Subj : Re: Checking Out
To   : Dumas Walker
From : jimmylogan
Date : Mon May 19 2025 02:52 pm

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to JIMMYLOGAN <=-

>  DW> There are a lot of folks working there, pushing large carts to fill
>  DW> orders for delivery and drive-thru, so they are employing plenty of
>  DW> people... just no one that wants to be a cashier or to man the
>  DW> self-check banks.

>  This! We use delivery now because they finally deliver to our
>  rural area, and I don't have to spend 20 minutes ONE WAY into
>  town, then spend the time shopping, then check out, load my
>  truck, drive back home and bring the stuff up the steps. :-)

>  With delivery, they put it AT THE TOP OF THE STEPS so I literally
>  just open my carport door and bring the stuff in. :-) Love it!

DW> During the height of COVID, I did use the drive-thru for a while.  Then
DW> I decided I was in good enough health that it was better to go in and
DW> let those resources be used for others who couldn't.

DW> I have a sister who has two young grandkids.  She has been doing
DW> drive-thru so she doesn't have to take the kids into the store.

DW> I have not tried delivery but I have heard decent things about it.

We call it curbside here, but I assume it's the same thing. I did
that some at Wal-Mart, but only a few times. Once they started
delivery to our house, we started doing that. :-)



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