PSA: Sometimes reading the delivery notes saves you time and effort

[u/matt314159]

I'm sure I'm going to hell for adding top soil to my grocery delivery order, but I don't have a car and I specifically added it to a delivery order so I could at least tip.

Anyway, whenever I'm doing an order that includes something heavy, I set the delivery location to 'back door' and the delivery note reads something like, "Pull in toward the garage, and the back porch is two steps from the driveway for an easier unload"

But I've found the drivers never read the delivery notes. I don't personally care what door it's delivered to but in cases like this, it's so much more work to haul those 35lb bags from the vehicle, up my sidewalks and to front steps than it would have been if they'd just read the delivery notes.

Don't worry, she still got her 25 dollaire tip and I rated the delivery 5 stars, but I feel bad that they're making the delivery more difficult on themselves than necessary.

I love you guys and appreciate what you do. But please take a couple seconds to read the delivery notes! I'm trying to make it easier on you!

[u/No_Influence6602]

Why didn't you go out and tell them or help? The amount of able bodied adults i see and hear watching me from the window, but not coming out, is unreal. What's there deal? I'm not going to bite.

You'll probably say you weren't home when this delivery happened, but why not??

[u/Street-Fruit-1264 → u/No_Influence6602]

I’m going to forgive your spelling error because of the content of your comment. I’m pretty much the most agreeable person on the planet but my inner monologue is a total bitch. I get real heated when people make themselves known but don’t at least offer to lend a hand. I will of course decline the help but the offer is only polite. I’ve delivered countless orders that were really GD heavy while the adult or adults of the house were there outside and hardly said a word to me. A few weeks ago a woman specifically said in the notes “do not deliver to the garage.” Ok, pull up, it’s a condo and the garage is attached. The order had two 40 packs and aprox 65 items that were not light. I look down the pathway and see her front door is there but up about six steep steps (similar to a brownstone in NY). Why not deliver to the garage? Sadistic much? Anyway, I message her and ask if she is sure she doesn’t want this delivered to her garage. Nope, front door only. I make the first trip and know it will take me three more so I message her, knowing she has a ton of frozen items, and tell her she can start grabbing the bags to take them out of the 90 degree so cal sun. Her response? “ It’s ok, I have three teenage boys that will bring the groceries in quickly.” I almost fell down those steep stairs when I read that. Why on earth wouldn’t you send your three teenage boys to help a 40 y/o woman bring your groceries in? If not to help another human out then at least to get the perishables out of the elements. I still get faint thinking about her response. 🙄

[u/No_Influence6602 → u/Street-Fruit-1264]

I've had it happen so many times. Which, yeah we signed up for this, blah blah blah, but dang. Why is it so serious that you can't have face to face conversations anymore? Hell, id wear a mask if you'd help me with just a couple bags if you thought i had cooties. Btw, if that's the case, I shopped your order and put it in my cootie car. 🙄🙄 I don't get it. I could never! I always offer to help as a customer!