Really weird stuff people do that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Your fridge is always working. The other junk is not

yes I top up ocado shops with things like loo roll or kitchen roll or things like coffee or detergent that is on offer

I no longer think in terms of a weekly shop. I quite often get 2/3 deliveries a week as well as doing small top up shops to get favourite items that aren't stocked by Ocado. I pay for a yearly subscription that entitles me to one delivery a day. As someone upthread said there is a minimum order of £40 so if my groceries come to less than that I top the order with a couple of bottles of wine or stock up on pet food.

My DH has several strange habits but the one that drives me mad is opening the post and then refolding every letter and replacing it in the envelope.

That's more to remove surface chemical residues such as formaldehyde which are on new fabrics. Some of them positively reek of it. Plus it softens them. New fabric is often quite stiff.

I do it because the finish (called size) some on new clothes makes me sneeze.

I never wash hew clothes, because I like that newness feeling. It’s never the same after they’ve been washed.

However, apparently new clothes have certain chemicals in them to give them that crisp, new feel and are allergic to it, or prefer to wash them out.

I always thought washing new clothes before wearing them was overkill. Others may have tried them on, but I just can't imagine anything bad happening to you because you didn't wash new clothes before wearing them...

the comment about buying ready made salads, they work out much more expensive than buying the component parts and, once cut and mixed together, have a shelf life of no more than 1-2 days whereas, buying a lettuce, cucumber, tub of tomatoes, bunch of spring onions and bag of radishes, they last well over a week (although not in my house as I eat salad every day so go through loads).

I'm on my own whilst DS is at Uni and find the ready made salad is better value now. I can get a tub of mixed lettuce with grated stuff and edame beans for the same price as just a lettuce. It all gets eaten. It adds up buying the extras found in salad and then unless I eat them for every meal ; cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, beetroot, peppers etc, they go soft or spoil. Different when others are home and I can make meals to use up

I have never heard of it or seen it either.

Lots of things are more expensive than other options, but people prefer them. It's not really weird. It might be that if your friend buys the salad ingredients she ends up not feeling like chopping things up and eating something less healthy, whereas if she buys the ready-made salad she'll actually eat it. Her choice.

Weird is in the eye of the beholder usually.

I prefer not to have crunchy bits in my mushrooms if I didn't put them there.

Exactly - it’s the twice weekly shopping delivery that makes it weird. Said friend doesn’t work, is married and lives minutes away from a large supermarket yet has 2 deliveries a week.

@Gwenhwyfar the comment about buying ready made salads, they work out much more expensive than buying the component parts and, once cut and mixed together, have a shelf life of no more than 1-2 days whereas, buying a lettuce, cucumber, tub of tomatoes, bunch of spring onions and bag of radishes, they last well over a week (although not in my house as I eat salad every day so go through loads).

It’s not just for kids - mine (5 year old twins) don’t go near the stuff, preferring to drink only water or milk, but I drink at least a bottle a week filling my drinks bottle 2-3 times a day.

@Gwenhwyfar I didn't read it like that. I read the weird thing as having more than one supermarket delivery a week, which I do find odd.. not least as normally you have to spend at least £40 qualify. I would have thought if you were getting it delivered you'd just do it once a week. So yes I agree with the poster that it is odd.
NOT doing a weekly shop isn't odd though I agree.

So what? The 'weird' thing seemed to be not doing a weekly shop. Also, buying ready-made salads, which obviously loads of people do or they wouldn't be in the shops.

That's fine, but lots of single people don't. We don't need to.

Why do you think single people don’t shop like other people? You mean when I’m buying my ready meal dinner-for-one?

I bake, cook food to share with friends and cook double so I can freeze half. I cook everything from scratch and eat lots of veg. Admittedly I top up with veg during the week but I definitely do a weekly shop!

Yes but the poster was talking about having two supermarket deliveries a week, not popping to the shops on the way home.

Yep.
Why would you go on a Saturday morning if you don't have to?
The only time I limited myself to (around) once a week was during lockdown when we were told to shop as seldom as possible.

It really isn't. Or retired people who don't have , or don't want to use, a car.

People who respond to almost every post on Facebook even to tell you "I'm not free that day sorry". I wasn't asking you!

I'm sure one of my friends only ever responds to tell me that. Even though it's not aimed at him.

It's really not weird not to do a weekly shop!
I'd think most single people just buy things on the way home from work or something.

A broken fridge wasn't it? Not just one that was left on...

Where are you all buying the mushrooms? The dirt is sanitised I think, wont do you any harm if you did ingest some. I eat them raw as well as cooked.

My mom used to peel them. I dont, I brush the minimal dirt off with my fingers.
You can buy a mushroom brush that looks a lot like a shaving brush for a couple of quid.