>In years past it made sense to force customers to walk through the entire store to do some annoying task. These days? I pay more, sometimes a lot, to not have

>In years past it made sense to force customers to walk through the entire store to do some annoying task. These days? I pay more, sometimes a lot, to not have to enter a store, or speak to underpaid and overworked staff there. Punch some new doors on the side of the the building, put in a few reefer fridges, some more shelves, and have the in house developers crank out a contactless pickup web app. Include A lot of walmarts now actually have this automated pickup machine [1]. It's honestly kinda cool. The grocery pickup they'll bring out to your car for free too, unfortunately sometimes I've had to wait 10 minutes though, so it's not as breezy as I'd prefer. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pgd-LzzXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pgd-LzzXc