Would this piss you off ... ‘D’H and food delivery

[BigSandyBalls2015]

... he took each crate from the driver and proceeded to tip all the contents onto the kitchen floor!

Utter bell end

That would annoy me. In this house the crates are quickly unpacked onto the kitchen table and work surfaces and the driver then leaves. It takes all of a couple of minutes.

Not exactly crime of the century is it.

On the floor? No no no no no. Ugh. He'd be one rung further up the LTB list.

I refuse to use supermarkets that don't bag the shopping, only use Ocado & Morrison's. You pay for the bags, it should be your choice. Order of nearly £120 from Morrison's, 5 carrier bags, 30 seconds to remove bags from crates. Can send bags from previous order back if I wanted but choose to use them for rubbish.

Nat, rubbish is the worst thing to use them for. You probably know that but don't care. That's a shame

I have a feeling this is about more than shopping being dumped on the kitchen floor.

@BigSandyBalls2015... What's really going on?

I have 3 of the big blue IKEA bags, we also have 4 flights of stairs to carry the shopping up! There’s no way I could carry 6 crates up 70 stairs. (2 weekly shop.) Our flat is apparently infamous at the depot.
I go down and pack the bags then bring them up and unload straight into cupboards etc.
This week our driver brought all the crates upstairs to our door. I nearly cried with gratitude

This is what we do too 🤷‍♀️
What's the issue exactly?

I don’t understand those who think putting the shopping on the floor is some big disaster? There’s not enough space on the sides so I don’t see where else it would go. And whose floor is so disgusting you don’t want packaged food on it? Fresh fruit veg gets washed/peeled anyway and everything else is in packs.
The only problem I see with the OPs DH is if he unceremoniously chucked the food out sledge style and broke things.

Is he a tipper truck driver. It’s funny in one way. Just make him pick it all up.

Our driver always carries into kitchen, gently takes every item from crates and puts on kitchen units. I would go ape if anyone just tipped them out! But this is Tesco who I frequently see criticised in MN but I think are brilliant. Always on time, only once in 3 years forgot an item and returned with it in 2 hours.

Nat, rubbish is the worst thing to use them for. You probably know that but don't care. That's a shame*

Please explain. Our non recyclable rubbish is incinerated btw.

Presume their is back story?
Another tipper here too, quickest and easiest for me!

We do this, driver brings it through and we empty onto floor and table and then put away. Our floor is washed every day and I don't tend to eat the tins, wash fruit and veg, so can't see the issue.

YABU for not coming back and giving more context.

I empty all of mine into a huge pile on the kitchen table as quickly as I can. Usually rope in the 4 year old to help. If I didn't have a table in the kitchen I'd probably put it on the floor to be honest, as we dont have much counter space.

My friend was a Tesco delivery driver for a short, hellish period, and they're under immense pressure time wise. I would feel terrible getting them to help me unpack.

If he left them on the floor and didn't put them away, that's pretty infuriating. If he tipped them out prior to putting them away, then, assuming that the kitchen floor is reasonably clean, I don't see a problem. The delivery man may have been in a hurry, and may have wanted his crates back!

I didn't know they had banned bags? Is this Waitrose too? Why can't they use strong brown paper bags instead? These are widespread in the USA and the Middle East.

Err it's fine as long as he then put it away and didn't leave it there?

It's frustrating they don't have it in bags anymore. I feel bad making the driver wait as I take the crates to kitchen and hastily put everything on the worktop and floor before returning the crates. Much easier when you could just drop the bags in the doorway and let them go

Milk tray

Paper bags are probably less suitable in the UK because it rains a hell of a lot more than the middle east and most of the US.

Hey OP are you ok?

I don't get the issue. We unpack everything onto the floor and then put it away at our leisure. I suspect my floor and OP's floor is cleaner than the warehouse they've come from, or lorries the food was originally transported in! Plus that's what packaging is for, isn't it? Unless he's opening tins of food and pouring them onto the floor or breaking stuff!

I didn't know they had banned bags? Is this Waitrose too? Why can't they use strong brown paper bags instead? These are widespread in the USA and the Middle East.

Yes Tesco’s have been bagless for a while now and I believe the other supermarkets were before them but I only use Tesco’s! I hate it as it takes ages despite people saying it doesn’t, it does when you have £100 shop. I did ask the driver why they don’t use an alternative but he said they trailed brown bags And it didn’t work well.

Our drivers carry the crates into the kitchen and help us unpack on to the table and worktop. I wouldn't tip on the floor in case packaging burst and also because the drivers have just walked on the floor. With current weather that means there's usually rainwater, snow on the floor.

Trialled*