If one has spendable cash, then Kroger’s $5 per each Click Check is workable. But if that’s once each week, then $20 per month is a chunk out of the less fortunate person’s/family's change purse. Ouch!
-russ > On Aug 17, 2017, at 10:31 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A few blocks from me there is a small Kroger store…months ago they cut a hole > in the brick to make an opening for their Click to shop system where we order > from our phone App what we want while at work, on the beach, wherever….when > time permits we drive to the designated parking spots and notify Kroger we > are ready for the delivery. Two employees bring out with a wagon, one heads > to the driver to go over he list and receive payment while the other employee > is loading the bags into the vehicle… > > Wonder if folks will like this? Will it be used? > > Tuesday of this week one of the managers of the store was in, saying that > Monday they had 128 people drive up and receive their products…they have had > 5 employees quit in the last week, the workload is so heavy it’s not worth it > so they leave….. > > It was this managers understanding that Walmart in New Albany, which also had > this service, had just stopped offering as they also had no idea the > magnitude of the reception and they were not prepared. > > My reason for sharing this with a Mac group is the face Technology is taking > in our society….there is a massive acceptance to anything that is going to > make our lives easier…thus the success of Apple as every product from the Mac > in 1984 to the iPod with our music, the iPhone, and all the forthcoming > goodies are successful because they do change the way we live…. > > It’s it a wonderful thing, what person working a long shift wants to spend 30 > minutes walking the isle of a grocery before heading home to feed the > munchkins.. > > It’s also a lightbulb moment for those of you who can come up with a newer > and better method of fulfilling human’s need for simplicity. This week, on > Apple News, I read of two brothers that with 7 lines of code made themselves > Billionaires…..7…..just 7. Their genius made joining the complicated and > costly digital payment system available to everyone with almost no > cost…..only 7 lies of code and you join an elite club…. > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=DvLf5UveWFFDhVz1lZPDWNHrsnROnz5iht9sY3ulO-o&s=Yw7QnNvBXS7i0PXHAvXPo4q5B5DrbJwW6Og454wqpMo&e= > > > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
