[bookshare-discuss] Re: Grocery Store Customer Service

  • From: "Patti Johnson" <razz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:01:52 -0500

There are a couple stores here who will deliver but for a fee of course, then 
we can also shop online at
www.valumarket.com
That also has a delivery fee too.
But I find all these options well worth it because I can't carry much any ore, 
and it is too darn hot to walk anywhere, even to Walgreens which is the closest 
to me and I can get the basics from there.
I wish you the best in finding something that will work for you.
Patti

If you don't want to be accused of having a narrow mind, then stop blaming 
everything on the dog.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: lana 
  To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:56 PM
  Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Grocery Store Customer Service


  You can shop on line at kingsooper, or is it kingsoopers.com, but it's 
combersome.  You can order by phone for next day delivery, but that costs a 
mint.  The advantage is that you are talking to people who will tell you enough 
about the product for you to know it is or is not what you want. 
  yes, there are some volenteer groups, but my experience with them was that 
you had to know exactly what you wanted, brand, size, count, etc. They were 
only available on certain days, once or twice a week, and delivered about that 
often.   On the phone, you can do a little browsing. 
  I heard about this new product.  I think it's called ... It's supposed to be 
a..." 
  "Oh, you mean..." 
  Well worth the money.
  obviously you don't live in eastern Colorado.  It's too hot to walk anywhere, 
these days. 
  Good luck. 
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Linda Adams 
    To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:58 PM
    Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Grocery Store Customer Service


    Hello, everyone.  I know that this is a weird topic for Bookshare, but I 
wonder if anyone else has experienced a dramatic decline in the quality of help 
from the courtesy clerks in grocery stores.  Where I live, Safeway, Albertsons, 
and King Soopers all have begun to hire illiterate people, developmentally 
disabled people, and lazy, indifferent high school students who won't ask 
department managers to help them when they can't find something on the grocery 
list.  Actually, the developmentally disabled are the best of the three groups 
at present.  I hate to ask friends for help with grocery shopping routinely.  
Consistently now, I either come home with things that I don't want or get so 
tired of explaining to illiterate people what size of can or box an item should 
be that I give up shopping before I have gotten everything on my list.  I would 
think that those expensive bar code readers would actually take more time in 
the store and complicate matters further.  Does anyone know of a national user 
friendly on-line shopping grocery store that delivers good customer service?  I 
have stopped going to the grocery store within walking distance from my house, 
which is a disappointment to my guide dog and I as this was a pleasant walk.  
Are there national volunteer organizations that would provide people to go 
grocery shopping with us?  I know that there are senior citizens who will do 
grocery shopping for people.  Although I know that they would be very 
conscientious, I would hate to tax their physical strength.  I would be 
interested in your feedback.  

    Linda Adams



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