Posted on 06/08/2019 11:14:23 AM PDT by conservative98
NEW YORK (AP) - The online delivery wars are heating up inside shoppers' homes.
Walmart is now offering to have one of its employees deliver fresh groceries and put them in your refrigerator when you're not home.
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Right, l’m forever trying to figure out where Jeeves has put the Rolls.
What could possibly go wrong??
Japan is a much more civilized country.
I do not shop in Wal-Mart. Too many other better quality choices to shop. But the Wal-Mart closest to me you have to be black to work there. Oh sure I’m going have them come in when I’m not home and fill my fridge. Who comes up with these idiot ideas?
.... and put them in your refrigerator when you’re not home.
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No way.
I would be worried about the competence of Walmart management that a “concept” like this was rolled out nationally to universal scorn, much like you are seeing on this thread, and they had no intuitive push-back that this idea is DOA.
Tells you what a bubble Walmart’s top people now inhabit.
No way I’m letting a total stranger into my home. No idea of identity, plus likely a different minimum wage employee each time.
Does Walmart run background checks??
I’m supposed to hide a key?? Give out alarm code?? Or just leave a door unlocked??
I’ve had bad experiences trying to hire a reliable handyman to do yardwork & small repairs around the house even when I’m home.
They wont steal during the shift; they watch & come back another day, because they *think* acting competent & trustworthy on duty will absolve them of all suspicion later.
I get refs from friends. I tell applicants on the phone— BEFORE I give out my address— that when they arrive, I’ll photograph their vehicle & license plate, & I’ll keep these in a permanent file.
Also I’ll need a Xerox of their drivers’ license & current utility bill, as proof of current address.
You’d be surprised how many callers make a quick excuse & hang up.
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
I’ve had fairly decent luck with Instacart, but I’ve learned that you have to be very specific in instructions for substitution, which means you have to know the store they’re delivering from. Fortunately, Instacart in my area delivers from my favorite store so I know it well and can envision what I would want if the original item is unavailable. Also, for a shopper, I much prefer the moms whose kids are in school and she’s looking to make a few bucks, over the millennial or immigrant guys. The moms seem to be more conscientious, they know how to shop for a family and are much closer to figuring out how I would pick produce, for example. This reduces the frequency of complaints (and increases the shopper’s tip).
Ford is developing self-driving delivery vehicles it plans to launch in 2021, but there’s a problem.
If there isn’t a driver, who’s going to bring the package or pizza to your door?
In tests with faux-autonomous Domino's Pizza cars, Ford discovered that a lot of people were simply too lazy to make the trip to the curb to get their orders from the car themselves, so it came up with the obvious solution: robots.
The automaker has teamed up with Agility Robotics to field trial a humanoid robot that can unload and carry as much as 40 pounds to its final destination. ..."
The faceless creation is equipped with a Lidar puck on top that scans the area as it unloads a box and walks to the front door of a home, avoiding obstacles and climbing stairs along the way.
The robot is linked to the car’s powerful cloud-connected computer system to help it process all the data required to navigate and sends a text when it drops the package off.
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If I need produce or fresh meat, I go to my local Price Chopper grocery store. It’s a chain that runs through a large part of New York State. And every so often, I’ll take a ride out to Syracuse to visit Wegman’s. I grew up with them in Rochester, NY, but despite having stores in other states, they’ve never expanded any farther east in the NY, past Syracuse.
Walmart service to deliver groceries inside customers’ homes so the deliver guys can case the joint for later. Just say no. Loudly
I respect WM for coming up with a creative idea
but we here would never want strangers in our home when we are away
much better if WM can figure out how to deliver our groceries to us, on our porch, when we are home!
Yes I have a “vestibule”, but I keep it locked.
Think I will pass.
Well, to be fair [and I know you know this, this is for the rest :> ] the genkan is the sunken area inside the front door that is not considered 家の内 meaning inside the house. People visiting or having business can stand in the genkan in their shoes, and won't enter further without invitation. It's also why, particularly in quiet neighborhoods with single-family homes, you don't knock on the door; instead, you simply slide or open the door, come in, shout "gomen kudasai," and handle your business and/or wait for someone to come to you.
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