These threads are actually helpful to those of us who are trying to order. Last year I learned how & when to grab a slot; I came back to the thread triumphantly, read some more posts & realised I could've booked a New Year slot too, so I logged back in & found I still could! I'd missed that completely when I was on the website.
This year so many people seem to have been confused by the Delivery Saver thing, & it's obviously helpful to them to know why they can't access the Christmas slots yet.
And the camaraderie & mild competitiveness among those in the queue is just more fun than getting up at OMG-it's-early & sitting there alone with a computer or a phone.
And yes, I also have a Sainsburys slot booked, for things I like which only they do. (Sits back & waits to be told I'm greedy, there aren't enough slots for some people to have two, what about XYZ group of people.)
Killjoys can stay away.