What do you say when your groceries are delivered?

[CurlsLDN]

Idly pondering this as I wait for my Sainsburys delivery.

I always say “pop it in the porch and I’ll unload it.” Then empty the crates into big Ikea bags to carry through to the kitchen.

if you get groceries delivered, what do you say and do?

Last two times - ‘thanks so much just pop the crate on the step and I’ll… what the hell has leaked everywhere?????’ Thanks, Sainsbury’s (one was a bottle of fabric softener and the other a carton of milk).

What the hell has their/our education got to do with it?!

@MadDogMama

I don't know and I don't want to know. Just drop them on my Matt so I can spray them with disinfectant and return for them when I think it's safe.

So, why mention their education then? Absurd comment.

We unload the crates in the kitchen, take the empty crates back, offer a chocolate bar (penguin/kitkat or similar) and say thanks, see you next week and shut the door.

Ooo chocolate bar? Nice idea. When it’s hot weather I ask if they want a cold drink.

@MadDogMama

Oh sure. 😂. And if I talk to them and it turns out they didn't go to a good college, what happens then? What do we talk about? Eh? couldn't show my face at the rotary club again. Some people...

Well, one thing is for sure, they are definitely more educated than you are in terms of their people skills and good manners.

I think people are joking about education level and using disinfectant 😀

I hope so anyway!

@MadDogMama

😂😂😂😂

I think you need a sarcasm filter.

I think you need a personality.

No I'm not having a party, I just eat/drink like a student 😂

@MadDogMama

I had a bet with my husband that somebody would bite. He said no one is that credulous. Seems like he owes me a cup of tea.

It was quite obvious to me that it was sarcasm. It is especially poignant on MN because many people shake with horror if a tradesperson asks to use their toilet if they’re working in their home for the entire day.

Well... to lighten the mood... I once answered the door with one boob out (finished a feed and rushed to the door... not a conscious choice!)

He said not one single word and looked me in the eye the whole time. I realised when I walked in past the mirror. Glad it was back in the day

a, when shopping was bagged, so speedy... and
b, when they weren't round my knees....

@Tahinii

Thank you. I was going to play the fish a little longer but I didn't appreciate how nasty the tone became.

Waitrose delivers via crates to my porch and I ask the driver to help me unload them into bags. They would bring the crates to the kitchen if I asked but I don't want to risk the dog running out of the front door. I always have a little chat with them as we're unloading, usually about the largest delivery they have that day (some mega rich people live around here) - 13 crates to someone last week! I've never thought of tipping them - maybe I should.

I say do you mind taking it through to the kitchen. I then unload crates as they appear directly onto the kitchen island and then he takes the crates away and I say thank you.

Ocado drivers are brilliant - I think they breed them inhouse. In nearly 20 years I've only had one narky guy.

Was very excited last week when the text started with 'Je...... in the Cabbage Van' but unfortunately it wasn't Jesus!

I say hello, carry crates to kitchen one at a time and unload onto floor then take crates back and then say thanks very much. Unless they chat to me then i chat back.

I use Ocado because I have chronic fatigue and can’t cope well with unloading stuff individually on the door step. So they put the crates on the doorstep and hand me the bags.

I find the whole tip thing so awkward as I never have cash, plus it’s tricky because let’s face it a quid is an insult but I can’t keep giving much more (apart from Christmas). So instead I always offer to top up their coffee flask. I’d say about half of them take me up on the offer and are v grateful. I have the kettle boiled while they’re sorting the crates so it doesn’t hold them up.

Hello then unpack crate into ikea bags, bit of general chat about the weather, Thanks, bye. This is Tesco, it's often the same delivery person.