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> To reiterate, the service was intended for people who couldn't go to the store themselves, not for yuppies. What an odd thing to say. Why should people have
by barbazoo 4y ago
> To reiterate, the service was intended for people who couldn't go to the store themselves, not for yuppies.
What an odd thing to say. Why should people have to drive and spend their time at the grocery store if the grocery store can do that much more efficiently? Employees pack what looks like dozens of orders at the same time and drive them to the neigborhoods. In a densely populated area I can't imagine that being less efficient than going yourself.
- asveikau 4y ago> Why should people have to drive Want to add, with walkable cities and less car centricism you absolutely don't have to drive. Not meaning to be insensitive to less healthy people who enter into that condition through no fault of their own, but also, perhaps fewer people would be in a position that they are physically unable to shop for groceries if they didn't "have to drive", and got in the exercise of a daily walk to the grocer.
- barbazoo 4y agoI shouldn't have said "drive", I could also walk to a corner store or bike to the grocery store but unless you're single or you only buy what you need immediately you need something else. I can't buy groceries for 2 weeks for a family and haul them back on foot or bike. And that's as often as I want to go to a grocery store, max. And as I said, getting that amount of groceries delivered is even better and at the same time this is so much more energy efficient and so much less wasteful than getting these "meal prep" kits. They just don't make sense.
- JohnFen 4y ago> I can't buy groceries for 2 weeks for a family and haul them back on foot or bike. Why not? On foot might be a bit much, but on a bike, with a trailer, this isn't hard at all.
- barbazoo 4y agoI think you're projecting your lifestyle on other people, not sure what your goal is here. If this works for you, great, I'm happy for you.
- JohnFen 4y agoI was just taking issue with the "I can't". Perhaps I read that wrong, but it sounded like "It's not possible" to me. All I was saying is that it is, in fact, possible. It may not be the right solution for you, but it's certainly a possible solution.
- barbazoo 4y agoOh that makes sense, yes. I actually have my eye on a cargo bike that can handle the amount of groceries AND one or even 2 kids but right now that's not in my budget.
- asveikau 4y agoI also want to be sensitive to people who literally cannot. Physical disability or varying conditions of health are definitely a thing. But, a lot of people don't have those disabilities and choose to live differently.
- asveikau 4y agoI'm a father of two. I'm really tired of seeing this "once you have a family you'll see you need to drive everywhere" thing. It is not so inevitable, it is a choice; it's kind of the default choice for many in the US, sure, but it doesn't need to be so. You're thinking about it kind of wrong. You don't need to fill a huge fucking jeep with groceries for the month. You make it part of your daily routine to get a little at each trip. The store is already close to where you will be.
- barbazoo 4y agoI didn't say "once you have a family you'll see you need to drive everywhere". so I don't know where that is coming from and also I'm not from the US. I think it's fine if one decides to buy groceries for 2 weeks instead of every couple of days, everyone is different and this might be more practical for some than others. That's personal choice.
- stametseater 4y agoIf you don't want your food to be driven to you, then live in a city. This is what I do, I haven't used my car when grocery shopping for years. If you choose to live in a suburb or rural area, then a car lifestyle is something you've chosen for yourself. > Employees pack what looks like dozens of orders at the same time and drive them to the neigborhoods. This isn't the way it was done with the service I describe. There generally would not be enough demand so most orders would be 1-to-1, no more efficient than somebody driving to the store themself.
- barbazoo 4y agoYeah that wouldn't make sense then. Here where I live I see the grocery chain "truck" (Mercedes Sprinter size) make frequent stops throughout the neigborhood so I feel like it works out. Seems to be just the right amount of density.
- p0pcult 4y ago>Why should people have to drive and spend their time at the grocery store Because they chose to live somewhere stupid that doesn't have one of life's necessities, food, nearby? Or maybe they haven't figured out how to bundle trips, like going grocery shopping while little Ryder is at soccer practice?
- barbazoo 4y ago> Because they chose to live somewhere stupid that doesn't have one of life's necessities, food, nearby? Wow, so judgmental. I live a ~20 minute bike ride from the grocery store but for a family it's not always feasible to get everything to fit on bikes. It's totally reasonable to drive somewhere once every two weeks for that. It's actually funny, you don't know anything about me or where I live. It's actually very close to what I would consider the perfect balance between having grocery stores in walking or biking distance when we quickly need something and a 5 or so minute drive to the grocery store for bigger shops. Yet I don't have to live in an urban hellhole.