Online shopping.

Tonight I received my very first online shopping delivery. It was weird. The guy delivering the stuff was really lovely and clearly had a few formalities that he had to go through because it was my "first time". So I greeted him half way up our path as I thought I would just be getting my stuff and that would be that. He then proceeded to tell me well, silly things. He handed me a piece of paper that had the details of what I ordered. There was a section for groceries, chilled and frozen. He informed me that the items I bought from the frozen section would be underneath the title frozen. Yeah, that's what I thought. But whatever, he was just doing his job. Then we went to the truck that had all these shelves and bags and I thought to myself...we are going to be here all night, in the dark, looking through all these bags for the things that I have ordered, and I don't even remember what I ordered!! Lucky for me he kinda knew what was mine. He pulled out all these crates, put some back it, pulled some more out and then there was my shopping. He asked me "Is that it?" As I said before, I had no idea what I ordered....so yeah, that was everything! Seriously though, he was lovely and I really felt for him. It was 7pm and he still had a bunch of stuff in his truck. His night was not over yet.

So I brought my goodies into the house and checked all the items off my list (it had to be done. What if they cheated me out of something? What if they gave me the wrong shopping? I had to do this.) It was all there. YAY for me. Successful first online shopping date!!

But...I didn't really enjoy it.
 I didn't get to walk round a shop handpicking the items that I was going to bring home with me.
I didn't get to smile as I walked past people, or bump into people I hadn't seen for a long time.
I didn't see extra things that would be perfect for something I am planning and grab them.
I didn't get to buy a little chocolate bar to eat on the way home (ok, maybe that one is a good thing!)
I didn't get to chat with someone at a checkout and ask them how their day was.
It was convenient, definitely. But I don't know if it was worth it or not. If I knew that I wasn't going to make it town for a while then I would maybe consider doing it again. Don't get me wrong. The service was great and I am happy with my purchases but I feel like I missed out on something.

This girl will be walking round stores for her groceries in the years to come. Well, that is until we have robots to do it for us of course.
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