[Ed. note: this is a series of short blog pieces, one per day (maybe) <aren't we all bored, looking for something to do?>, talking about some daily thing affecting our lives on a local level -- not comments about the feds, outside states, etc. That's the purpose. Let's see...]
So, my thing today is: why can't local grocery stores get their act together to do curbside service?
Two weeks ago, TWO WEEKS AGO!, I tried to get groceries without going into the store. There are two grocery stores within a mile of my house. Well, the first, Weis, didn't do it. Their app said they did, but it wouldn't go beyond filling the cart, so I called the local store. I was told they didn't do that.
Then I tried the Giant app. Which switched me to Peapod (I'm just reporting). In the end, I couldn't schedule till five days later?!?!!?!?
WTF!?!!?
How hard is this? I've been in Giant when their "associates" were filling these orders for people -- it doesn't look like rocket science (or, as the joke goes, rocket surgery), so it doesn't seem like it is about personnel (and as of now there are only a handful of Covid cases in this county, so it can't be people out sick), and they do it with a scanner on their arm that tells them they are getting the item ordered. So, it doesn't look tricky.
So how can grocery stores not have this figured out? Why don't they have their personnel doing this already? How hard is it?
It's something we all want -- access to groceries without having to stay this far away from each other --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcn6sah5vf8
So, today's first day rant is this: why can't grocery stores get their act together and provide enough slots for us all to drive up and get our groceries? Or most of us?
Get your act together?!?!?
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