mystery shopping
We get our groceries from the internet. This is a magic system which means we in theory never need to visit a supermarket.
Usually, we get our stuff from Ocado. It's great; bags of food arrive, and it's almost always exactly what we ordered. Sometimes, alas, like last week, there's something missing - in this case, frozen croissants. Argh!
So yesterday I tried Waitrose Deliver instead. Like Ocado, groceries arrive on your doorstep; unlike Ocado, there were a few substitutions and again a missing item. But the delivery guy wasn't just a driver - he was a comedian! He had a bunch of items in his van which didn't belong in any of the orders he was delivering. Did we want 5 bags of rice? Had we ordered them? We had not. Nor had we requested two loaves of sliced wholemeal. Or the box of cocoa puffs (although perhaps I should have claimed them for M). We were thrilled to have the chance to opt in to random items.
When we went through our order after he had left, we found we had done particularly well, scoring 4 boxes of jelly when we had only ordered two. Surprise!
We would recommend Ocado if you want your groceries, and Waitrose Deliver if you want a magical mystery tour of other people's mislaid goods. We'd also recommend buying your croissants from somewhere else, because Waitrose didn't bring any either. (The delivery guy kindly said he'd quit tomorrow, and go set up a croissant delivery service via bikes around Cambridgeshire.)
Usually, we get our stuff from Ocado. It's great; bags of food arrive, and it's almost always exactly what we ordered. Sometimes, alas, like last week, there's something missing - in this case, frozen croissants. Argh!
So yesterday I tried Waitrose Deliver instead. Like Ocado, groceries arrive on your doorstep; unlike Ocado, there were a few substitutions and again a missing item. But the delivery guy wasn't just a driver - he was a comedian! He had a bunch of items in his van which didn't belong in any of the orders he was delivering. Did we want 5 bags of rice? Had we ordered them? We had not. Nor had we requested two loaves of sliced wholemeal. Or the box of cocoa puffs (although perhaps I should have claimed them for M). We were thrilled to have the chance to opt in to random items.
When we went through our order after he had left, we found we had done particularly well, scoring 4 boxes of jelly when we had only ordered two. Surprise!
We would recommend Ocado if you want your groceries, and Waitrose Deliver if you want a magical mystery tour of other people's mislaid goods. We'd also recommend buying your croissants from somewhere else, because Waitrose didn't bring any either. (The delivery guy kindly said he'd quit tomorrow, and go set up a croissant delivery service via bikes around Cambridgeshire.)