Off to the Grocery Store
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
United States
November 6, 2021 7:30am CST
Pretty just came in and told me she's getting ready for our trip to get groceries this morning, so I need to get ready, too... I told her I wanted to say a little more before I got out of bed and started getting ready. (I can hear the shower going, so I've got until she's done before I need to stop posting on myLot...)
I hope there aren't a lot of customers at Wally World yet. We don't normally go shopping in the morning because a lot of times the stores are full at this time. We normally go late in the evening when there are almost no people there.
Do you have a time you prefer to go shopping for groceries?
Photo is my Lord and Lady plant in full bloom. Picture is mine.
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@LadyDuck (467179)
• Switzerland
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I always go at the opening of the store, at most I find two other women there that I now know, as we are always and only the early morning customers.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
@LadyDuck That would be nice. It doesn't seem to work like that here.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
We were shocked at how few people there were this early morning. It was nice!
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@Chakimmm It was a shock today when some of the prices we paid last month doubled... That was fun!
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
We shop twice a month. And usually the second time is just because we forgot something we need later in the month.
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@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Yes, it is better to prepare supplies at home for a long time, because it can prevent us from running out of goods in the store.
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@snowy22315 (176745)
• United States
6 Nov 21
Usually in the afternoon when I have planned what I want to get. It is like you and Pretty are married or something. Do you always just go to Walmart? Do you ever shop elsewhere?
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@snowy22315 (176745)
• United States
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil She can't drive herself? She's not 12. Whatever, if it works for you, it works for you. I think my parents have one of those too. Actually, I think it might be Price Chopper. I was in there once, I didn't think it was that cheap.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
@snowy22315 No, she can't. She's 33 and is agoraphobic. She won't leave the house unless I force her out to do something.
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@snowy22315 (176745)
• United States
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil She won't get any better living in a bubble. Besides you said she was the one ready to go, not you.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
6 Nov 21
I have been asking for food online ever since the covid started. I don´t go to the super.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
We don't get delivery for things like that here. We'd still have to go to Walmart to pick the stuff up anyway.
Not going to the supermarket is a lot safer. But we wear masks and use sanitizer when we get to the store and as we're leaving the store.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Here it is mandatory that every open store has sanitizers and a place where you take your temperature at the entrance.
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@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil try Instacart
If we have it here in the Canadian Maritimes, I bet you have it in your neck of the woods.
I discovered it in January and have been a convert ever since.
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I definitely prefer to go grocery shopping early in the morning (like right when the stores open) - and during the weekday.@much2say (54804)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil We are all fine here - just busy and I'm actually getting stuff done since I'm not on the computer as much 
. How are you guys?
I think the seniors out here sleep in 
. It seems like the busier time out here is after 11:00am . . . and then in the early evening. I don't think they have those "senior hours" anymore as they did during those stay-at-home order times.
. How are you guys?
I think the seniors out here sleep in . It seems like the busier time out here is after 11:00am . . . and then in the early evening. I don't think they have those "senior hours" anymore as they did during those stay-at-home order times.1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@much2say Good! I'm glad to know you're all doing well.
We're doing okay... I got to enjoy six hours at the ER but otherwise, still alive and kicking.
Someone else told me they don't have senior only mornings anymore. I had no idea since I've not been there since January.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
Hello Stranger! 
How have you been doing?
I see... usually here that time is when the senior citizens go shopping.
How have you been doing?
I see... usually here that time is when the senior citizens go shopping.1 person likes this
@xFiacre (12767)
• Ireland
6 Nov 21
@daddyevil Our version of Wally World now has a “quiet time” for shoppers of a nervous disposition. Between 6 and 10 on Saturday and Wednesday mornings there is no music or announcements and the lights are dimmed. Unfortunately children and idiots have yet to be banned during this time.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
You have ASDA there, right? Walmart here is open to seniors (those over 60) only on Tuesday from 6 am to 7 am. I'm not quite to 60 yet.
I don't mind the normal store lights and sounds, I just want to be there when as few other people are there as possible.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
@xFiacre I understand. We ran into some people who were blocked the entire aisle one day. We ask if we could get through and they told us to go around. That would have been fine except what we came for was in the middle of their huddle. I called the front desk and told them people were blocking the aisle and refused to let us shop. They sent security and he told the people to go outside if they wanted to stand around and talk. They started arguing with him. He called the cops and had them escorted out of the store... All I wanted was to get some chips... *shrug*
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@xFiacre (12767)
• Ireland
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I want there to be no people at all, especially the couples who meet people they know and stand around blocking the aisles. They’ll be bringing picnics with them next.
I’m 63; I’m NOT old but I like the benefits.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
7 Nov 21
We get delivery, but the husband does slip into the store for a few quick items sometimes. He will generally go in first thing in the morning to avoid crowds. We've been trying to avoid crowds since the beginning of the pandemic.
This last little bit, though, we have both been in too many high risk settings. Unfortunately, I didn't have a choice. Now, I get to worry, and we get to home test in a couple of days-- and again another day or two after that.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I've been dodging the unmasked for days. It does worry me, but I didn't have a choice in terms of being able to not travel. 
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@wilsongoddard I understand... I don't know why they can't understand the danger they put everyone else in... People are so weird.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
I hope neither of you has Covid. Pretty and I only go out in public when we absolutely have to go.
Our city is too small to get any kind of delivery here.
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@ptrikha_2 (46478)
• India
7 Nov 21
My ideal time is a weekday late morning or early afternoon.
However, that often means taking a leave which is not always feasible.
So it is mostly the weekends that I need to manage.
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@ptrikha_2 (46478)
• India
8 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil
2 AM??
Doesn't being out at those hours pose security risks to you?
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@ptrikha_2 (46478)
• India
9 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil
Thieves or robbers and less Police Patrolling?
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
Before the pandemic we shopped at 2 am so there were never any people in the stores and we only saw a few people who worked there. Now, the stores aren't open 24 hours so we go as late in the evening as we can to avoid as many people as possible.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I started ordering online when the pandemic started. I've had very pleasant experiences.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@simone10 We could order groceries online but would still have to go in to pick them up. If we have to go in anyway, why bother ordering them?
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
We used to go in at 2 am and practically have the store to ourselves.
We don't order groceries online.
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@DeborahDiane (40219)
• Laguna Woods, California
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil - I usually grocery shop late in the morning, after I have done my morning walk and run other errands. I also do it on weekdays. It usually isn't crowded then. Weekends can be crazy!
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
Walmart was surprisingly empty this morning when we went. We were both shocked. The other time we'd gone in the morning we just turned around and came back home because it was packed.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@DeborahDiane True enough... Did you get a smoked turkey? That's what we buy every year for Thanksgiving.
Pretty keep pushing me to go back to work for Walmart. I keep telling her she should find a job instead. (She can't. She's agoraphobic. I get tired of her pushing me to get one when she hasn't worked a day in her life.)
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@DeborahDiane (40219)
• Laguna Woods, California
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil - Walmart is going to get more crowded as we get closer to Thanksgiving and Christmas. I've been in there when it was crazy! I bought our Thanksgiving turkey this morning. I was in the grocery store to get some Jello for my husband's liquid diet (yummy!) and they only had about a dozen turkeys. Our daughter is actually hosting at her house, so I called her and asked if she had bought a turkey, yet. When she said "no," I told her I would pick one up while they were still available. What's Thanksgiving without turkey?
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
I get up at 6 am and wake my fishies up and feed them then take my morning meds and play on myLot.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@RubyHawk A lot of the time I'm asleep right now. And wake up around 9 pm and play on myLot all night. I'm not waking up early so much as I haven't gone to bed yet.
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@RubyHawk (99410)
• Atlanta, Georgia
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil That’s too early for me. I usually get up around 8 unless I have to be somewhere early.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
I see... When I was working, I couldn't go early in the morning. I always saw crowds of people in the stores then so wouldn't go early...
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
@nela13 Here, too. That's why we normally go a bit before they close. Almost nobody there at that time..
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@nela13 (56678)
• Portugal
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil here it has more people in the afternoon.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
Thank you. We're home and saw very few people either on the street or in the store. It was very nice.
The plant stinks to high heaven but is beautiful when it blooms.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil That is great. Some plants stink to warn off predators.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
Stores open here between 6 am and 7 am unless they never close at all.
It's better to eat before you go or you'll buy stuff because you're hungry.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
@Vree0937 I bet it was really hard on people who depend on the money they make everyday selling in the fresh market since the pandemic began...
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@Vree0937 (3879)
• Indonesia
6 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil in fresh market, there are many food seller, so we full with snacking. In here, cos warm weather, it easy to go 5am. But I know how hard it is to go at 5 or 6 am - even in spring, cos still cold.
In pandemic, we did not go to fresh market at all.
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
7 Nov 21
I do most of my shopping online and the routine shopping is done by the maid
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil My online shopping does not have cooked food. It may have jams, chocolates and stuff like that.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
We don't order food online. You never know what you're going to get and it's a hassle to do anything if you get something that's bad.
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@wolfgirl569 (102054)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Nov 21
I hope it isnt to crowded for Pretty. I go during the day in the middle of the week. It usually isnt bad then.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
6 Nov 21
It wasn't bad at all today at 9 am. We were both surprised. Hardly anyone in the store. It was nice!
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@wolfgirl569 We were really shocked!
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@wolfgirl569 (102054)
• Marion, Ohio
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Thats a surprise on the weekend.
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@JamesHxstatic (29412)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Nov 21
I sort of go when the mood strikes me. Right, me and everyone else who wants to go TJs the same time I do. Sometimes, my timing is better.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
That does happen... Nobody's perfect. 
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@Hannihar (130222)
• Israel
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil
Yes, I am a morning person so like to go shopping in the morning. I hope you find all you need when you go.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
Thank you. We got everything we needed yesterday and were pleased to see almost nobody in the store.
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@Hannihar (130222)
• Israel
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil
You are welcome. I am so glad you got everything you needed and there were hardly any people in the store.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
7 Nov 21
Hope you got all you wanted today. I do chores in morning, so earliest I go is 12 noon. Riding the bus takes longer going & coming home.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
7 Nov 21
We got everything we needed, yes. Thank you.
We don't like the crowds in the stores during the daytime.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
9 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil
Understood, I don't go to gatherings.
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@arunima25 (87128)
• Bangalore, India
7 Nov 21
Lord and lady plant..that is an interesting one.
I have not been to any physical store for grocery and vegetable shopping since the pandemic. However, I went to another store for some festival shopping and it was crowded because of all the Diwali sales and people out on the streets to buy stuff for the celebration. I quickly finished it and rushed back home.
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
10 Nov 21
@arunima25 I'd never had one bloom in color before so didn't realize it would stink like that. (My aunt planted that flower when she was living in the house before we rented it.) The blooms are beautiful... it just doesn't smell nice.
We don't order groceries online. We'd still have to go into the store to pick them up so it makes more sense to shop for ourselves. *shrug*
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@arunima25 (87128)
• Bangalore, India
10 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil That doesn't sound like a bloom someone will enjoy to have.
I get most of my groceries online
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