To be jealous of those who can have shopping delivered?

[Milngavie]

We live in the sticks and don't have the choice of having shopping delivered. We have two supermarkets but both are tiny so shopping at this time of year is a nightmare.

How I wish I could get my shopping online [jealous]. Never mind that I can see one shop from my back garden .

I assume you've typed your postcode inot the Asda/Tesco/Ocado websites to see if they would deliver? You never know..

Umm, YABU, you must have known the shop situation prior to moving to this location (bar being a live in caretaker or somthing?)

If you live where your name suggests then surely Tesco will deliver, however, I guess you don't

Have you tried putting your postcode in??

I live in a village near a small market town and My sainsburys shop comes from a main town 25 miles away from where I live and my mum has tescos which is from another main town about 18 miles away.

I have a problems with deliveries too - they can't find us.

I put directions on the info part and my mobile no, the drivers then ring me to find out which dirt track to risk their vans on!

However, as other poster pointed out, you don't have to live so rural!

I don't live in Milngavie, no .

No one delivers here, Asda is 200 miles away!

Yes I knew about the shops when we came here and most if the time it's fine but now and again I'd love to be able to do an online shop. [novelty value emoticon].

I used to feel like that too when I lived in the Highlands nobody delivered to us where we were either.

Now I live in the city I do find it a little overrated and still go to the supermarket myself anyway so honestly the grass is not always greener.

You should be jealous, it is wonderful.

Sorry, but it is.

YANBU. We live in the CI stix and online shopping has only just become available via a local wholesaler. Tis bliss to get all your water, tonic, cat food etc delivered. Even thought when you order certain stuff ie chorizo and pate it comes in bulk!

Well technically you are envious not jealous. But still.

YANBU! I am soo grateful for online shopping. I hate supermarkets. I hate queues. I hate wandering around the aisles, only to realise I have missed something I needed and have to go back. I hate not knowing how much it will be before I go to pay. I hate having to take the children and tell them "no, you can't have that" every two minutes, then abandon shop to take one or other of them to the toilet halfway through!

A couple of weeks of snow/ no deliveries has made me so grateful that I can sit with a glass of wine when the kids are in bed, happily clicking. I can run to see if I do actually need washing powder/ loo rolls/ marmalade before clicking it. And, if it's going to cost too much at the end, I can trawl my basket and put things back with a click of the mouse. Bliss!

And then, even better, a lovely chap(esse) comes to my door, and brings it straight into my kitchen. I feel spoilt. Bad luck, OP!

YANBU to be jealous. TrillianAstra is spot on. Sorry.

I was very happy when my supermarkets started doing deliveries in my area.

Ha ha - not 'my' supermarkets obviously but 'the' supermarkets.

All the things that jooly said

Do we need pasta?

It's on special offer!

Is there space in the cupboard?

Shall we get normal or wholewheat?

Is there space in the budget for some Parmesan to go on top?

All of these questions and other similar questions are much more easily answered when you arson your house.

Snigger- iPhone autocorrect- meant to say when you are in your house
Not when you arson your house :o

meltedmarsbars - I have that as well. They phone me and don't know where they are and ask for directions. Idiots. Then I have to ask questions so I can work out where they are. Then they don't listen properly, say yes, and duly drive straight past. Then I see them stop and try to get signal, then (possibly) remember that I said there is no signal where I live. Then they drive back to where there was signal and phone me again, and I give them the same very clear directions and they drive to my house. Not every time obviously, sometimes the delivery drivers bother to listen.

ner ner ner ner we have it :) only joking it must be awkward with no online shopping. I hate going to the massive supermarkets to do a shop, the smaller ones arent too bad.

Glad to see you are taking joy in my pain .

Trillian you are right, I am more envious than jealous.

I have to brave the shoP today too...

i like going to the shop myself and choosing my own items, online shopping to me seems like something to look forward to in old age

YANBU - I feel your pain. I wonder if you live near me! We have a Tesco and a Co-op but the nearest Asda is overseas!

I hate online supermarket shopping ..I would much rather wander around the shop and see whats been reduced on offer

YANBU, it's a life saver for me (working single parent who doesn't drive therefore time at a premium) and I can't understand why people don't use it more!

It is not that great. It can be helpful, but I am sure there are many plus sides to where you live so don't worry about it :)