A Wonderful Way to Shop!
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Last night at midnight, as I was watching the most watched inauguration in history, I was also grocery shopping! Jeff is in Germany all week and I had remembered that our grocery here as well as many others around Hong Kong, offer online ordering and free delivery if you spend over a $500 HKD. No problem - that's easy. They really don't advertise this so I was so happy that I remembered this from a book I bought on Hong Kong quite sometime before we moved here. The coolest thing was that it was delivered the next day (today) and I was able to pick the time to have it delivered right to my kitchen counter! I was telling my new British friend about how in awe I was of this and she was shocked that our grocers did not offer this service in the States. As I thought about it more, so was I. At least not that I'm aware of anyway. She made reference to the fact that this has created jobs in her country and we are in need of that in the States for sure! These jobs might be minimum wage for HS kids or vocational training centers maybe and could possibly teach them how to shop for groceries. Possibly even money management on the shopping job side and even logistics and customer service for the delivery side. Ok, ok, ok - sorry about the rambling rant of my take on this - I did get a little excited there.....I just think it's a great service and a great idea.
I'm sure there are reasons why it's not a widely accepted idea in the US - gas prices certainly come to mind first, but I can't help but be hopeful this will catch on in the States within the next few years. See, I'm a bit worried that by then I won't remember how to drive a "real" car to the grocery, let alone know what to do with them when I get them home since we'll be so used to having had a domestic helper! LOL
Ok - that's it...just wanted to share this experience since it was such a good one. Also, you should know that my Missy Mistakes are less frequent....I mean I broke a bowl yesterday but otherwise, I've kind of been slowly getting it together around here. Let's hope I didn't just jinx myself for mentioning it!
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