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Me too!!!!
I left the house at 945 this morning, drove to the closest of the 4 WM in my zone. I did a 3 stop order. 1 shop and deliver that was literally 2 items and 1/2 mile away, and then a 2 at a time shop and deliver back toward my house and I was back home by 105pm. I had to wait 40 minutes for the first order to come out and get loaded. Anyways, I made $58 and then I have $23 worth of tips on hold for 24h after delivery. Now I am back home doing laundry, watching YouTube videos and relaxing for the 2nd half of my work week.
I am really enjoying doing this. It gets me out of the house, gives me quiet time in an area other than my house, i get some exercise in, I listen to music and sing, pray, think about things and make some extra money to pay off debt while I am at it.
I am really enjoying doing this. It gets me out of the house, gives me quiet time in an area other than my house, i get some exercise in, I listen to music and sing, pray, think about things and make some extra money to pay off debt while I am at it.
If you pull up an order, will it show up as Lasagna noodles, Cottage Cheese, Beef etc... Or will you accept and it shows 176 2x4's?
Lol. It does show items and quantities prior to accepting order...
It tells you if it's a small, med, large, large order, house or.apt, code or no code, verify identity or not and heavy item order
No 2x4s but that's what the Roadie App is for potentially lol
Do you go to Wally World in the pickup section, or do you have to go in and pick the stuff out? The people pay $20 extra or something not including tip just to have it delivered? There is no such thing as delivery here besides Mail / Shipping people.
I would only do a lot of small orders, don't need to be at someone's house unloading 14 bags of groceries and hearing them talk about every single item and how it's wrong.
Never been a Waiter either... "Oh, the Steak isn't Red enough, huh? Well, I bet if it hit your face, both the Steak and you would be more Red, huh?... While I'm at it, would you like some Grey Poupon? Get a big Forking Fork Full and stick it up your...."
I'm almost certain that this Life isn't a complete redo... Lives are supposed to be fresh and new and you learn new things, but I think I was a New York Slumlord Super in my last Life, and that part stuck!
I would only do a lot of small orders, don't need to be at someone's house unloading 14 bags of groceries and hearing them talk about every single item and how it's wrong.
Never been a Waiter either... "Oh, the Steak isn't Red enough, huh? Well, I bet if it hit your face, both the Steak and you would be more Red, huh?... While I'm at it, would you like some Grey Poupon? Get a big Forking Fork Full and stick it up your...."
I'm almost certain that this Life isn't a complete redo... Lives are supposed to be fresh and new and you learn new things, but I think I was a New York Slumlord Super in my last Life, and that part stuck!
So you can do curbside pickup, returns, shop and delivers.
Curbside pickup is an order(s) that store associates that "pick" the orders and then stage for pickup by a driver (spark------GH, DD some areas use them also) to deliver to the customer.
A return is when you pick up a returned item from a customers home and then take it back to the specified Walmart (some other retailers in other areas)
A shop and deliver is an order that the customer has placed to be delivered within either 90 minutes or 3 hours. It does cost a few dollars extra for this quick delivery type.
These orders though, you go inside and do the shopping for the requested items, go through checkout to scan the QR code for that delivery, bag items, and then deliver to customer.
Ok, I just did a mock order for Wally World, and they will deliver. I know none of the Food places do, though. I wouldn't do that anyway, need Food nice and Hot. When I was a Kid at McDonald's, we delivered within a certain radius, but I wasn't a driver. I remember a lot of complaints about Cold Fries and melted Sundaes and stuff like that...
There was no such thing as pausing TV back then, but I would have said "Ya Think? How about pausing Jerry Springer and getting your A** off the couch and driving to McDonalds for Hot Fries and Ice Cream that isn't melted? Okie"???
Wally wasn't bad, $9.95 fee for lots of stuff I added to the cart. If I had 40 other things going on, I might try it, but not for anything Food. The fee for almost right now was $19.95.
I don't get how they pay your company and you. Maybe the stores don't make anything at all, besides the profit from the sale. It's actually a pretty good business idea if they still made Geo Metros or cars that get 50 MPG like that.
I would do returns constantly if they were all close, just get 5 or so at a time or more.
There was no such thing as pausing TV back then, but I would have said "Ya Think? How about pausing Jerry Springer and getting your A** off the couch and driving to McDonalds for Hot Fries and Ice Cream that isn't melted? Okie"???
Wally wasn't bad, $9.95 fee for lots of stuff I added to the cart. If I had 40 other things going on, I might try it, but not for anything Food. The fee for almost right now was $19.95.
I don't get how they pay your company and you. Maybe the stores don't make anything at all, besides the profit from the sale. It's actually a pretty good business idea if they still made Geo Metros or cars that get 50 MPG like that.
I would do returns constantly if they were all close, just get 5 or so at a time or more.
@Spicoli43 it only let's you do 1 "trip" at a time. Now that trip may include more than 1 order but you have to finish the trip before you can get another one.
Most people who get groceries delivered have Walmart+ so as long as the order is more than $35.99, it's free delivery (unless its an ASAP or express order) and then a tip if you are giving one. I think it defaults to 10% but you can change it to whatever.
As far as cold goods, as soon as you scan the first perishable item it starts a counter, the items have to be delivered by a certain time. If you don't get it to the customer by that time, you have to take the order back to the store because it will auto cancel and you won't be able to deliver it.
The app is set up to tell you what aisle to go down and exactly were the item should be located when you do shop and delivers.
Most people who get groceries delivered have Walmart+ so as long as the order is more than $35.99, it's free delivery (unless its an ASAP or express order) and then a tip if you are giving one. I think it defaults to 10% but you can change it to whatever.
As far as cold goods, as soon as you scan the first perishable item it starts a counter, the items have to be delivered by a certain time. If you don't get it to the customer by that time, you have to take the order back to the store because it will auto cancel and you won't be able to deliver it.
The app is set up to tell you what aisle to go down and exactly were the item should be located when you do shop and delivers.
Strangely enough, i hate to shop for myself. I'd rather place an order and pick it up or have it delivered dependent on the day I am having. I think also, more and more people are picking and choosing what they will spend what valuable free time they have doing.
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True. Things are different being retired versus working. I got into a debate with my boss while I was working, about mowing my lawn. My boss mentioned that he made $100 bucks an hour working, but could pay a gardener $20 to mow his lawn for an hour. That made sense, but I'd still rather have my own hands taking care of my yard.
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I did curbside when I had Covid so I wouldn't be exposing people inside the store-- I also felt like garbage and didn't want to walk around in there. Sometimes if I'm feeling very tired or sore I will do curbside. If there's an item that I can't find in the store and have searched for I will add it to a curbside order. Also, they recently started locking up a lot of products and finding an employee with a key can take upwards of 30min. I spent about 45min waiting for an employee to open a case so I could get something before I gave up and left and added it to curbside order. My local Walmart does not do deliveries at all.
For Samsclub I curbside order cases of water so I don't hurt my back putting them in the cart and then in to my truck.
Discovered I'm actually allergic to one of the meds I was prescribed recently so I stopped taking it. I'm going to try to take CoQ10 to counteract the atorvastatin's side effects and see if that helps. I need to start taking Krill oil capsules again. I am slightly miffed that the pharmacy didn't catch the one I'm allergic to because it is on the list of things to which I'm allergic.
Cleaned the hair out of the hair catcher for my tub drain. Fed kitties. and got news my friend's flight was running over an hour late. So I sat around waiting until he told me his plane was taking off. I headed up and rolled up to the passenger pickup area about 45 seconds after he walked out. He was just about to message me when he saw my truck. He was exhausted but said he had fun. He didn't like the new smart car rental he drove. I forget what brand, but he hated the automatic stuff it pulled-- like slowing down, turning the wheel, and braking when he didn't want to. He said he was able to go very fast on the roads out there though. Said if he went speed limit he'd be steamrolled. Meanwhile out here our speed limits are mostly 50mph with some going down to 35 while others are 65. I think 70 is the max I've seen in the state.
That much driving doesn't jive with Wally World's stated policies. For perishables, it makes sense... For returns it doesn't.
Couldn't have Wally plus, not enough I want there. I cancelled Amazon Prime when it was "2 day delivery" but it took a 9 days... Now, I don't understand why people need either service. They aren't ordering new Livers.
I would get out of the car and call the rental place to bring me a real car.
I want a car that will deploy a Hellfire Missile on command. It can be a "not real" version, that's fine as long as people pull over and think about their choices in life. It's impossible to drive in the County roads and not get cutoff. In a 55 zone, people pull out 200 yards ahead and do 45... EVERY SINGLE TIME... Unless I'm First at the light, I will be doing 10 under, guaranteed. They usually turn, very rarely do I have to pass them.
There isn't road rage here though, as everybody knows everybody else is Armed to the teeth. It's just accepted that it's Combat driving here. The only time I have been flipped off was from an old guy that brake checked me, thinking I was too close. It was a 35 zone and it couldn't be closer to normal driving.
While you're shopping online, hiding under your desk in fear of your order being delivered by an erriant drone, just think of the thrill of all the newly offerings available, you are depriving yourself of, viewing.
"Is this casual Monday", I ask myself, as I'm searching through my drawers, for my drawers, often referred to "tiddy-whities", or oft surreptitiously sourced, random patterned, version thereof, which haven't been deem a national disaster, relegated to an authorized waste management site by the ever present, hovering EPA.WOOPS, that's a gov. watchdog agency which if left unchecked will convert us to a bubble society, with themselves dictating, when the bubble must be burst.WOOPS, THAT WAS AN OPINION, but will it be deemed political, INSTEAD OF IT'S OBVIOUS SOCIAL INTENT?
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The return are usually bundled into deliveries in the same area
The eight million Chewy Dot Com boxes on the curb each recycle day are a testament to the popularity of delivery.
I suppose if one had a bunch of kids to get ready for school and a job and a significant other also with a job and after school activities to attend, delivery makes some sense.
Conversely, my parents, both working two jobs and both going to school- plus 7 kids and the stray kids they'd take in managed without delivery. And, for most of this my father was living & working in Europe, so it was mother alone. Somehow it all worked out. (Really strong & dedicated parents!)
What I don't like about delivery is the possibility of questionable price and quality. An acquaintance who works at Kroger supermarket as an order picker told me they are instructed to select the oldest dates & oldest produce for delivery orders.
Plus, the prices are higher at Kroger with delivery than in the store.
I don't know if these hold true for other stores. (Actually, I'm really picky about produce. I'm the guy in everyone else's way while I check every head of lettuce.)
