What do you do when you receive a supermarket delivery?
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We unpack everything straight onto the kitchen floor to put away later. It seems the logical thing not to keep the delivery guys waiting but the often comment how quick we are. What does everyone else do?
ALA02@reddit
As a supermarket delivery driver - sincere thank you to all of those who unload it in the hall and deal with it once I’ve left. To those of you who take each crate in individually and put all the shopping away before going to get the next one? You’re going to hell.
Dizzy-Okra-4816@reddit
Or those who open the door and start taking items out of the tote individually before I’ve had a chance to put it down! Unbelievable.
huangcjz@reddit
Isn’t that them trying to make it as quick as possible for you?
Dizzy-Okra-4816@reddit
If it is, it doesn’t work. Whilst I’m stood there like a lemon holding the tote for them (which can be quite heavy), I’m not able to go back to the van to retrieve their remaining totes.
huangcjz@reddit
Surely they can only pick up 1 item per hand while it’s in mid-air before you can set it down anyway?
Dizzy-Okra-4816@reddit
Depends what the size or the item is I guess, sorry but I don’t see what that has to do with it, could you please elaborate? My point is that it’s quicker for me to return to the van to get the rest of their shopping whilst they unpack a tote at the door.
I should note that if the customer is elderly/disabled and holding the tote for them is helpful I have absolutely no problem doing it in that context.
huangcjz@reddit
As in, you arrive with the crate, they pick up 2 things while you’re lowering the crate from being stood up to on top of another crate/the floor, they then go to put those 2 things down, during which time they’re putting those things down, you can just put the crate down before they get the next 2 things from the crate?
Dizzy-Okra-4816@reddit
I’ve got you. The thing is if they’re in a position to start taking things out of the tote I’m holding, then inevitably they’re occupying the space where I would place the tote down.
Standard-Still-8128@reddit
When my daughter was small a few year ago we used to load stuff on her belly arms n legs an my lad dragged her into kitchen used to take about 15mins but they never moaned lol
theowleryonehundred@reddit
Delivery drivers hate people like you. They just want to get on but you wasted their time childish games.
Standard-Still-8128@reddit
Lol he,s getting paid to do nothing
homemadegrub@reddit
What shut up lol, he probably has a schedule and ten other places to get to the last thing they need is the likes of you pissing about. In future don't waste people's time.
Standard-Still-8128@reddit
I've paid for that time I'll do what I want with it
homemadegrub@reddit
No you haven't all you have paid for is the delivery you haven't paid to waste people's time being a silly sod.
Standard-Still-8128@reddit
Ordered my shop 240 squid paid delivery I'm not rushing out dumping my food around the house either
huangcjz@reddit
Most of the money is for the items. The cost of the delivery, plus the supermarket packing it for you, which you’d have to do yourself if you went to the supermarket yourself, is only a few pounds…
JobAnxious2005@reddit
How insecure do you have to be in order to have that view.
Standard-Still-8128@reddit
What's insecure got to do with it, they don't give bags an my kids were having fun in my house what is so bad about that
Imposseeblip@reddit
Nah that would make me laugh on most days.
swansw9@reddit
Well this is certainly…unorthodox
Melonpan78@reddit
One of my local delivery guys told me that one particular customer in my neighbourhood, an elderly lady, orders 3 of everything fresh, subjects each item to a squeeze and sniff test, before discarding the two that she doesn't want, for a refund. He has to stand in her kitchen and wait, while she does this.
Those guys don't get paid enough.
JamsHammockFyoom@reddit
I used to be a delivery driver for Ocado and one customer refused to keep any carrier bags that were ripped - their logic was that they were paying for them, and refused to pay if they couldn't use them for other things.
It's not like she could have returned them next week when we delivered to her just like everybody else would with any bags they didn't want, oh no - you had to stand and wait for her to unpack every sodding thing she'd bought and inspected each bag like she was investigating a murder.
Luckily, I only got her once but we all knew who she was. We all hated delivering to her 😂
selkwerm@reddit
This makes me so angry, what an Ocado wanker
JamsHammockFyoom@reddit
I'm happy to admit now that any bags she returned were conveniently lost between her house and the van so she didn't end up getting her 5 pence per bag back... I couldn't possibly imagine where they'd gone.
;)
You could add up to 99 bags returned, so £4.95 was yours to offer as goodwill effectively to try and keep people happy if something had gone wrong and that was before any refunds for items that were damaged. I'd very often knock off a damaged item and let people keep it, the
Customers who gave you a cold drink on a hot day always got 99 bags added, even if they gave you none etc. Customers like the aforementioned lady got absolutely nothing due to their merciless shithousery, and she was by far not the worst for things like this.
knightsbridge-@reddit
You've made me realize something.
Back when we got regular Ocado deliveries, I used to help the guy carry it up the flight of stairs to our flat. He'd usually have two crates, and by the time I'd buzzed him into the building, it just seemed sensible to go down and pick up the second crate myself instead of making him climb the stairs twice. I wasn't even really thinking about helping him, just about being efficient.
He always said "cheers, I'll put through a few extra bags", and to this day I never understood what he meant by that. I just nodded and smiled.
Penny has only just dropped now, years later, that he was basically shaving a few discretionary pennies off our order as a thank you. I had no clue.
JamsHammockFyoom@reddit
Oh, 100% - I used to do the same too 😂 Those sort of drops are awful, especially if you've got a massive shop or crates of water etc so any help is massively appreciated. They'll have likely left notes on their tablet too - you could leave notes for any future drivers to a specific address to warn of a dog, or dodgy steps etc.
Ocado, at least when I worked there worked on the basis of "you can teach polite people to drive a van, but you can't teach mean people good customer service" when recruiting and it generally worked quite well - they'd always encourage you to go the extra mile as ultimately that's what keeps customers coming back and it's not like they had a bag counter at the depot, so you had free will to do what you pleased really.
I delivered to elderly people quite a lot, both in supported flats and their own houses - I'd unpack their fridge and frozen and put it away for them, and leave any dry goods on the counter top so they didn't have to bend down and so on. You'd try to have a little chat if your route timing allowed too as it's often their only chat that day aside from their carers, which is quite sad really.
Personal-Listen-4941@reddit
That’s insane. I would assume that the returned fruit or whatever can’t then be sold by the shop. I’m amazed she’s not banned.
Meanwhile i feel guilty for turning down a substitute item.
BertieBus@reddit
Sometimes I turn down a substitution just to see if I get it for free.
rklrkl64@reddit
I recently turned down a substitution of a soup can in a buy 3 for £3 offer and got a £1 refund. Turns out whoever packed the delivery wrongly doubled up one of the other cans in the offer as well, so 4 cans were delivered and I kept 3, so I did indeed get one can for free (and no, I didn't tell the supermarket).
BertieBus@reddit
How's it feel to descend into a life of crime? Constantly looking over your shoulder?
rklrkl64@reddit
Not caring as I tuck into a bonus bowl of Crosse & Blackwell Winter Vegetable soup while pondering if a soup can could blow up a German bank vault (answer: no).
Personal-Listen-4941@reddit
I’ve never been offered the substitute for free. I always assumed that the stores track what is and isn’t given/refunded.
Sweaty-Possession-19@reddit
Nothing is tracked. I used to work for tesco delivery. If a sub is refused you take it back and whack it back on the shelf. Same with short date fruit and veg. When I worked there if they weren't happy with subs or short dates I'd refund and let them keep the item.
NotoriousMAO@reddit
From tescos/sainsbos ive definitely turned down a fresh substitution or damaged thing (doughnuts, milk etc) and just been told I can have it anyway if I want as it will go in bin now.
pharmamess@reddit
It's not sainsbos. Don't say that please.
NotoriousMAO@reddit
Sorry, sainsy B's
BertieBus@reddit
I've definitely had a few cheaper substitutions for free. Dunno if it's driver choice because they know it's getting chucked (fresh/cheap) or because they can't be bothered to take it back in?
I'm not talking about getting a free bottle of wine. It might be switch in soap etc if I don't like it.
AussieHxC@reddit
Driver choice and to a degree down to the supermarket e.g. when I did it for Tesco I would probably be in trouble for giving away free wine whereas with Waitrose I could refund/give free anything and give you money off your next shop etc
DeifniteProfessional@reddit
How is it driver choice? They have people in store who pick the items, the drivers just deliver what they are given
LordCallumTheSecond@reddit
Driver choice on refunds. We have complete control usually over refunds based on damage / 'short dates' - I've had customers ask me to refund something for a short date because they wanted it for dinner in 6 days time.
AussieHxC@reddit
I still remember a very particular customer who was upset her fruit and veg wasn't all organic - demanded a full refund and kept all the stuff and got an extra goodwill on top of that.
random_banana_bloke@reddit
I used to do the sainsbury deliveries in lockdown. Most things within reason were my choice, if milk leaked in the tote I just give you free stuff, the store didn't care as the customer was happy. But I never gave normal subs for free, I just returned them, pretty much every time they would get restocked
Ok_Air_9048@reddit
I used to work for Waitrose. Substituted items that got returned didn’t automatically go back into the system, but the customer would still get refunded. It was pretty common for drivers to forget, and there wasn’t much tracking or oversight. One day I went round another driver’s house and his garage was basically a wine cellar. All bottles that had been taken over time. There were hundreds of them.
AussieHxC@reddit
Nah stores track percentages of subs kept/not kept. They might track expensive items though
Dimac99@reddit
My dad thinks he's fly, he tries that. We were short a meal the other week as a result.
No_Translator8317@reddit
Yes we sometimes reject things with short shelf life and some delivery drivers just let us keep it anyway
jodilye@reddit
They get put back on the shelves when we return.
ToriaLyons@reddit
Yeah, and I feel bad when I haven't been able to look up the substitute and beforehand and decide whether I want it.
Stubby3108@reddit
What he needs to start doing is pulling up with the bags already done and then drop them at the door and then ring the bell and drive off
curioustis@reddit
How the fuck has she not been banned
Can’t be a profitable customer
bentleybasher@reddit
That food is going back out for sale… if only you all could see behind The curtain.
formal-monopoly@reddit
Not in my experience at Ocado. Anything taken back to the depot goes in the bin
Success_With_Lettuce@reddit
Oh no! The horror, a vegetable grown outside for months has been handled by a human being and then offered for sale to another!
Flashy-Nectarine1675@reddit
Welcome, to the desert, of the real.
Townand@reddit
She might do it for the company. She gets conversation whilst choosing her items, I doubt she's the only person that does something like this.
AussieHxC@reddit
Lots of old lonely folk get their bits delivered for the 5 minutes chat they get
LogicalNecromancy@reddit
I hate people talking while they're delivering me bits.
AussieHxC@reddit
Good for you?
summerloco@reddit
That’s fucking wild and abusing the system a bit 😭
Le_Fancy_Me@reddit
Tbf at this point it should be up to the business to refuse her as a customer. Refunds or returns can happen. But if she's requesting a return/refund on every order they can't be making any money off her and should just refuse taking orders from her account. If they aren't doing that the blame is kind of on them. It would be incredibly straightforward and simple to flag accounts with a return/refund on the majority of orders.
dannydrama@reddit
It's taking the piss from the driver's point of view, supermarkets charge enough that I can't feel bad. I only got charged for half my shopping (saved £65) the other week and danced all the way home. 😂
DownrightDrewski@reddit
On the flip side you've got the dude from tesco decide to just block the exit to a fairly busy residential one way(ish) system for a few minutes so he didn't have to walk 10m or so from a spot where he could have actually parked.
I wasn't angry about it as I only became aware of it from angry drivers who were somewhat understandably miffed by the obstruction. I was however bemused.
Radioactivocalypse@reddit
At first I thought you said 10 minutes and thought absolutely no way, and then realised it was 10 metres. I see it often with delivery drivers for parcels, where they'd rather put their hazards on some double yellows, than just pull up a few car lengths further along where they'd be out the way.
I suppose when you're on the road so long constantly stopping and moving on, you'd grow numb to the traffic around you
DownrightDrewski@reddit
I would estimate that he blocked the road for about 5 minutes - we aren't talking about just parking on a double yellow. He just stopped in the middle of the road and did his thing.
I only became aware of it from the beeps from the aforementioned (rightfully) miffed drivers.
I get not 100% following the rules when it doesn't really impact others - this isn't that though; this is a dude deciding to be as lazy as possible and fuck anyone he inconvenienced in that process.
I saw his reaction to someone calling him out, and I'm guessing he lost his job from the footage they took.
FcukTheTories@reddit
How tf has she not been blacklisted?
djs333@reddit
Quite sure he would still get paid for the job of standing there!
PipBin@reddit
Ocado deliver in bags. Then you give the bags back the next time.
discoveredunknown@reddit
God send. Such a nightmare with Tesco having to use those dirty crates and smashing everything on the kitchen floor and rushing back
Flashy_Error_7989@reddit
It’s the same crates most products come in
Boomstick_316@reddit
No they're not.
Flashy_Error_7989@reddit
Yes they are- I worked in supermarkets for years and they’re exactly the same for most companies- Tesco/Asda/ Morrisons
Boomstick_316@reddit
No. Our dotcom ones are large over-sized ones with red handles, solely used for dotcom deliveries.
Ones that bring in product from depots are green, are different depths and have different colour handles depending on the product contained within.
AussieHxC@reddit
No they're not and they're not the cleanest of things either.
I used to do the vans and I wouldn't have the crates on my counters
anal_fist_fight24@reddit
Yeah but you don’t drag the dirty shop crates around your kitchen
Away-Ad4393@reddit
The crates I have deliveries from have never been dirty tbh, if they were is complain.
ceehred@reddit
I perch the crate on a chair covered in a tea towel, then scoop armfuls out onto a pre-cleared dining table. Easiest with the taller/smaller crates, not so much fun with the shallow/wide ones.
Can't say I'd ever empty a crate by tipping it over, they're not packed with that in mind I think (sometimes without mindfulness, even). It'd also bug me to have to go pick everything up off the kitchen floor, individually.
cryptonuggets1@reddit
I’ve always used Ocado. Never knew other people had this struggle 😬
superkinks@reddit
Same here. I was thinking “why do you unpack the bags instead of just putting it away?” Then I realised they meant while the driver was still there. I am a big Ocado fan.
ShoogleSausage@reddit
No Ocado in Scotland. So jealous.
rokstedy83@reddit
We use Morrisons,same service as ocado ,same staff and they deliver in bags.we though one week to try Asda and didn't realise that not sending bags was a thing ,they bought trays and we had to hand ball every item out separately into our kitchen whilst the guy waited ,never used them again
JimmyJonJackson420@reddit
Lmao I did the same thing! They came in with a huge basket and I’m like tf? Who thought this idea up
God bless Ocado
PipBin@reddit
I had Waitrose a while ago. There I am, arse in the air, unpacking everything and the delivery bloke says ‘you haven’t noticed have you?’ Looked up and it was my friend’s husband!
cryptonuggets1@reddit
This sounded like the start of a good porno… carry on
fannyfox@reddit
Then he fixed the cable
suspicious_odour@reddit
No dear I had, I just didn't want to embarrass you being the help.
h00dman@reddit
One of several reasons I use Ocado. Plus the quality of the goods is excellent, especially the fresh fruit and veg. Any extra cost from buying from them is made up by food not going off a day after delivery.
abigailgabble@reddit
and they hardly substitute anything. and M&S. i love ocado it is worth it to me.
JimmyJonJackson420@reddit
I’ve had like 2 substitutions in the space of a whole year I LOVE THEM
runrunrudolf@reddit
They've never delivered to anywhere I've lived. The last 2 houses were either in major towns or city suburbs. The latter they will deliver to the road next to me but not me. I've emailed but they just say "keep checking!". Okay it's been 5 years now.
ceehred@reddit
Moved to Waitrose for the same quality reasons, plus item availability is truly great. So much better than the results with Morrisons, Tesco, and Sainsburys.
Even more tempted to try Ocado now...
Missing-Caffeine@reddit
I highly recommend Ocado especially: if you have some sort of allergy/special requirement / t cmhe website is brilliant as it has the option of "Price per unit" so you can compare better if the 1kgof something is really that worth it compared to the 250g and last but not least: You have a very curious child that likes to grab something while you are unpacking and run away with it
anal_fist_fight24@reddit
One of the main reasons I use Ocado. Got a fucked up back - CBA fucking it with crates.
Away-Ad4393@reddit
I unpack to crates into bags, that way I can put in as much,or as little,as I can carry.
djjudas21@reddit
Morrisons also delivers in bags
RaspberryJammm@reddit
Ocado pack items quite strangely. Some bags are filled to the brim with heavy items, then you'll get a random pot of houmous that has its own bag. I can't figure out the reasoning behind this.
mwhi1017@reddit
As others have said, all bar one of their packing sites are robotic. The robots don’t care about the totes being empty or there being one thing in one bag.
The more switched on delivery drivers consolidate the bags down.
The other thing the nicer ones do is multiply your returned bags up to double or treble the amount to give you a little discount. They’re not counted anywhere and just get recycled - pro-tip; tell the driver there’s 40 bags. They won’t care or count, and whatever they enter into their screen is what is deducted.
Theratchetnclank@reddit
The bags are packed by robots, i assume there isn't much logic to it other than nearest robot to the item if there isn't much near that one only 1 small item ends in the bag.
JamandMarma@reddit
Morrison’s and ocado are delivered by the same company and Morrison’s also comes in bags.
Imposseeblip@reddit
Not countrywide. Used to be the case in kent, but now morrisons do their own.
rokstedy83@reddit
It is in the Midlands,a driver told me.it was summer n roasting n I said at least you got air con he said not in the Morrisons van ,when he drives for acado yes but the vans are hand downs to Morrisons and Morrisons are so tight they pull the air con knobs off so staff can't use them despite driving round in a refrigerated truck ,he said we the customer isn't supposed to know they are the same company
Imposseeblip@reddit
Pull the air con knobs off lol, he was pulling your leg. He probably had an older model that didnt come fitted with air con in the first place. The only vans that had actual physical knobs had no aircon from the factory. The last batch of morrisons vams we had before we stsopped doing them were all flashy with reverse cameras and aircon, and even an armrest.
As drivers we were not meant to tell you outright it was actually ocado, but it wasnt a big secret. Publicly available knowledge, and the signage at the warehouse had both signage on it perfectly visibly from the road lol.
rokstedy83@reddit
I think he was just referring to the disabling the air con lol
Imposseeblip@reddit
Yeah they dont actually do that. But they dont fix it or refill it either so theres that lol.
ceehred@reddit
For Morrisons, it might depend on the area. They stopped doing bags here, suddenly, a few years back.
Tempted to try Ocado now...
JamandMarma@reddit
We’ve had Morrisons delivered every week for 5 years and always received bags. We’re in S.Yorkshire though.
rokstedy83@reddit
Same ,from the midlands
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
I live in two places, in one place I do Ocado and man....that is a swift drop off. Bags into the hallway, and off they go. Speedy chaps!
ceehred@reddit
Yeah, Morrisons used to do that here until fairly recently. Charged and refunded on return, and was kind enough to count them in advance. Unpacking took seconds, hoof the bags into the hallway.
I did originally keep the bags to hold rubbish, until I realised the refund amount was twice the cost of a real bin-bag.
Losing the bagged delivery, plus their increasingly average food quality, led me to go elsewhere (still no bags). The final delivery from Morrisons came with a very obnoxious delivery guy attached. Bye bye!
Imposseeblip@reddit
Probably because ocado stopped doing the morrisons deliveries in some areas, and now they do it out of the stores themselves. Kent, east sussex or SE london by any chance?
ceehred@reddit
North Hampshire.
I initially chose then because I remember Morrisons and Grandways fondly from my time living up north. There was a period for me (this decade) where the deliveries came from as far away as Bristol, I presume from a huge store or warehouse. Substitutions/cancellations increased when they moved to pack from the local store (which is as big as any other in the outskirts of this large town).
Never saw a Morrisons delivery arrive in an Ocado branded van, though.
Imposseeblip@reddit
I do know there is an ocado CFC warehouse in bristol so it mught have come from there. Would have come in big red boxes pre bagged, in ocado shaped but morrisons branded vans. Driver would have been wearing morriskns uniform too. Before we moved to ocado only, i had 2 sets of uniform and would have to check the rota to see which retailer i was delivering for.
ceehred@reddit
Wow. Mystery solved!
SoggyWotsits@reddit
I wish I could get Ocado deliveries where I am, it sounds great!
imtlmb@reddit
Morrisons do too.
ClarifyingMe@reddit
I use mostly Ocado so I can just take the bags. Then I realise I forgot to prepare the bags to give back until I have a bulk of like 25 bags one delivery.
One delivery man I creeped out because it was from Waitrose and they were a rare occasion delivery. The delivery driver who had delivered to us 12 months before delivered again. He had been very kind, it had been a deathly chilly day. He'd said he was going to the States to see his kid. I asked him how that trip was 12 months later like the creep I am. But he had been very kind, I don't remember what he did but it left a good impression on me.
Vin-Su@reddit
The housekeeper sorts it out.
TheZZ9@reddit
Surely this would be the cook's job or a scullery maid?
Vin-Su@reddit
Listen man I’m not made of money.
TheZZ9@reddit
Ask one of the footman or an undergardener.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvlgcTVaZ9U#t=52s
Shyne-Bryght@reddit
Take the boxes at the door, unload onto the conservatory table and get the delivery guy moving as quickly and smoothly as possible. They work hard and I bet they have plenty of folks who want it unloading right to the fridge or similar.
OptionalQuality789@reddit
Take boxes in, unload onto kitchen table and give the boxes back.
Never understood the unpack at the door folk. It’s not that time sensitive.
THEbritishCOBBLER@reddit
The aim for most is 4 mins per drop…it really is
OptionalQuality789@reddit
My brother worked for Asda for a number of years, it’s way less time constrained than people make it out to be.
THEbritishCOBBLER@reddit
At Asda maybe that’s true, but currently at Ocado/morrisons, the current goal is 4 mins per drop.
We have to find parking, scan totes, unload totes/bags to door, ask where you’d like the shopping, carry it into your kitchen if needed, carry totes to van to load them in the frames, get back into the drivers seat and then press confirm on the delivery.
You do get some deliveries which give more allotted time. Today I delivered to a food bank, 32 totes totalling 440kg, they gave me 25 minutes.
dreadwitch@reddit
Throw it all in my hallway out of the crates.
LordJebusVII@reddit
Before the pandemic I took the crates into the kitchen and unloaded everything onto the sides and floor. When the pandemic hit the crates stayed on the doorstep and I loaded everything into bags. Been doing that ever since as it works out quicker.
Frankly if I was strong enough I'd just tip the crates out onto the floor and be done in under a minute, always feels awkward trying to unload as fast as possible while the driver stands there waiting. Not so bad when they take the empty crates away one by one or try to make small talk but some drivers won't even knock on the door until they have brought all of your crates to the doorstep and then don't move until every crate is empty.
pugsliam@reddit
I’m a delivery driver for Ocado and although we give bags a lot of people want to unpack into their hallway, I tell them it’s ok to put it in the kitchen first because it looks so annoying having to pick it all up again, I can spare the extra minute lol
THEbritishCOBBLER@reddit
You might be able to spare the extra minutes but going from a two day Ocado shift to then Morrisons is a mind fuck! 28 drops in Northampton and back an hour early on Ocado to then 18 drops in harrow/southall to be back half an hour late on Morrisons!!
pugsliam@reddit
Yeah dude it can be annoying lol, even with the crap shifts we do finish early the majority of the time though
Missing-Caffeine@reddit
Now, you need to tell me: why is every Ocado driver the most polite person? Do you get told off if you don't ask if I have any bags / if everything is alright / if you don't call to let me know you are 5 minutes earlier would that be ok for the order to be delivered now / etc etc? 😂
pugsliam@reddit
Yes they’re quite strict with all that! You basically just listed everything we’re told to do lol. However I like to think I’d be that polite without the guidelines… mostly
shoob420@reddit
Whilst on this subject I love ocado delivery drivers, you guys are the best, I'm perpetually terrified of strangers at my door regardless of who they are but I don't feel as much scary anxiety when expecting an ocado delivery 😅
pugsliam@reddit
We’re generally a good bunch, if you’re in the midlands area anyway :)
JimmyJonJackson420@reddit
Nah you guys are lit all over, no matter what my financial situation imma always shop there 😂
iamabigtree@reddit
They put the crates at the door. I carry the crate to the kitchen. Unload onto the bench. Take them back.
WrongExplanation1065@reddit
Just dump it on the hallway floor
iamabigtree@reddit
That would mean taking it out of the crates and then having to secondly move it into the kitchen. Which is mad when I could just take the crates to the kitchen.
WrongExplanation1065@reddit
Let's the driver leave quicker though
iamabigtree@reddit
The time to walk to my kitchen back is cumulatively probably around 40 seconds.
WrongExplanation1065@reddit
Fair enough, it's about a 15min walk to mine, usually get the butler to do it
Aggressive_Source_29@reddit
We dump it all by the door and pack it away after the guy has gone
Humpback_Mac@reddit
We shove everything in an ikea bag/laundry basket at the front door 😅
twister-uk@reddit
Yup, same here - crates on the front step, offload straight into bags in the hallway, jobs a good'un.
folklovermore_@reddit
We do this too. But we're in a top floor flat and I feel like it would be taking the mick a bit to ask a delivery driver to lug crates upstairs when we're perfectly capable of carrying the stuff ourselves.
Zealousideal-Ad-8050@reddit
It never occurred to me to do anything else
tiptoe_only@reddit
Yeah, same. I assume the delivery person has very limited time and if not then they could probably use a few minutes' breather. They're generally very polite and decent so they deserve courtesy in return. Chuck it all by the front door then yell for the kids to help put it away.
Zealousideal-Ad-8050@reddit
(then do it all yourself anyway)
Oranjh23@reddit
Another +1 for a laundry basket at the front door.
pink-cloud-summer@reddit
Glad I’m not the only one who chucks it all in the washing basket!
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
Doesn't this add an extra step into the process? Why not let them bring it in and unpack it into the kitchen? Just being nosey!
Nice_Back_9977@reddit
I do this because I have a dog who would be really in the way! By just shoving everything in a bag for life in the porch I can keep her shut in, let the delivery guy get away sooner, and then unpack with no time pressure.
Zealousideal-Ad-8050@reddit
And in that case I bet they don't mind doing it either
Nice_Back_9977@reddit
No they are always really good
Humpback_Mac@reddit
I have escape artists (pets) that get shut into the kitchen whilst I accept the delivery so this is the most pain free option for me ☺️
Away-Ad4393@reddit
For the customer maybe but the driver is on a timeline and needs to get going.
knotatwist@reddit
Means they don't have to come inside and they get back on their way quicker
Solsimian@reddit
Ikea bag ftw.
boobsnwillies@reddit
that seems like a blooming great idea that i will forget about instantly. we just have stuff on the sofa, stairs shelfs everywhere until its all unloaded
ResidentNo6441@reddit
Same here!
LibraRising14@reddit
I do this too
ToriaLyons@reddit
Yup, me too. The drivers have been great in the past and my place is enough of a PITA to find, I don't want to delay them any more.
MarkEasty@reddit
🙏🏻 thank you! Delivery Driver here, we love customers like you!
I never understand when I bring 2 crates to the doorstep and they start taking out individual items and carry them to their kitchen, either take one crate to your kitchen or ask me to carry it in for you, I've no problem with that especially if you have any mobility issues. It's quicker for me & easier for you! It makes more sense for me to carry it directly to your kitchen than having me put it down & you have to lift it, saves both our backs from bending!
Yeah, and don't put your items away in the fridge, cupboard and freezer while we wait, just unload it to the nearest surface and let us get on our way, you can put it where it needs to go after we've left tyvm.
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
As a disabled person, I have in the past contacted the customer support of my supermarket to ask them to formally thank the lovely delivery people for me (of course I have also thanked them myself in person). I can't lift heavy stuff and one lovely chap recently spotted a few packages with my name in the hall and brought them up to, since he knew I struggle with the stairs. My heart was WARMED.
jodilye@reddit
As a driver, THANK YOU!
Not all places offer rewards for good feedback, ours does. A single named feedback earns me a tenner. If one person a week did that it would pay for my Christmas by the end of the year.
EveNing123@reddit
Can you say who you work for?
jodilye@reddit
I work for Asda :)
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
Aw this is great to hear!!
Alexw80@reddit
Always amazes me when customers complain that the driver doesn't bring it in for them. First question to them is always "did you ask the driver to bring it in?", usually followed by them saying no.
People, please, if you want the driver to bring it in, just ask, most will be more than happy to do so. That is, of course, providing it's safe to do so. Customers with carpets covered in cat shit will always get a no (yes, that has happened before)
fussyfella@reddit
More or less exactly like the OP, put things on the kitchen floor so they can go, we do however check the order as once they had gone before we realised one of the bags was meant for someone else.
MacSamildanach@reddit
Dump it all in the hallway from the doorstep, then put it away properly once the driver has gone.
AdhesivenessGlum1143@reddit
I do this! The awkward part is how to unpack the crates in a dignified but efficient way with them sitting on the ground. It takes quite a while and the driver is just standing there so you have to make small talk while you do it. Bending over bum up seems strange but so does kneeling. I usually do a squat which I assume is also good for mobility. I really wonder if it is also awkward for the driver or if they have seen it all at this point.
WrongExplanation1065@reddit
Surely this is the only way? Why is anyone keeping the delivery drive waiting longer than it takes to dump the items in the hall / on the stairs?!
lizzstirl@reddit
The fact there is different answers than this is making me feel very unnerved at my system. Literally only started online/delivery shopping for food 6 months ago because supermarkets are literal hell on a can’t be arsed weekday after work. I thought it was a they drop off, I unpack at the door sitch (throw it all into the tiny hall) whilst my feller slowly moves it all into the kitchen and my 2 dogs are up against the window frothing at the mouth whist one is scared of feathers and the other is severely overweight and neither of them would do a thing tbh. Please if anyone has any hints or tips at this point I will gladly take them.
Nolascana@reddit
If you get a pair of collapsible storage boxes/crates that might help. They store flat, you can open them out ahead of time and toss specific things into them (everything light for instance) then the crates themselves can be picked up and decanted.
It might help with space too, as the crates could be stacked atop one another if you don't overfill the bottom one.
The crates themselves were popular a decade or so ago, but I'm sure they're easy enough to find.
Or, get a Strata flexi bucket or two. I've had my large one for close to 15 years and it's still going strong. Its been used for allsorts over the years. Sure, they don't collapse, but, if you have somewhere to leave one (or two) then chucking all the light things in it and picking it up at the end would be fine.
jodilye@reddit
Dumping is the quickest way (especially since taking it out handful by handful means you end up with the same pile in twice the time).
That said, while I love a dumper, I won’t ever question anyone who unpacks into bags, into laundry baskets, takes the tray inside and puts everything on the worktops etc.
We only really dislike the ones who put it away into the fridge (we can hear you sliding your freezer drawers open!) and smelly houses. Also stairs are a bastard but unless you’re ordering a month’s shop or a ton of drinks I don’t curse you that much.
davidsdungeon@reddit
I'm glad I'm not the only one that does this, I was getting worried with all the scrolling I had to do to find this answer
Icy_Attention3413@reddit
The dog greets the driver, who gives him cuddles, while we empty the crates as quickly as possible. Then the dog escorts the driver to the van, hoping for a lift in the freezer compartment. To where, I do not know.
Eivissaa@reddit
When I drove for Tesco I used to go to a regular customer who had the most gorgeous German Shepherd, used to run out and jump into the van to greet me everytime.
The owners were cool too, they had a plane in the garage and a runway next to the house 😂
jodilye@reddit
These are my favourite. Apparently we have drivers who don’t like dogs but they keep themselves hidden because the majority of us do.
Recently had one who unpacked everything, I had no idea they had a dog. They asked if I liked them - yes, absolutely the best part and this dog shot out of the door SO excited. He’d sat there silently behind the door just waiting for the go ahead. So cute.
cann-i-say@reddit
Our ASDA orders dont come with bags so we have to take every individual item from the driver one by one.
Alexw80@reddit
Why not just ask the driver to bring the trays into the house for you?
cann-i-say@reddit
I have asked previosuly and they've said they aren't allowed.
Alexw80@reddit
I'm not aware of ASDA not being allowed to carry them in, perhaps someone from there could chime in and let everyone know.
LadyBev3@reddit
Oh no, the horror! /s
cann-i-say@reddit
It's not a gripe. It's a statement of fact.
LadyBev3@reddit
Respectfully, I believe you were, in fact, having a winge
cann-i-say@reddit
Ok you're entitled to your opinion
LadyBev3@reddit
Then why did you edit your comment, basically rewriting the entire thing from what you said originally
cann-i-say@reddit
To be more specific and to provide additional context
CrabbyGremlin@reddit
I just grab the crate full of unbagged stuff and tip it on the floor usually then deal with it when Asda guy has gone
cann-i-say@reddit
I would do the same if I wasn't disabled. Can't pick things yp off the floor easily.
No-Marsupial-1436@reddit
Carry the crates in and dump out onto the table / kitchen sides.
I’ve got to ask…why the floor? Seems unnecessarily unhygienic.
blackmanchubwow@reddit
Do you not clean your floors?
No-Marsupial-1436@reddit
Yes of course I clean the floors. But if I have the choice of putting food on the counter or the floor, I guess the counter just makes more sense to me?
Mr_Bumcrest@reddit
Isn't the food mostly in packages?
No-Marsupial-1436@reddit
Am I going bad here. I’m still not getting closer to an answer
Mr_Bumcrest@reddit
Maybe not everyone has the same amount of space as you. Not a difficult concept.
pm_me_your_amphibian@reddit
Take their baskets down to the kitchen one by one and decant it onto the counter as quickly as possible so they can get on. If it’s only a small delivery I’ll decant it into washing baskets at the door (utility is by the front door) and take those down once the delivery person has gone.
Paul_T_M@reddit
Kind of similar to you - they come to back door which is the kitchen.
Stack the crates there and my partner and I both quickly transfer the contents into large shopping bags or for things like bottles of drinks etc just pick them out and place on counter tops.
Like a bit of a production line. Empties it all very quickly from the crates, then when delivery driver goes we pack it all away
illbepedro@reddit
I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets them to come to the kitchen door! My front door is up a staircase but the back door is just a ramp so they can pop all the crates on their trolley at once.
Then unload everything onto the table in the kitchen and quickly check the dates on the fresh things (which mortifies my husband but I've been tripped up by super short dates in the past) before letting them get on their way.
Paul_T_M@reddit
Ah that's a fair shout on the dates for fresh / fridge items, been caught out a few times myself
txteva@reddit
I would use those big ikea bags and put everything in that or if in bags then I had a wheely shelf unit I'd put everything on.
I try to work at the speed of Lidl checkout since they are on a time crunch.
Carinwe_Lysa@reddit
I usually carry two massive bags for life to the door, then just unload the crates into the bags before handing them back to the delivery driver. Takes maybe 1 minute at most overall, unless we start chatting.
I've once tried taking the crates into the kitchen to unpack, but it was far more faffy & time consuming.
yellowsteakrocks@reddit
Pile it all into a giant blue Ikea bag at the front door in under 2 minutes and pack it away when the door is shut
literalwords@reddit
We have a box for perishables and one for non-perishables. We meet the driver at the front porch and unpack the crates, sorting items into the two boxes. Then we bring the boxes in to put away our items while the driver is free to get on with the rest of their route. It probably takes a little bit longer to sort the items, but this step allows us to prioritise putting the cold/frozen stuff away first, and it doesn't take too long.
shitford1987@reddit
We do the same - empty the boxes onto the kitchen sides/floor so they’re not kept waiting and the delivery driver will often remark on the speed as well.
I asked one of them why, and they told me that often people will put away their shopping directly from the boxes, or try to engage them in a chit chat.
A lot of the time I just upend the boxes onto the kitchen floor. I can’t do awkward small talk with the driver at my door 😅
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
[smashed eggs, milk creeping under the skirting boards, glass and pickles strewn about]
....damn. She was quick though.
shitford1987@reddit
What can I say, I am absolute chaos
confuzzledfather@reddit
I sort of see it as a challenge to see how quick I can dump it all out.
travelingwhilestupid@reddit
Many many people are quite inconsiderate of other people, especially of their time.
rklrkl64@reddit
I have a bunch of plastic bags (except for Iceland deliveries because they're pre-bagged) by the door and pack everything into them except 1 or 2 litre bottles of squash/drink which I just put on the floor instead. You need to carry stuff from the door to the kitchen and it's easier if it's mostly bagged.
messedup73@reddit
I ll take out the heavy things and dump the rest into washing baskets and bags at the door make it easy for the delivery driver.
Nolascana@reddit
Last delivery was an Amazon one because there was a cracking deal on.
Ordered from Morrisons and it was all paper bags... was fantastic for my recycling as I used the paper bags as recycling caddies for a long time afterward.
If it came in crates? Anything that isn't fragile is getting tipped on the floor/into large shopping bags for me to sort later.
I don't plan on ordering any time soon, but, not having a plan ahead of time to let the driver go asap honestly puts me off ordering lol
When I move house, if I ever order again, I will have collapsible boxes to tip things into and let them be on their way for sure.
Noiisy@reddit
Just use Ocado lol
t0b9@reddit
I just chuck everything on the floor by the front door so they can get going straight away, then I sort it into the fridge & cupboards etc. Incredibly inconsiderate to make the drivers wait whilst you put everything away, though I am not at all surprised many people do exactly that.
Away-Ad4393@reddit
It is inconsiderate. I don’t know if it’s correct but a driver told me that they allow 6 minutes per customer.
cccactus107@reddit
I just tip the crates out and hand them back, feels bad wasting the driver's time.
Away-Ad4393@reddit
I have an inner porch and I get bags open and ready, the driver puts the crates on the floor of the porch, I put the groceries into the bags, the driver leaves,and I carry bags into the kitchen to unpack and put away. Total time 15/20 minutes depending on how much I buy.
vikingdhu@reddit
Delivery comes to the kitchen door, I pick up a crate, empty it onto the side and hand the crate back. Check the dates on the meat while the driver is still there because even my teenager can't eat 2kg of chicken breast by the next day, but other than that it's just dumping it out and letting them go. Always offer them a cold drink during the 2 weeks of summer.
Voltalox@reddit
I just put everything in the hallway behind me, and put it all away after the delivery driver has left.
LazyLady68@reddit
I check the receipt for substitutions - usually in the morning for an afternoon or evening delivery. Mostly they are ok, but I want to be prepared to "return" anything that's not suitable. I unload the crates into boxes I keep for the purpose by my front door. The driver can leave and I sort my groceries in my own time. The whole thing probably takes less than two minutes and we chat while I'm unloading so it's not unfriendly.
rebelallianxe@reddit
I have bags for life in the hall and load everything into them in 3 minutes flat at the front door - I must be one of their best customers I now realise 🤣
37elephants@reddit
We live in a third floor flat so we go downstairs and put everything in shopping bags to take back up. The drivers are always super grateful that they don’t have to carry it all up the stairs, and we’re already winning by not having to go to the supermarket so going downstairs isn’t a big deal
Top_Layer7065@reddit
I order from Ocado and get the driver to leave the bags in the hall and then I carry the bags into the kitchen after they’ve left (generally we don’t have a tonne of bags and my husband is there too, I’m currently pregnant so when I have a newborn I’ll probably ask them to bring the bags into the kitchen if my hands are full)
I used to order from Sainsbury’s and lived in a maisonette and the stairs were there as soon as you opened the door so I’d carry the crate upstairs, take everything out in the counter, give the crate back and then do the next crate, it was a workout haha
Whyunhappyme@reddit
Take the biggest carrier bags we have to the front door and unpack at the door.
spammmmmmmmy@reddit
I live in a flat. I ask them to place everything on the floor in the hallway outside my open door. Then, I carry things inside to the kitchen until it's all put away.
TulipTattsyrup99@reddit
I have one of those fold down crates on wheels. Load it in and wheel it to the kitchen
London-maj@reddit
My neighbour gets several Waitrose deliveries every week and has very long chats with the delivery drivers who are amazingly patient. My neighbour doesn’t have much of a social life and treats them like friends coming to visit him.
Imposseeblip@reddit
I quite like the odd chat with a customer amd always try and make time for the ones that want to. That said, ive been doing the job nearly a decade and got it down to a fine art where im rarely running late and gain time on most drops.
jodilye@reddit
My record is 45 minutes at a door. I learned about how every member of her family had died and the resulting feuds.
Smasher323292@reddit
Pour it all into the sofas
jodilye@reddit
Always have a once over of the tray, I recently had someone do this and when they passed the tray back I was like…you’ve got a broken yoghurt somewhere, it was all in the bottom of the tray. Offered her some blue roll to wipe up with, luckily it was a leather sofa!
confuzzledfather@reddit
The use of 'into' feel appropriate given I end up finding shit in the cushions later in the week.
bezostinks@reddit
This but taking the bread and milk out separately as from previous times the bread gets crushed or the milk falls off sofa and then there’s no milk!
Firm-Wear2736@reddit
Same as you but onto the kitchen counter, if it's non fridge/freezer stuff I'll drop some by the front door. I'll take my hat off to them they're probably the most reliable delivery service. Just eat and amazon can eat my ass with how bad there service is. Am I giving you a tip for hot food delivered cold like fuck I am.
elgrn1@reddit
I take bags to my front door. They put the crates on the doorstep. I move items from the crates into the bags. They leave, I take the bags to my kitchen and unpack them/put things away.
RaspberryJammm@reddit
I thought this was what everybody did but apparently not 😅
shoob420@reddit
same🤣 I've genuinely never in my life heard of the crates being carried into the house
jodilye@reddit
It’s the most common way, with bags/unloading at the front door coming in a close second.
elgrn1@reddit
Tbf, I have 3 cat litter trays in my hallway so it would be pretty inconsiderate for me to expect the driver to navigate past them with the crates to get to my kitchen. And its easier to just pack the bags and carry them rather than carry the crates back and forth myself!
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
For me it seems mad to make them wait there for you to re-package everything from crate into bags, oy to carry it (probably) only a few rooms away to then unpack it all again to ultimately put away. The delivery person - already holding the crate - could just walk in and place the crates down in your kitchen, (where I assume you store your food?) where you can empty it close is to where it is going.
I'm baffled by people adding this quite cumbersome extra step!
RaspberryJammm@reddit
I don't know why emptying it onto counters makes it any easier than emptying into bags? Plus i never have the space in my kitchen
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
Because it's a whole extra step? Unloading it directly into the kitchen cuts out the middle man.
But fair re;space. I have a large kitchen dining table that takes all of the u packed shopping easily.
FeDUpGraduate87@reddit
I just dump it all on the couch. I hate that they don't do bags anymore!
jajajunkie@reddit
Woah to anyone unloading items and putting them away during the delivery please explain why???? Never occurred to me someone would do knots than either unload at the door into a bag or unload to table/ sides in the kitchen.
ceehred@reddit
Hope they invite the delivery guy in for tea and a biscuit while he waits :)
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
I often do offer the delivery person a seat, as there are a LOT of steps and some of them are not sporty types...I worry they might croak it on arrival. What a way to go.
ceehred@reddit
Yeah, I really feel for the people doing this job. Not great pay, and many seem very highly pressured to perform.
If I meet a delivery person who looks in any way exhausted or distressed, I ask about their well being and offer them some help.
Royal Mail posties, who seem (to me) to be way better protected in working conditions than most, I guess thanks to their unions, always get offered a bottle of water in the hot summer days. I know the guys on foot around here can't even carry the amount of water they need for their shift.
And all are welcome to use my toilet, though it kinda feels awkward for me to offer! Wish people would ask for help.
jodilye@reddit
Offer, because we aren’t allowed to ask. We also aren’t allowed to say yes, but at least it’s your decision that way.
I recently sat in an hour traffic for a drop that was an hour away, I explained why I was late and she offered me the toilet and I could’ve cried I was so grateful!
rokstedy83@reddit
Same as the nutters at Aldi that bag every item at the till on a massive shop,throw it in the trolley n pack it on the shelves supplied after you have paid
Alexw80@reddit
It's not unheard of for some customers to expect the driver to wait while they put the items away one at a time. I do know of one who, for some unknown reason, thought they could take all the time they wanted as they'd booked the whole 2 hours slot. The driver politely explained that, although they'd booked a delivery within that slot, they don't actually get the full 2 hours. Drivers have very little time at each delivery.
LittleoneandPercy@reddit
We’ve got quite a big drive and initially our delivery guy would stop at the top. I asked him why and he said that many customers complain if they drive on the drive………??? Wtf is a drive for if you’re not going to drive on to it? Now I always make sure my delivery instructions state which bungalow we are and to come straight onto the drive. We have happy delivery guys now
theotherquantumjim@reddit
I eat it all raw directly from the crates then run upstairs crying and have a really angry wank
miwmil@reddit
Same, apart from eating it all raw,
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
This guy is on every delivery blacklist in the land.
suspicious_odour@reddit
I barbecue the delivery guy and wash it all down with a pint of LAVA
theotherquantumjim@reddit
Yum
Andries89@reddit
r/oddlyspecific
JustNoGuy_@reddit
Take the glass jars out the crate and tip all the other shit on the floor next to my front door and then move it to the kitchen. My kitchen is like 5 steps away from my front door.
Fine-University-8044@reddit
We have a sort of human chain. One packs the bags, the two take turns bringing the bags to the kitchen and another puts stuff away.
Someone always stays by the door until it’s all put in bags, then when the driver leaves, the others empty them onto the shelves/into the fridge
PixiePooper@reddit
Unpack into the cupboards / fridge - probably takes 5 mins with two of us.
Dizzy-Okra-4816@reddit
Before you give the crates back to the driver? Poor form.
Badfinger74@reddit
I used to do delivery driving for a bit and it would vary some people would do the same as yourself which is a godsend when I was in a rush which was often as id always be sent out late. The most common would be bag to the door and unload the crates into bags, followed by taking the crates into the kitchen to unload onto sides. Then there's the annoying ones (if in a rush, otherwise I'd be happy to help/wait) who either take their time unloading crates, presumably putting each item into their respective places, or they'd ask for help carrying in (again happy to do but can be tedious if in a rush). I did get one or two customers take a single item out of the crate take it to the kitchen and kept doing that, must've been at the door for close to 30 minutes with those customers.
Imposseeblip@reddit
I dont mind when people ask me to take it in for them. Generally means ill probably be quicker at it anyway.
VdubKid_94@reddit
I’m curious, with all the flats in this country that don’t have lifts, how often are deliveries are to top floor flats? How horrible is it?
Badfinger74@reddit
Yeah same, it's more when they ask you to take it in but then don't want help unpacking so you're just standing there like a lemon trying to make conversation.
Bam-Skater@reddit
I have a load of their crates sitting at the side of the house, I just tell them to leave the full crates and take the empty ones
mizi_moe@reddit
I do think but with the table instead
AubergineParm@reddit
My Nan gets groceries delivered, he loads it into her fridge/freezer/cupboards for her.
She’s 93 and struggles with basic mobility.
He’s an absolute star. And tipped well.
sneakerpimp87@reddit
I have a large carrier bag with me at the front door.
I can't bend down easily as I'll pass out (yay!) and I have chronic pain, so I ask the drivers to chuck the items in for me as I hold the bag open.
I never have any cash on me tip (well, a few times a year I will do) but I try to be quick and not be a pain in the arse.
I always know what my subs are and will tell them right away if something needs to go back.
I order once or twice a week as I don't do in person shopping, so my orders are never huge/more than three crates full.
I get a lot of the same drivers and they seem happy enough to chat with me and often offer to bring it in the kitchen for me (I always refuse, they're busy enough and I can handle that much) so I figure I'm not a nightmare customer to deliver to.
Wytyujjju@reddit
I swap the crates I kept for the new ones.
ALA02@reddit
These are absolutely the most convenient, easiest and fastest drops for me. Literally stack them up by the front of the house, grab the ones from the previous delivery and leave. Wish more people did it tbh
ceehred@reddit
That's an interesting idea: deliver them with a deposit, refundable on return.
Would need somewhere to store them, a back yard or a shed. Though maybe if you're on a delivery pass you could do several deliveries a week instead of one, to keep the crate count down.
I know some farm-shop-type places that used to arrange a reusable cardboard container for delivery.
Alexw80@reddit
Good idea, but not really plausible for supermarkets unfortunately.
AndAnotherThingHere@reddit
It was much easier for people like my mother in law when Tesco delivered in bags
Potential_Twist3640@reddit
I’m probably younger than your MIL, but I have mobility problems due to a spinal cord injury and I also really miss getting things delivered in bags.
Most supermarkets in my area seem to use recyclable paper bags for Uber Eats / Deliveroo deliveries (which I occasionally use when I’ve forgotten something, because navigating shops with crutches is a real pain in the arse), and I wish that was an option for regular deliveries too.
shoob420@reddit
I already commented above but if you're able to switch to ocado they have a bag scheme & they're honestly overall amazing!!!
Potential_Twist3640@reddit
Another reason to be sad that we don’t have Ocado in Scotland! (At least not yet…)
LadyBev3@reddit
I’m sure it was, but also extremely wasteful, so it’s a good idea they don’t do that anymore isn’t it?
Daveddozey@reddit
Rather than use old plastic bags in waste bins now have to buy plastic bags to go in them.
shoob420@reddit
If she is able to make the switch to Ocado it's well worth it! (I'm low income and I priced up all my usuals & Ocado actually isn't more expensive on the whole and often has the same exact deals as Tesco (and others that are insanely good value)), they deliver in carrier bags for a small charge and then you can hand your bags back to the driver on your next shop for 10p back per bag off your shop!! (you almost always get more money back than you paid for the bags) I've also had very little substitutions from ocado in comparison!! I'm not having to sit down for an hour before putting my shopping away now either which is gigantic plus 🤣
MaxximumB@reddit
I have crates and a couple of folding tables at the front door. I empty their crates into mine. Then stack my crates onto a dolly to get the shopping to the kitchen. Takes about 6-7 minutes
StereotypicallBarbie@reddit
Surely no one is immediately putting it away while the driver waits.. I usually rapidly dump it all in the hallway then put it away once it’s all in the house.
brighthair84@reddit
Delivery driver brings mine into the kitchen then feeds my cat illicit treats while fussing him
I dump everything on the kitchen floor/worktop and then have to stop the cat either eating the plastic or chasing after the driver 🙄
NoiseLikeADolphin@reddit
I put things mostly on the kitchen counters, a few things on the floor if they’re big like toilet paper or if I’ve just run out of counter space.
backup_4ccount@reddit
My mum would have the whole family putting it on the counter above/below whatever cupboard it goes in 😭 there were 5 of us doing it
Sudden_Direction_383@reddit
I’ve got a bench outside the door, I just say pop it on there, so they can be fast. Give them last weeks bags back, this weeks bags are for next week. I just think they are out in all weather, carrying a lot of stuff, I try n be quick.
Jimbobthon@reddit
Same. We take the glass stuff out first before dumping everything out
ReadyBattle8943@reddit
At Ocado bags are provided so fairly simple
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
They place the crates on my kitchen table. I unpack them as fast as I can. If they wish to help unpack, they can. But I won't make them. I will usually ask about their day, or any other light banter about traffic or the weather, etc. if there is anything that urgently needs to go in the freezer, I'll put stuff in the freezer (in the same room, about 10 ft away).
I will always restack the crates and then hold the door open for them as they exit.
If it is a work day I'll put away anything that should remain chilled, then deal with everything else when I get a break or that evening.
AM I WEIRD?? WHAT AM I DOING WRONG??
zanz38@reddit
I have a plastic box crate I decanter into at the door to avoid the back and forth.
I have three large dogs, so more to keep me sane than anything else
DependentStar3148@reddit
Carry the box to the kitchen, take everything out by hand quickly but carefully, not dumping it because I don't want to damage my shopping, hand the empty box back and grab the other(s), then put everything away after the delivery driver has gone.
JASH_DOADELESS_@reddit
I take the totes from the front door one by one, unload onto the kitchen table and then take the tote back, repeat.
Much easier than putting it all in the hallway to then fumble and drop most of it on the way into the kitchen
Working-Pumpkin@reddit
I'm in a flat and I always run down to meet them at the bottom of the stairs. "Save yourself, I don't mind taking it up" is my normal. I order a lot of tins but I just like giving them a break from stairs you know.
Polythene_pams_bag@reddit
Stand at the front door throw everything into the hallway behind me and tell the driver to go have a break! Or stand and have a natter with them 🤷🏼♀️😂 I’m always quick and they really do appreciate it
ThatsJustHowIFeeeeel@reddit
Dump it all on my front room floor, straight out the baskets. They’ve usually gone within about 90 seconds of knocking on my door.
They love me.
Gloomy_Custard_3914@reddit
I bring bags to the door and put things in there. Unpack in the kitchen
autobulb@reddit
Isn't your floor dirty? I wouldn't want something that was on the floor to go on my table, counter, or inside my fridge.
The items come in convenient crates. Makes it easy for the driver to bring it to your door, and for you to bring it to a table or counter in your kitchen. It only adds a few seconds and means you don't have to unload it and transport it twice.
caffeinated_photo@reddit
Are we in the minority that we let the drivers into the house? They carry two baskets to our kitchen chair (about 5 seconds in from the back door), then go get the rest while we empty those onto the table & worktop.
X0AN@reddit
That's what we do.
MarkEasty@reddit
Yes, you are in the minority but as a delivery driver i much prefer delivering to people like you, makes my life so much easier because the rhythm is perfect, if you have 8 crates, every 2 I bring in will be empty by the next 2 I bring in which saves so much time compared to people taking a few items at a time from crates at the doorstep, people don't realise that we're timed to the minute which doesn't account for traffic jams, road closures, diversions or accidents. Doing a delivery like yours gets me 5mins ahead which makes a massive difference to my day, I don't have to rush if I have great customers like you!
bless ya 💙
caffeinated_photo@reddit
Glad to hear it! I thought you'd be timed pretty tight and this seemed like the quickest way to get you sorted.
Dimac99@reddit
The driver carries the crates from van to door and puts them down just inside the door. We take them into the living room and unpack everything onto the table and the driver can be away that much quicker. I'll then check off everything on the receipt and put things away.
Anything-Small9549@reddit
Before covid, they didn't mind us borrowing the big plastic crates they deliver stuff in, so it was just a case of carry everything into the house in the plastic crates and hand back the crates they used for the last delivery.
Unfortunately we weren't allowed to do that during covid, so it just became a scramble to unload the crates at the doorstep and carry everything individually into the kitchen to put away afterwards.
FineStranger4021@reddit
Same, the drivers often sit outside for 10 mins before they drive off 😆
Airurando-jin@reddit
Bags for life at the front door, then clear the baskets at speed
ClericalRogue@reddit
Offload everything from the crates into bags in front porch, once crates are empty let the delivery driver go on their way whilst we move bags to kitchen and start puttong things away. No point making the driver hang around.
SoggyWotsits@reddit
Usually get the tray, take it through the open door, semi carefully tip the goods inside on the floor, then return the tray. Repeat until completed!
abigailgabble@reddit
could not believe it when the sainsbury’s man wanted me to unload loose items direct from his crates, I had a total panic and basically hurled everything onto my entryway floor - I too am too british to keep them waiting. anyway the next week i switched straight back to Ocado who have a much more civilised bag return and recycle scheme.
I_will_never_reply@reddit
Iceland bring bags and leave it on the doorstep, you guys have people entering your home?
becka-uk@reddit
I do the same as you and chat with the driver whilst doing it. I tend to group things together - fridge things on the worktop above the fridge, frozen stuff next to the freezer, etc. Once he's gone, I'll put things away properly.
Twm273ss@reddit
I start eating whatever the first thing I pick up is. Then I start cooking something, while it's cooking there's enough time to unload a couple more trays. Then finally once it's all in the fridge I thank the driver and then go on my computer and report most of the items as missing/damaged. I also sometimes send a complaint about the driver for good measure.
CanaryWundaboy@reddit
We jus have the delivery guys put the shopping bags just inside the front door while we relay everything into the kitchen. Once we have all the bags in, old bags go back in return and they leave. We unpack afterwards.
Bibblejw@reddit
First objective, let the poor bloke go do his job. You take everything from the van to a staging area (hall, table, etc.), then you go from there to putting things away.
First rule, don’t make someone else suffer for your convenience.
Sladekious@reddit
You get it from the van? Surely you let him bring it to the door?
Bibblejw@reddit
The exchange is between you and the van. How the blocks interacts is irrelevant. Take it to staging, from the van or from the porch is irrelevant.
ICanEditPostTitles@reddit
Why do you keep saying that you go anywhere near the van? I guess you either have never had a supermarket delivery or you're a bot/AI glitching out.
fray_bentos11@reddit
We unpack into IKEA bags in the doorstep, also super fast.
Olddevlin@reddit
I get all of my shopping through either Amazon Grocery (Amazon, Iceland, Morrisons, Co-op) or Just Eat grocery delivery. They all deliver in bags. Even the Iceland drivers who bring it all on crates, have all the shopping already bagged in the crates.
I had no idea that food just being delivered loose in crates was a thing!
_KAZ-2YG_@reddit
Asda don't do bagged delivery. We unpack directly onto the sofa so we're not keeping the delivery guy hanging around, and then we take it through to the kitchen to pack away.
Fantastic-Bother3296@reddit
Put it in piles in the kitchen, on the worktops etc trying to be as fast as possible so as not to delay the delivery person, only for them to spend the next few minutes fussing over my dogs and cats and giving them treats! :)
Llywela@reddit
I'm in a flat. The driver brings the crates to the front door of the building. I meet him there with a stack of bags for life. I unpack the crates into my bags as quickly as possible. The driver leaves. I take the bags through to my flat to unpack.
Foxtrot7888@reddit
I use Ocado as they deliver in bags.
handtoglandwombat@reddit
Delivery guys in my area let you hold onto the containers and just swap em out next time. Super chill.
plant-cell-sandwich@reddit
Into laundry baskets at the door
LadyBev3@reddit
That’s a solid idea, I’m stealing that one
Leading_Screen_4216@reddit
A while back asked for some crates from a delivery driver. He left me three, so now we just swap crates.
grahamsnumber10@reddit
Shove the dog in the conservatory (as the little shit bag thinks she was Houdini in a past life, plus you don’t know if the drivers like dogs). Then take two trays in at a time and tip them out on the kitchen worktops.
As others said they are busy and I only paid £2 for someone to do my shopping and bring it to my house!
Superb_Lie_297@reddit
Ok , so I have problems unloading things and it was taking me longer and longer when they first stopped bags and then liners, so on speaking to Tesco we worked on a solution. Now they just wheel in the crates and leave them and take away the crates from last delivery. Then I can unpack the freezer stuff and then do the rest at my leisure or get the carer to do it when they next come.
curioustis@reddit
Sainsburys, the shopping comes in plastic baskets
Carry each one into the kitchen. Put on the island, unload then get the next basket.
Takes a couple minutes, then put everything away
ceehred@reddit
Round here, Sainsburys comes only in very large shallow crates. I'd bang at least one doorway in the rush through to the unloading area.
UnremarkableSnow@reddit
In to bags at the front door (roughly corresponding to what's going in what cupboard) Take bags into kitchen. Put away fridge and freezer stuff. Put away about half of cupboard stuff. Put off unpacking rest of cupboard stuff until I need to use it/need a bag.
SceneDifferent1041@reddit
My kit hen is next to the front door so I take the trays in, unpack and return them in bulk at the end.
LaundryMan2008@reddit
We don’t use delivery but if it’s McDs or other food then we are immediately eating it and the scraps go in the fridge and the bitten ones go to the cat if there isn’t too many spices on it, as for regular shopping we have the bag held in the air and put the items immediately into cupboards or crisps thrown on top of the cupboard, fridge/freezer items go on the counter and put into the fridge/freezer at the end unless it’s ice cream or other frozen foods that don’t like to be thawed in which case someone empties the boxes and flattens them for recycling
Ok-Educator850@reddit
Tip the crates onto the kitchen floor and hand them back.
BrightSide0fLife@reddit
I dump everything from the plastic crates on the kitchen worktops, seats and bottles and plastic stuff with cleaning stuff in on the floor. Done crate by crate. It doesn't take me long as I live alone so there isn't a large amount of stuff for a whole family.
BusFinal716@reddit
We go from door to unloading in kitchen, along with a three year old who likes to help out. Picking one thing out from a crate to carry, can make the process a bit longer, but, All the Tesco drivers are good with him, some go the extra mile which really makes his day. 😃
bubbleandqueef@reddit
We put it away. Like everybody does...
RaspberryJammm@reddit
Um....no
DarthScabies@reddit
Sturdy bags by the door. Unpack into bags so the delivery driver can go quicker.
KrYpTeK_NuKeZz@reddit
I take each item individually out of the crates and put it in the fridge/freezer/cupboard while the driver waits. Usually takes around 5-10 minutes
kartoffeln44752@reddit
Dump it on the kitchen table crate by crate as he gets the next one.
Put into cupboards once he’s gone
Cultural_Western_711@reddit
I bring one or two (if they’re light) crates into the kitchen and dump stuff as quickly as possible in roughly the right area of the kitchen. My wife normally is there with me so we get through the crates quickly.
The Asda delivery pass at £65/year or whatever it is, such a bargain
This_Suit8791@reddit
Same, no point in the driver having to wait.
Joe_Smeg@reddit
We do a swap with the crates and store the empties until the next delivery. This way we can just take e crates straight in and the driver takes away last weeks if that makes sense.
Flashy-Nectarine1675@reddit
We have other shopping totes that the driver helps me decant to.
Puzzleheaded_Turn887@reddit
Isn’t that normal? Grab it all out and onto the nearby floor to say thanks and bye and then out away. Let them get off.
iPlexzy@reddit
One customer I occasionally get will literally take one item at a time and put it in its respective place, evennnn taking items upstairs whilst I’m standing there twiddling my thumbs. They usually have at least 6 trays on average and will always refuse help…
GotAnyNirnroot@reddit
Panic, mostly.
Late_Panda3311@reddit
Normally I unpack onto the kitchen tops to put away afterwards. Left the front door ajar a few weeks ago to not be rude and the fella walks into my kitchen with the next crate/box. Nearly died to see him stood next to me (freaked me out abit) but also because the house was a mess lol.
TheRiddlerTHFC@reddit
Take crate into kitchen, unload onto counter, repeat.
Driver is usually 10 minutes max
Danglyweed@reddit
Chuck it all on the hall floor, generally chuck fridge freezer bits to one area and the rests a free for all. Husband is a bit picky when it comes to the fridge stuff so only he does that.
Geoffrey_the_cat@reddit
If it's Iceland they take all the bags of shopping into my kitchen and I just put them away (they still deliver in bags) if it's Asda I stand at the door with my Iceland bags and put the shopping in from the crates. I order more from Iceland just from being Asda lazy and Iceland's convenience. The amount of Iceland bags I have is ridiculous...
sfwlooking@reddit
Waitrose driver here.
What the really want to do is just bring the crate into your kitchen to help you unload it onto the counter.
95% of the time the route is running well and we have time built in to engage with the customers.
For environmental reasons we don't do bags we haven't done for three years.
Yes we wear large safety boots, which if you don't want walking inside your house we can either take them off or we have little plastic shoe covers to use.
luker1771@reddit
Bags for life and give the big stuff to my son who likes to help.
I actually did the job for a while a few years back, I always remember one house I went too.... The women ordered enough to fill about 7-8 crates.... She then proceeded to pick up each crate and just tip them on the floor behind her. Everything was just in a pile, frozen stuff, glass bottles, fresh fruit and everything else in between. I thought she was bonkers.
gatoStephen@reddit
I put it in laundry baskets. Doesn't everyone?
notmenotyoutoo@reddit
Unload each crate onto the kitchen worktop. Usually get the child to help so with three of us it’s pretty quick then depending on which driver they chat for 5 mins anyway.
jonathing@reddit
We used to shove everything from the crates into bags on the doorstep, send the chap on his way, and take the bags to the kitchen to put away. Then my wife started keeping the bags in the boot of her car so now I take the crates to the kitchen one at a time and unpack onto the worktop. Once I've finished unloading and the driver had left I put everything away. She on the other hand opens the door, panics that she's got no bags and unloads onto the hall floor.
mhoulden@reddit
I ask the driver to bring the totes to the kitchen door and then I unload everything on to the kitchen table. It's only a few steps away from the front door. Sometimes while I'm unloading one the driver will unload another onto a worktop by the door.
Oldfart_karateka@reddit
Dump it all on the kitchen table and sort it afterwards.
Wyatt367758@reddit
When I was at uni, I would put the stuff in a massive suitcase near the front door of the uni accommodation and then haul the suitcase back to my flat/room. The suitcase has wheels, which made it so easy
AffectDangerous8922@reddit
Our front door is right next to the kitchen, so everything gets unceremoniously dumped out onto the floor then put away once the driver has been wished a safe drive.
Background_Novel_275@reddit
I have a family member who delivers and he says he could hug people that just throw it on the floor and let him get on with deliveries 🤭
twentiethcenturyduck@reddit
Unpack the crates on to the kitchen table, ask the delivery guy about his day, sign for the order and wonder how £100 of groceries looks so little.
New_Book131@reddit
I have a few insulated shopping bags that I put everything in at the door. It is always quick, no one wants that process to take unnecessarily long.
Temporary-Bread08@reddit
Dump it all out ASAP and figure it out after. Try not to let the puppy out between kitchen runs.
Time-Reindeer-7525@reddit
Run everything through to the kitchen, unpack on whatever surface is available, then run the crates back to the driver as fast as possible - no-one wants to be kept waiting, and everything can be put away properly once the driver has left.
Naples16v@reddit
Luckily my side door I request them to drop at is the kitchen, so it’s all just put where ever it fits, be it the floor or kitchen side so they can get on to the next drop
IrvTheSwirv@reddit
I tip the boxes onto the hall floor (after removing any heavy or fragile items first) on the basis that they can use the extra time with other older customers who may need a bit more help or a bit of extra chatting time etc. Seems to be appreciated.
CatKungFu@reddit
Same as you!
tiny-brit@reddit
I have a couple of folding crates that I put by the front door. Transfer everything from driver's crates into my own, then I can take my own crates to the kitchen to unpack.
SignatureFull5096@reddit
i use ocado so i dont have to leg it back and forth and inevitably break an egg and a tub of yogurt 😂
Fade_To_Blackout@reddit
Give them the two or three identical empty crates I have (I found a load of Sainsbury's ones dumped on the street) and take the packed crates in. Takes about 20 seconds to receive the delivery. Most of the drivers seem to appreciate it.
BillWilberforce@reddit
Unload it into the hall. Then put it away after he's gone.
_solemn_cat_@reddit
Mine gets thrown on the stairs and it's a free for all. I ought to have a box ready for when it arrives really, it sounds a lot easier
destria@reddit
I bring the crate into my kitchen and unload on the counter. The kitchen is like three steps from the front door and there's not enough room in my hallway to unpack the shopping really.
tisonlymoi@reddit
I'm disabled, I ask the driver to help me empty the crates in the kitchen, some will put the frozen food straight into the freezer for me without me asking, I only ask them to put the crates ON the freezer, I put the shopping away after they leave.
Before I became disabled I'd empty the trays before they returned with the next lot
In my opinion Tesco are the best with home delivery, Iceland are the worst.
SissyMixoux@reddit
Do the same as yourself and many others, unpack onto the floor or sides. If you were putting it all away properly from the crates it would take forever surely?!
Fizl99@reddit
Ikea bags at the front door
-myeyeshaveseenyou-@reddit
Door step as I can’t get the crates through the door due to bicycles in the hall. Decant everything into bags and let the drivers leave as soon as I can. I do chit chat and sometimes they have a lot of deliveries so I try to be as quick as I can for them
PurpleOctopus6789@reddit
bring my fabric bags to the door, put everything in my bags at the door so they can leave asap and then, I bring it to my kitchen to sort it out and unpack. I would absolutely no bring those crates home, they're really dirty plus heavy, it's much faster and more efficient to just pack everything in my bags and deal it with at my own pace once they're gone.
No-Quit3994@reddit
I'm the same - get it out of their hands so they can get to their next delivery.
And always say "Thanks, and safe driving"
acidmaninc@reddit
We have our own plastic boxes that we transfer our shopping into at the front door, then take it to the kitchen and unpack.
Comfortable-Bug1737@reddit
I do the same. Did the Christmas shop in less than 5 minutes but half was missing haha
Mr_Coastliner@reddit
Usually put the bags down on the table and order a takeaway.
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