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Sounds weird to me tbh. I would never feel comfortable having someone else doing my shopping for me - unless i was severely incapacitated for some reason of co

Sounds weird to me tbh. I would never feel comfortable having someone else doing my shopping for me - unless i was severely incapacitated for some reason of course. Same with cooking, cleaning, washing my clothes etc. I could pay someone to do that but I get a lot of joy out of basic chores I guess.

wing-_-nuts 4y ago
I used to think the same, until my local walmart went self checkout only. From that point forward I started using the 'pickup' option. I flat out refuse to bag my own groceries. I'm not sure what the thought process was there. Walmart went from me doing most of the work to them doing almost everything. The day pickup stops being free, I'll likely just throw in the towel and start paying more to get groceries from another chain.
- gretch 4y ago
  several benefits probably 1) Pickup is asynchronous, so no long lines will form. If it's busy you get the notification ~15 minutes later than you normally would 2) There's no possibility of shop lifting (not saying that _you_ steal, but inevitably some people do) 3) Maybe the parking lot or the store is actually full (fire code) and the actually amount of commerce is being bottlenecked by people in the store. You can literally just sell more stuff if you have everyone do a 2 minutes pickup. 4) Pickup selection requires you to go into the app, perhaps where they have opportunities to upsell you in clever algorithmic ways. Chalk it up as a win-win. Not everything has to be either they lose or I lose
- mixmastamyk 4y ago
  Interesting. I usually bag my own if I can, in order to keep the rotisserie chicken from being packed with the frozen peas. Most baggers don't care enough about this kind of thing in my experience.
- kderbyma 4y ago
  Avoid Walmart. just shop at the locals grocer. Trust me. they will appreciate it, and Walmart will maybe get better (bwahahaha)
  - wing-_-nuts 4y ago
    See, where they got me is their cheap generic prescription drugs.
kderbyma 4y ago
same. It feels infantile and sure 'time is money' but that's just a way of making your self feel over important imho

wing-_-nuts 4y ago

I used to think the same, until my local walmart went self checkout only. From that point forward I started using the 'pickup' option. I flat out refuse to bag my own groceries. I'm not sure what the thought process was there. Walmart went from me doing most of the work to them doing almost everything. The day pickup stops being free, I'll likely just throw in the towel and start paying more to get groceries from another chain.

gretch 4y ago
several benefits probably 1) Pickup is asynchronous, so no long lines will form. If it's busy you get the notification ~15 minutes later than you normally would 2) There's no possibility of shop lifting (not saying that _you_ steal, but inevitably some people do) 3) Maybe the parking lot or the store is actually full (fire code) and the actually amount of commerce is being bottlenecked by people in the store. You can literally just sell more stuff if you have everyone do a 2 minutes pickup. 4) Pickup selection requires you to go into the app, perhaps where they have opportunities to upsell you in clever algorithmic ways. Chalk it up as a win-win. Not everything has to be either they lose or I lose
mixmastamyk 4y ago
Interesting. I usually bag my own if I can, in order to keep the rotisserie chicken from being packed with the frozen peas. Most baggers don't care enough about this kind of thing in my experience.
kderbyma 4y ago
Avoid Walmart. just shop at the locals grocer. Trust me. they will appreciate it, and Walmart will maybe get better (bwahahaha)
- wing-_-nuts 4y ago
  See, where they got me is their cheap generic prescription drugs.

kderbyma 4y ago

same. It feels infantile and sure 'time is money' but that's just a way of making your self feel over important imho