Shopping prompts

Feeling rather heady after finally completing the online order of my grocery list, I thought, yes! I did it! I was about to enjoy a glass of iced coffee when I received a text from my “personal shopper”. Who knew it wasn’t just old Joe Schmo throwing my items into the basket?

The text read, this is Lisa and I am seeing no plums, do you want a substitute? I said, none? None. Okay, I had been wanting plums for a week, but, ok, no problem. These texts kept coming. . .no toothbrush I chose, salsa, no, bagels, etc. I told her it wasn’t a big deal, just any toothbrush would do. Some products missing, though, were specific, such as Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream. But still reasonable since it was on sale.

After a while I received a phone call from customer service saying my order was cancelled because the POS wasn’t working. I assumed, you know what that means, he meant the scanners were off and it would be resubmitted when everything was up and working. Oh, no. Permanently cancelled. Alright, now you know why I don’t like to order online. Invariably there’s some type of problem.

I think I will try one more time after I’m fully credited (customer service call person advised) to place the order again. I also received a $30 credit on my account for inconvenience, which is very nice and certainly unexpected.

But when things like this happen, I’m reminded of the scene in a “Lethal Weapon” movie, with the Leo Getz character in the back of the car, saying: “They f— you in the drive-thru”, ( a family meme) which pretty much sums up my experience with ordering.

I guess I’ll have to physically take this old body into the store to shop. Ugh!

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