April 2020--Just received my second delivery of groceries. It would have been my third, but the grocery-shopping service I signed up for couldn’t fulfill the second one so this one today is the second delivery.
I’m sorry to say it’s going to be my last delivery using this service. Don’t read this using an angry tone. I’m not angry. Just a little frustrated and most of my frustration is directed at me. I know, in an earlier writing I said I’d definitely use them again. And I did. I used them today.
But now, I’ve changed my mind about future deliveries. I just think it's in my best interest that I do my own shopping. In person. Pushing my own cart. Filling it with things I can actually see. Although, I'm not really sure that would be the answer. I do recall numerous times I came home with something and got weird looks from my family about the products I selected.
One that comes to mind is a purchase of low-fat peanut butter. Really? Peanuts by nature have a higher amount of fat. I never paid attention to the label. Just bought it cuz I liked the colors on the label. (A marketer's dream shopper, right?) Maybe they've improved the taste over the years because the one I bought 25+ years ago tasted like cardboard.
Ok, so things I've come home with from the grocery store that weren't right could make for a long story. A very long story. But today's story is not about that. Well, not indirectly.
The things that happened today—it’s not like they’re all the fault of the shopper. I’m not as adept with technology as the younger generation, so I’m sure I made some clicking errors. But that just proves online ordering isn’t for me.
I got a few messages during the time the shopper was shopping. He wasn’t able to get some of the items so the app sent messages. Some of the items I just said to refund and others, well, I opted for the larger size. So, I figured my order was good to go.
A car pulled in the driveway and my groceries were left on the porch. That was fast. And I was excited to go through the bags.
I ordered two green peppers. The plan was to make stuffed peppers for dinner one night this week. Now, obviously my shopper didn’t know this. After all, there’s nowhere in the app to tell them what you’re going to be doing with the items. But, these were two of the smallest green peppers I’ve ever seen. Obviously it’s not green pepper season. I’m thinking it must have just ended because two weeks ago my husband picked up two green peppers and they were huge.
I ordered two bananas. Let me rephrase that. I thought I ordered two bananas. I clicked on the image of a single banana, so that led me to believe I would be ordering a single banana. Maybe I did order two single bananas, and maybe my shopper thought that wasn’t enough. Maybe he really likes bananas and thought no way could someone only want two single bananas.
I got two bunches of bananas. The organic ones, at that. Pricey. Very pricey. I read an article once that said you don’t need to buy organic if there’s a peel or a shell. So, when it comes to fruits and vegetables with a peel or a shell, I just get the regular ones. But not today.
I ordered a bag of Fritos. Noticed there was a "two-fer" price. So I knew I’d get two bags of Fritos. But for some reason, I got three. Three? It should have been two or four. So I guess I’m missing another bag at a cheap price.
I ordered a bag of granola. That was one of the items that needed to be replaced. I was trying to read the substitution list on the app. The print was really fine and I couldn’t read all of the description, but apparently granola is equivalent to finely chopped oats. Who knew? Yup, you learn something new every day. So instead of a granola snack, I got a bag of oatmeal. I did authorize it; I’ll give you that. Maybe I should have held my iPad out a little further and then I would have noticed the word “oatmeal.”
That’s ok. I guess I needed a breakfast food since my 24-pack of frozen waffles was out of stock and was to be replaced with a 10-pack. But the 10-pack didn’t arrive with the order. I wasn’t charged for it, so that’s good. Does oatmeal work well with bananas?
And last on the list of shopping mishaps was my cilantro. I love putting cilantro in and on everything—especially my salads. Opened the bag and there was no smell, which was weird and very disappointing to me. C’mon, who doesn’t love the smell of cilantro? I pulled the bunch out of the bag and immediately knew something was off. My guess is my shopper isn’t into Mexican cuisine or he would have known that wasn’t cilantro. I guess he missed the white band wrapped around it that says: Parsley.
Let me say for the record, all of the other items were received as ordered. I know a lot of other people who use this app and they love it. I’ve just decided ordering online isn’t for me.
Now that I have some groceries, I’m going to make myself something to eat.
Let’s see, I could slice up 13 bananas, mush them into a bowl of oatmeal and stuff them into a green pepper. And of course, sprinkle parsley on top. You know, for effect.
Take it one day at a time.
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