Because grocery shopping in a capitalist hellscape wasn’t grating enough, apparently.

I’m already in your damn store! Shut up!

Fuck you Loblaws (Canadians will understand this.)

  • @CriticalResist8A
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    72 years ago

    This might seem petty bourgeois and tell me if you think it is, but I started ordering my groceries over (not from the gig economy but from the chains themselves who use the national postal service to deliver) and I have never moved back. I started doing it because I got into a situation where I did not have my driver’s license at the time and lived in a so-called “bedroom town” with no amenities, and this was the only realistic option.

    I have only had benefits from getting my groceries delivered. I get to keep an eye on my budget, I’ve reduced impulsive purchases, it’s freeing up a lot of time that I would otherwise spend waiting in line or navigating the store. I understand that I’m depending on the labour of others to deliver food that I could go get myself but I also think this is freeing and reduces labour (no word on how the deliverers, who work in the afternoons and evenings, manage their own grocery shopping and this would definitely need to be clarified). In this way I’m reminded of Kollontai’s Family and communism about socialised labour.

    It also prevents me from taking the car out just to get groceries for myself, although I don’t know if their minivan (they deliver idk how many homes in one trip) is more efficient.

    So yeah definitely recommend getting deliveries instead of actually going into stores.

    • KiG V2
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      12 years ago

      Nothing petty bourgeois about enjoying a service for your benefit here and there. I would consider the same but they don’t take my 5 finger discount in online promo codes 😔