to grab the bags as soon as they're delivered.

 

[hollydolly]

Do you mean Wanker, which they are.

we can always trust an Aussie not to hold back....

 

[hollydolly]

When I have groceries delivered, I'm always home. As kitty 'goes on alert' whenever there's any sound in the hallway, I'm always ready to grab the bags as soon as they're delivered.

we can actually choose a time slot.... on any one day

 

[January]

When I have groceries delivered, I'm always home. As kitty 'goes on alert' whenever there's any sound in the hallway, I'm always ready to grab the bags as soon as they're delivered.

So delivery suits you.

I was giving some reasons why pick up might suit other people.

 

[Sunkist]

we can actually choose a time slot.... on any one day

Same here.

 

[Sunkist]

So delivery suits you.

I was giving some reasons why pick up might suit other people.

Yes, that was the question..

 

[Restored]

I prefer to shop in the Walmart so I can do the Walmart 500. It's part of my exercise routine. I just wander from one end to the other and back again. I only go on weekdays and never on the 1st of the month.

 

[Sunny]

I have never "picked up" and only used delivery of food once, during Covid, was not happy with it.

The only reason I can imagine for going to the parking lot to pick up is that you are more in control of your own time. Most deliveries or work on the home (repair providers, etc.) give you a time slot of about 4 hours. If you go to the store to pick up, at least you are controlling your own time. Some people can drive fine, but can't manage all the walking required to shop in the store itself, especially the huge supermarkets.

 

[Brookswood]

On cold wet days, just put on a jacket and walk outside. If it’s too icy to walk safely, it’s also too icy to drive, so I stay home.

Parking lots are ok. I usually park far out and walk to the door. I hate driving near the main entrance. People with their carts and packages come darting out the exit, right in front of traffic like they own the parking lot. The lack of marked walking lanes with barriers for cars entering them in parking lots is a danger.

 

[StarSong]

To each his/her own, but I've never been able to figure out why people choose the pick-up option.. I mean if they need to go there anyway.. unless it's special circumstances like health/medical problem and can't move around very well, or someone who hates to shop..?

As I said above, I don't hate shopping, I just hate shopping inside Walmart.. It's the only store I do pickup with — I avoid Target altogether.

Why? Their stores feel like an assault on my senses. I find them overly loud and bright, chaotically laid out, many aisles are difficult to navigate because of displays down the centers, and their checkout process is nothing short of a misery.

However, there are some things I choose to purchase from WM because of selection or pricing, so I order and pay online and pick up my order within four days from an easy pickup area. WM apparently realizes a fair number of customers prefer shopping this way, and they accommodate us.

I've been doing this since the pandemic. Prior to that I didn't shop at WM at all because of the above reasons.

If they discontinued pickup, I wouldn't shift to shopping inside WM, I'd take my business elsewhere.

 

[WhatInThe]

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Parking lots are ok. I usually park far out and walk to the door. I hate driving near the main entrance. People with their carts and packages come darting out the exit, right in front of traffic like they own the parking lot. The lack of marked walking lanes with barriers for cars entering them in parking lots is a danger.

I'm the same park away from the entrance. I never understood the need to be closet one to the door. It's not worth thei risk because they are high foot and car traffic areas.

Then you have the congregaters who insist are parking next to someone even in the far away spots. I've been by my lonesome come out less than a half hour later and I'm surrounded.

In some parking lots back in parking not necessarily the best thing. Many businesses and insurance companies push that but also a high risk of backing into the front end of another's car. I can back out of a parking spot quicker and easier than backing into one. I will say people need to look at the cars back up/reverse lights when walking in a lot just like driving in one.