... about Asda delivering at 3.00 am

[LakieLady]

I woke up at 3 this morning and thought I heard the noise that vans make when they are reversing. DP was still up watching tv (he's practically nocturnal ).

I mentioned it this morning and he said "Oh yes, it was an Asda van". Apparently, he'd seen flashing lights go by and looked out of the window, the driver hadn't closed the roller door properly, so there was a warning light flashing.

The driver then made a very quick drop off at a house halfway down the road, slammed the roller door shut, reversed up and drove off.

I had no idea that they delivered in the middle of the night and think it's a bit antisocial! It must have been really noisy for the houses close by, we're at least 100 yards away and I could hear it.

AIBU?

Probably just someone using their work vehicle for personal purposes.
Don't be so petty as to complain about this. Yes, it's annoying to be woken up in the night, but you just have to write it off as an annoyance and nothing more. Trust me, it'd sound pathetic to complain, as anyone could use their vehicle in the night.

Try to imagine working night shifts. That means you sleep in the day, while all the neighbours are merrily starting their cars, having ASDA deliveries, etc.

I hope any house from the OP’s Partner watching TV at 3am doesn’t keep any of her neighbours up!

noise

I work night shifts and seem to hear everything lol

@LakieLady

DP has just revealed that he doesn't actually know it was Asda, but he was using "Asda" as a generic term for a supermarket.

He's clearly a twat and I think I'll have to LTB.

@SentientAndCognisant, I was awake until about 4.30. I heard the milkman at 4, and my neighbour leave for work at 6, then Southern Water arrived just before 8 to dig up the pavement opposite for the 4th time.

For a quiet, residential street of fewer than 50 houses, right on the edge of a small town surrounded by open countryside, it seems to be really busy ...

So will you be starting threads about these as well?

@HollowTalk
I had to google ''Karen''
It is a meme from America, Basically officious interfering White Women..

Like one who reported a girl for selling water without a permit on the pavement :

This is a Karen:

As he has said it wasn't an Asda van, only a van similar to a supermarket van this is a non thread really. None of the replies are relevant, it was a van out and about during the night, shock horror.

@LakieLady

DP has just revealed that he doesn't actually know it was Asda, but he was using "Asda" as a generic term for a supermarket.

He's clearly a twat and I think I'll have to LTB.

@SentientAndCognisant, I was awake until about 4.30. I heard the milkman at 4, and my neighbour leave for work at 6, then Southern Water arrived just before 8 to dig up the pavement opposite for the 4th time.

For a quiet, residential street of fewer than 50 houses, right on the edge of a small town surrounded by open countryside, it seems to be really busy ...

OP, my DH does that! Or he gets the name of a person or place wrong, but still expects me to know who he means. Yesterday he was describing changes at a crossroads in a local village which doesn't have a crossroads, & I was getting more & more puzzled, while he was looking at me like I'd gone simple - until I realised he'd mixed up two villages with similar names. The fact that he always justifies his mistake or vagueness drives me nuts, though it has become a joke after 40+ years together.

If you can sit it out for a few years, you may get used to it & not have to LTB. Good luck!

PS to THOSE mumsnetters, no it's not dememntia. He's always been like this.

Not everyone works 9-5 these days. Our milk gets delivered about 4 in the morning. Don’t see the problem

PPS It's not dementia OR dememntia...

Nobody works seven nights a week.

Not the point of the thread but, yes, some people do. Both DH and I used to. DH still does on occasion.

And I'd have loved getting our supermarket shop delivered at 3am when we did we used to do our big shop from 11pm onwards anyway because we were wide awake and the supermarket was dead, it was brilliant.

I had no idea they delivered at that time. I'm often awake then so it is useful for me to know!

Of course it is not nice to be woken up but it is hardly likely to happen very often so let this one go.

SentientAndCognisant

Not great, but don’t get all Karen about it

WTF does "Don't get all Karen" mean?
@HollowTalk
Don't worry about it, no one uses it anymore, it was once a tedious phrase used by try hards attempting to be cool

Make it was nicked? But as it wasn’t a supermarket van the reference was a bit irrelevant.

*maybe

WTF does "Don't get all Karen" mean?

It means the poster throwing the name about, as if it's an insult, is a bit of a twat. I think. Have I understood that correctly?

Yes, @NoBunnyHere, you have.

You know very well what getting all Karen means
Hence the ire and over reaction. Much Like a self fulfilling prophecy
Laughing at the faux question. You understand but wanted to feign naiveté

WTF does "Don't get all Karen" mean?

It mean the poster is lacking imagination.

Feigning naiveté, asking What does it mean doesn’t really cut it
But never mind the fan girls liked it
If we are grading derogatory posts I’d say squawking twat Is a big zero. Lacks imagination
Try harder

It's the pocket tap, pocket tap, pocket tap of our times!

Asda delivery driver moonlighting as a drug dealer perhaps?

Can’t think of any other deliveries that would be required at 3am!

Probably driver had span early start and had to drop something off prior to starting work