Yeah! Home Delivery ... Wait ... I have to be home when?
Came home from work to find a flyer (junk mail as a door mat … somehow it seems appropriate). Wait … it looks like SimonDelivers is finally getting over to this side of the Twin Cities. Excellent! This is a fantastic concept for the time-constrained:
- Call them or surf their site
- Place your order
- Have it delivered right to your door
Sweet! Hold it … hmmm … lessee …
- Delivery times are on a weekday between 2 and 4 pm
- No need to be home
Ok, I live in an apartment building. You mean to tell me that my orders gonna be sitting out by the elevator in the public area until I get back? Wait … there’s more …
- Groceries are packed with dry/blue ice, items stay fresh for up to 8 hours
“Up to”? It’s July in Minnesota … one of only two months of the year where the temperature gets above freezing (I may be exaggerating, but it doesn’t seem by flippin’ much). So … if they’re efficient in the delivery, and the clock starts close to 2, I’ll be down to 2 hours of “fresh time” if I make it back by 6 (which ain’t easy with my current commute). Note to self, do not order ice cream, mayonnaise, eggs, or anything else that’s hyper-bacterial velcro.
I’m still a little intrigued by the “don’t have to be home” and the “we’ll leave it by the elevator”. I’ve seen how people handle the phone books (delivered by the stack and parked next to the mailboxes) … you’d swear some folks have a call center in their bathroom with the number of books they cart off. I wonder how they’re gonna handle something packed in dry ice in a clearly distinguishable SimonDelivers tote bag.
Gonna sit this one out for a bit … see what happens.
