To Be Annoyed at Sainsbury’s

Oh for pity's sake.
That was my point.
I like crisps. But I don't NEED crisps. If for some reason I can't have them on my food delivery then I can't have them.
Annoying - yes.
Disappointing - yes.
Changing the delivery time to one that's actually a big awkward just so I can have some crisps - no. I wouldn't do that.
Because I don't NEED them. I want them. But I can survive without them.
The OP has the perfect right to be a bit annoyed and to come on Mumsnet and have a moan about her lack of gin - but she doesn't NEED gin.
Anyway it's far to early for this argument so I'm going to leave the thread now.
Bye.
Have a nice day.

oh give over, you were judging and made that clear….

Anyone have a nice day and don’t eat too many crisps, no one needs crisps, high in fat cause obesity and potential early death, unless of course you manage to eat them in moderation, a bit like drinking gin in moderation is a possibility.

It's not judgemental.
I just don't understand the big deal.

Oh dear god! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Which she did!! Your alcohol issue is boring and judgemental!

Online shopping doesn't go through the tills though. It's a completely different system.

Well, it is for Tesco. i can't imagine it's very different for other supermarkets.

They physically can't put alcohol through the tills at a time when alcohol cannot be sold. The tills won't allow it. The OP will have to do without her gin.

No it was Taste the Difference. 🤣🤣

It means they can deliver alcohol in a 10am slot they are choosing not to.

What's that got to do with how their sales system works?

When I buy something online, the money goes out when I order it. The sale has happened. The item will be delivered later...

Would you be happy if Sainsbury's "put it through the tills" then left the products sitting in the back room?

Do you have any curiosity about why other supermarkets don't do this?

Gin is known as "mother's ruin" so Mumsnet should be anti-gin IMO.

Do Sainsbury's put their online orders through a till? That seems very unlikely. It would take way too much time.

Tesco's system is automated so that once all the items are picked, the payment is taken. It doesn't matter what time that happens, as the point of contact with the customer is the time that matters.

I worked for Tesco dot-com. Our orders could be picked well before ten, as long as they were not collected or delivered before ten.

Yes it is.

Good for you.

I'd never complain about something so trivial.

Well, we are in the first world.

I'm sure if there are some second or third world problems you'd like to discuss, you could start your own thread.

I never said the OP had done wrong and actually she hasn't said anything in response to my first comment.
It's others on this thread who seem to be offended.
Alcohol doesn't trigger me 😂
I just really don't care about it.
I could step away from the thread....or I could start a list of things about Sainsbury's that annoy me.
But I expect some on this thread would find my annoyances something they think is "no big deal" and say something like "is that all you have to worry about" or "first world problem" etc etc.

Yes it’s clearly true you don’t understand alcohol, so probably best not to make such snarky comments about it then?

The OP did nothing wrong at all!

if purely the mention of alcohol triggers you to be snarky, then step away from the thread.

@BlankBlankBlank14 apologies (to you and @Rhodora ) if you think my comment was an alcohol shaming one.
I didn't mean it to be and it wasn't my intention.
I can't explain it very well but I just don't understand alcohol and get very baffled when people complain that a wedding or a dinner party is "dry". I always just think "oh so they couldn't have a beer or glass of wine - so what?" and don't understand the complaints or fuss.
Apologies again to you @Rhodora if I offended you in any way.

But why was that your first single line response? It’s odd and has been pointed out by many, who you’ve challenged.

OP never said tfe gin was essential, she said it was a PITA, that to get her non essential gin, she had to change her slot!

Well clearly you are perfect, would’ve just muttered FFS and changed your slot, OP did that but thought she’d just have a little rant about the “rule” and why she thought it ridiculous.

Now go have a gin and packet of crisps (whatever the flavour) both not essential, but never the less pleasant and calm down.

It’s just a MN post! It’s not meant to be an alcohol shaming topic.

@BlankBlankBlank14 I mean it's a pain in the arse for the OP.
She either has to not have the gin or change the delivery time.
Annoying....but lots of things in the world are annoying.
But as much as it might be her most favourite thing in the world it's not essential to have - unless she is actually an alcoholic when it could cause an effect on her health if she doesn't have some.
A person can live without gin. If they can't....then something is wrong.
If I was the OP I would have muttered "oh ffs" to myself and just changed the delivery.

No, not at all!

it wax your very snarky (which a number of posters have pointed out) if you can’t live without gin you’ve got a problem?

Just how did you jump to that by an innocuous post.

I’m not the only one to point out your comment?

BTW, I reckon 90% of posts on MN are “not a big deal”. but you’ve posted a lot on this “not a big deal one!”