Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm just writing to a well known food chain, advising them of some shortcomings I am experiencing with their home delivery process.
Post Pandemic, I've realised just how much I utterly hated going "shopping" and I realised we are really invested now in home delivery!
(So much, that I'm actually attempting to get the process to work a bit better)
I wondered if it's just me, or is this a more universal Autism thing?
For those of you who don't like to post or vote, this is a very simple question, and you can possibly excercise a bit of power if you have a strong feeling about shopping.
We constitute about 1/50th of the population if I have my facts correct, (I may not when it comes to that number) so IF we turn out to be "all of one mind" it's worth "niche influencers" like myself (I KNOW companies, and even lawmakers, can be influenced by a well written complaint, as I've been doing it for years! I claim credit for killing a Kellogs ad campaign in the nineties with a particularly vitriolic communication to the right department and the part of U.K. drone law that lets your kids (and me!) fly a toy in your own back garden...
Complaining is like planting seeds, and waiting to see which ones sprout. For those who are lacking in funds and powerless it's a very cheap hobby, too.
You just have to do it creatively, and not "whine"...
So how do YOU feel about a trip to the shops?
When the pandemic began we started doing our supermarket shopping online and I really prefer it. Before that we always used to go to the supermarket in the evening when it was really quite. My youngest son really likes supermarkets if they’re quiet because he likes choosing things (he’s an adult now and still likes them). We always always went when it was quiet - and the rare times we go now we go really early in the morning when it’s quiet too, - partly because of Covid, and partly because we prefer it so quiet.
but mostly we get it all online. I like not feeling rushed. I don’t like it being delivered and the delivery person coming and having to chat to him - but my husband deals with that now. I make sure it arrives when my husband isn’t at work.
Hi Kate, haven't seen you here for long time. Hope you and your family are all doing well :)
I'm looking at starting shopping online soon. I think it'll be less anxiety and better for me.
Hi Luna,
well - we’ve been sort of ok, and sort of not ok - as usual! You might prefer shopping online - I like it because I can take my time choosing things, and you can see how much it’s costing as you go. We miss the yellow stickers in the supermarkets though - we used to like finding bargains :) But having said that you tend to stick to what you know you need - you don’t get tempted by seeing random things and buying them - so it’s probably cheaper in that way.
how are you Luna?