And now I'm wondering about the utility of my entering the stores at all, even when sheltering in place is not required. I'm not impulse buying that interesting something or other. I'm not buying a 4th bottle of ketchup because I can't remember if I remembered to resupply the pantry the last time I shopped. (G'ma used a list; I never remember to bring mine from home.)
I do miss selecting my own produce; I know if I want green bananas because I still have 2 ripening at home. Ordering steak is also problematic; you purchase by the pound, not by the serving. That leaves me with one very thick piece of meat that is as problematic to divide in to two thinner slices as it is to bbq in all its stubby glory.
Sometimes the substitutions make no sense. This:
is not the same as Haagen Dazs Vanilla.
But, on the whole, the experience is an efficient use of my time. I can place an order between commercials, with TBG by my side to remind me about the Wheat Thins and the Cheerios. I drive further than I would normally, since the nearest pick up store is 9 miles away, rather than around the corner and down the block, but I'm still spending less time collecting the goodies. Someone else is walking up and down the aisles while I am at home, doing other things.
Doing other things..... doesn't that sound like fun? I usually stopped into the store on my way home from doing those other things.
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We are still going to our neighborhood Safeway. Yesterday at 7:30 am there were very few customers in the store. I like selecting my own produce too, as well as meat.
ReplyDeleteI too still do my grocery shopping in person, usually once a week like I did before shelter-in-place. I go to the same stores where I've always shopped, not trekking hither and yon like some are doing to find just what they want. If my local grocer, or Whole Foods, or Target don't have what I'm seeking, then I go without or buy something else.
ReplyDeleteI am awaiting the return of full shelves of paper products and cleaning supplies to know life has begun to right itself. Until then, it's a crazy world out there, and one must constantly remind oneself of that.