Yesterday Was Busy!

@kareng (62653)
United States
March 4, 2022 3:17pm CST
I wasn't on myLot during the day yesterday because I stayed busy! I was outside for a good bit enjoying the sunshine, doing chicken chores, and a bit of yard work. Before I knew it and looked at the time it was already 2 pm. I headed inside and changed clothes so I could go to McComb and pick up our grocery order. My husband said that he just got a text that said part of the order was ready for pickup. Excuse me? Only part? Well my pickup time was scheduled for 3 pm so I didn't worry about it. In the meantime, I told him that he should ride with me. The reason for that is I did not see the section to add an alternate person to pick up the order. And the order was in his name. He wasn't doing anything but relaxing so he rode along with me. We were lucky to get the last designated parking space for grocery pick up. And at least half of the people were actually there for grocery pick up and sitting in their vehicles to wait vs. an empty vehicle parked wrong. I told my hubby that we would be waiting for awhile since we were the last to pull up. We had been waiting about 10 minutes when the man in the car next to us got out of his vehicle to stretch. As he walked around his car, I asked him how long he had been waiting. He said about 20 minutes. I commented that there had been no groceries coming out in the last 15 minutes and I assumed we would be waiting for awhile. I made a phone call after that to the attorney's office that I was waiting on a return phone call from since Monday. It was at that time our order arrived and the employee started putting the order in the back of my van. Our neighbor in the next car over got out to complain to the employee and then got back in his car. This store really needs better management and more organization! I felt bad for the others, but I have also been in their place before when picking up groceries. Do you use grocery pickup? Does the pickup go smoothly or do you have to wait a long time? Photo Credit: Pixabay, Public Domain
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@Deepizzaguy (104659)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4 Mar 22
I have not used a grocery pickup service yet. Sorry to learn that you are having problems with the grocery pickup at the grocery store.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
4 Mar 22
And since the Kroger closed in McComb that is the largest and most complete grocery that offers the pick up option.
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@Deepizzaguy (104659)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
5 Mar 22
@kareng I see what happened to you now.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
5 Mar 22
@Deepizzaguy At least we have a Piggly Wiggley in our little town now so I can run there for a few things. Prices are higher than Walmart though so I try to get essentials from Wally World.
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@JudyEv (342489)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Mar 22
We don't use it at the moment but if COVID numbers keep rising here we might soon be doing this too.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
5 Mar 22
@JudyEv Yes, and saves you the time of shopping if you don't have to wait long for them to put the groceries in your car. Thankfully, I have only had to wait long periods a couple of times. It is a lot of work now here as we have to check ourselves out at checkout. That is a lot of activity: put groceries in cart while shopping, empty cart at checkout, check yourself out, bag groceries and put back in cart, get groceries out of cart and into your car. Go home and unload the groceries, then put up all groceries. I bet all that burns a good many calories!
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
5 Mar 22
I started my big trip with pick up when Covid got bad here and have continued with it.
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@JudyEv (342489)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Mar 22
@kareng It makes a lot of sense. I think it is offered here but I'm not sure. I must look into it.
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@kaylachan (72456)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Mar 22
We do our shopping in-person. If you can take the time to drive, park, and wait, you can go inside and get it done in the same ammount of time or less. At least that's how I see it.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
5 Mar 22
I have only had to wait the longer times twice so not bad. And no, with a 30 minute drive one way, hour of shopping and 30 minutes back and then have to unload the groceries again after having to load them to checkout, check yourself out, reload back into the buggy and then load into your car to unload them again at home and carry them all inside, unpack and put them all away. Nope, I can't do that in the normal time of 1 hour and 10-15 minutes that it normally takes. To me that is a waste of time and effort and I can't handle it with the pain it also causes. So all in all would never be worth it to me to go back to old way.
@wolfgirl569 (108824)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Mar 22
I just go in and get what I need.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
5 Mar 22
I do here in town but my big shopping trip I let them do it for me.
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@LindaOHio (182952)
• United States
5 Mar 22
You can't do grocery pickup unless you have a smartphone; and we don't have one.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
5 Mar 22
Do you have a cell phone? At Walmart you call in when you get there and then they bring your food out. I order on my laptop. I did not install the app on my phone. I just call and let them know I am there and what numbered space I am in.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@LindaOHio Nope, I order online on my laptop and then call the phone number posted on the sign in parking for my pickup. I do not use the app at all.
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@LindaOHio (182952)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@kareng They told me I had to have a smartphone. I guess I could check again.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Mar 22
Need used this service but I know many that do.
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
4 Mar 22
I like it when you don't have to wait an hour for your food!!
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Mar 22
@kareng Totally understandable.
@1creekgirl (41843)
• United States
4 Mar 22
I often use the pick up feature at Walmart and so far it's worked really well. For some reason the employees who bring my groceries out are much nicer than the ones who work in the store!
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@kareng (62653)
• United States
4 Mar 22
This was at our closest Walmart and it is always like this. Total craziness 80% of the time. You are lucky indeed!!
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