Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.

[Ortallus]

@quinn said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

A month and a half? Where do you live? Cause dude, where I live it's $3900 a month for the two of them and it's only that cheap because the youngest just got out of the infant room. Still better than the $4500/month we were paying last year, though.

They are not fucking around when they say kids are expensive.

JFC, how do most people do it? That's almost as much as my girlfriend and I make put together. Good thing we don't have kids.

[Quinn]

Debt.

[Ortallus]

@quinn said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Debt.

That totally makes sense. Go into debt paying for child care so you can go to work and pay for child care. =P Might as well stay home and collect welfare. <.<

[Quinn]

I try to look at the bright side: we'll be really used to paying for college when that rolls around.

The numbers still make me wince every year.

[RnMissionRun]

Holy cow! It's not worth trying to work if your job pays less than 40k per year. That's insane.

[Quinn]

It is if you count in the raises/promotions/401k contributions you'd miss out on being out of the workforce for seven years. Trust me, I've run the numbers. A lot. It SUCKS right now, but in three years we won't even know what to DO with all that money!

haha yes we will pay off student loans

[hedgehog]

Fucking Instacart shoppers who keep texting my goddamn land line.

No, caramel pretzel yogurt is not a suitable replacement for the one my kid will actually eat. No, giant portobello caps are not the same thing as tiny criminis, and are not suitable for the recipes I needed the criminis for. If I ask for two packages of pretzel buns, because they come four to a package, I do not need two eight packs of shitty buns. A bottle of apple juice is not the same thing as juice boxes that go into lunches. Why would you even do that?

Part that really sucks is that it's rarely the driver delivering the order that has shopped it, so they can't do anything about it, and I don't want to short them on their tip because the in-store shopper was incapable of the task. The awesome boy who delivered my stuff should get the full goddamn twenty percent, not split it with the shopper. But really, Instacart should be paying people a livable fucking wage, and not basing it all on orders filled and speed of execution, and then trying to tack a dubious 'fee' on top of it that literally goes to none of the people doing any of the actual work.

[Auspice]

@hedgehog said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Fucking Instacart shoppers who keep texting my goddamn land line.

No, caramel pretzel yogurt is not a suitable replacement for the one my kid will actually eat. No, giant portobello caps are not the same thing as tiny criminis, and are not suitable for the recipes I needed the criminis for. If I ask for two packages of pretzel buns, because they come four to a package, I do not need two eight packs of shitty buns. A bottle of apple juice is not the same thing as juice boxes that go into lunches. Why would you even do that?

Part that really sucks is that it's rarely the driver delivering the order that has shopped it, so they can't do anything about it, and I don't want to short them on their tip because the in-store shopper was incapable of the task. The awesome boy who delivered my stuff should get the full goddamn twenty percent, not split it with the shopper. But really, Instacart should be paying people a livable fucking wage, and not basing it all on orders filled and speed of execution, and then trying to tack a dubious 'fee' on top of it that literally goes to none of the people doing any of the actual work.

I always sit down and really sift through my order to make notes, to mark things as 'Do not replace,' etc if I will not accept any substitutes, etc.
And I always zero out that fee and make sure I only do a tip.

But yeah, some of their shoppers are just terrible. I always make sure to email their support about the ones that are.

[hedgehog]

@auspice

Oh, I try to do that, too.

Also doesn't help that Instacart just changed their 'how to contact me' procedures without sending out emails about it or anything, so since I had CALL ME as the option, it defaulted to 'no preference'. If you turn off SMS messages it defaults to 'no preference'. I'm Gen X. I prefer my land line to texting. I should be able to receive a damn phone call, y'know?

[Auspice]

@hedgehog said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@auspice

Oh, I try to do that, too.

Also doesn't help that Instacart just changed their 'how to contact me' procedures without sending out emails about it or anything, so since I had CALL ME as the option, it defaulted to 'no preference'. If you turn off SMS messages it defaults to 'no preference'. I'm Gen X. I prefer my land line to texting. I should be able to receive a damn phone call, y'know?

I want texts. I don't wanna talk to no one on the phone.

But yeah, I love/hate instacart. I mean, it's been great having no car, but when I have issues... My last big order never made it to me. I dunno if the person just handed it off to the wrong person (!!!!) or absconded with it, but it really sucked to have to wait a day to get my groceries re-delivered.

[RnMissionRun]

@auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@hedgehog said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@auspice

Oh, I try to do that, too.

Also doesn't help that Instacart just changed their 'how to contact me' procedures without sending out emails about it or anything, so since I had CALL ME as the option, it defaulted to 'no preference'. If you turn off SMS messages it defaults to 'no preference'. I'm Gen X. I prefer my land line to texting. I should be able to receive a damn phone call, y'know?

I want texts. I don't wanna talk to no one on the phone.

But yeah, I love/hate instacart. I mean, it's been great having no car, but when I have issues... My last big order never made it to me. I dunno if the person just handed it off to the wrong person (!!!!) or absconded with it, but it really sucked to have to wait a day to get my groceries re-delivered.

At least you have it as an option. It isn't available down here in the country

[Tributary]

@auspice How on earth does Publix not have ham? Why would you leave the store without ham? Ham is so fucking basic. Trust me, Publix has ham somewhere. GO BUY ME SOME FUCKING HAM, INSTACART SHOPPER.

[Miss Demeanor]

@tributary And now I know you live south of the Mason-Dixon line. XD But yes. Publix always has ham. At least three types. Deli meat (sammiches), steak/boneless (for meals), and sausage/bacon (breakfast!).

[Tributary]

@miss-demeanor said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@tributary And now I know you live south of the Mason-Dixon line. XD But yes. Publix always has ham. At least three types. Deli meat (sammiches), steak/boneless (for meals), and sausage/bacon (breakfast!).

They didn't have two of the brands of boneless ham I asked for, and rather than ask if I wanted deli ham instead (FUCKING YES), she just checked out. WITHOUT ANY FUCKING HAM. THE HAM MY HUSBAND WAS GOING TO EAT FOR DINNER TONIGHT, WHICH IS WHY WE GOT GROCERIES DELIVERED, THANKYOUVERYMUCH. AUGH!

[Miss Demeanor]

@tributary said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@miss-demeanor said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@tributary And now I know you live south of the Mason-Dixon line. XD But yes. Publix always has ham. At least three types. Deli meat (sammiches), steak/boneless (for meals), and sausage/bacon (breakfast!).

They didn't have two of the brands of boneless ham I asked for, and rather than ask if I wanted deli ham instead (FUCKING YES), she just checked out. WITHOUT ANY FUCKING HAM. THE HAM MY HUSBAND WAS GOING TO EAT FOR DINNER TONIGHT, WHICH IS WHY WE GOT GROCERIES DELIVERED, THANKYOUVERYMUCH. AUGH!

I both sympathize and... well. Hehehhe

[Lisse24]

Also, women, make sure that you're using Bratabase to make the whole experience a bit better!

[Auspice]

@tributary said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@miss-demeanor said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@tributary And now I know you live south of the Mason-Dixon line. XD But yes. Publix always has ham. At least three types. Deli meat (sammiches), steak/boneless (for meals), and sausage/bacon (breakfast!).

They didn't have two of the brands of boneless ham I asked for, and rather than ask if I wanted deli ham instead (FUCKING YES), she just checked out. WITHOUT ANY FUCKING HAM. THE HAM MY HUSBAND WAS GOING TO EAT FOR DINNER TONIGHT, WHICH IS WHY WE GOT GROCERIES DELIVERED, THANKYOUVERYMUCH. AUGH!

I sometimes wonder if they just get lazy of looking for something tbh. At which point it's like... maybe this isn't the job for you?

[Tributary]

@auspice She blamed the app! "I can't get you different ham because the app only allows certain replacements and Publix somehow did not have any of the like seven to ten options the app would allow me to replace the ham they did not specifically have with."

I was like, "BITCH I NEED MY FUCKING HAM"

[FirePuff]

That's why I'm afraid of instacart or the local chain's "curbside pickup" option. I've done Instacart once, and fortunately I was available to approve/deny swaps, but what if I wasn't?

What if there's allergies? My husband is allergic to chocolate. If the store doesn't have a good butter pecan ice cream, are they going to swap it to some caramel chocolate swirl? I could eat it, but my waistline says I shouldn't.

[Auspice]

@firepuff said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

That's why I'm afraid of instacart or the local chain's "curbside pickup" option. I've done Instacart once, and fortunately I was available to approve/deny swaps, but what if I wasn't?

What if there's allergies? My husband is allergic to chocolate. If the store doesn't have a good butter pecan ice cream, are they going to swap it to some caramel chocolate swirl? I could eat it, but my waistline says I shouldn't.

Just give it to me. >.>