Going into the grocery store to shop becoming a class signal?

[Anonymous]

People have no street smarts and think the delivery workers will bring them the same quality produce as if they were choosing it themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to use your brain for something that matters. There isn't some grand movement to avoid the grocery store as some kind of class distinction. Your conclusions are faulty.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to use your brain for something that matters. There isn't some grand movement to avoid the grocery store as some kind of class distinction. Your conclusions are faulty.

+1

+2 DCUM troll grade C-

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least for older millennial and gen X families*

My last few visits to grocery stores it looks like all retirees shopping, plus a handful of singles using the salad and hot bars. The aisles are filled with solo workers collecting orders. It seems like parents my age, whether they're actually wealthy and super busy ( ) or merely want to give that impression, exclusively do home delivery or drive-up pickup. Even the upper middle income SAHMs I know who have plenty of free time during the day do at-home delivery or drive-up pickup for groceries. Is grocery shopping in-person becoming lower class and/or elderly retirees thing?

It's almost like status-conscious people don't want to be seen grocery shopping because of the perception it gives that they're not wealthy or have too much free time. At least that's kind of what it feels like after Covid.

What a weird take. So many baseless assumptions.

I HATE grocery shopping and now I can pay a few bucks more to have someone perform that odious task for me. And I’m not wealthy. I just loathe shopping so much I’m willing to pay for it, and tip well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least for older millennial and gen X families*

My last few visits to grocery stores it looks like all retirees shopping, plus a handful of singles using the salad and hot bars. The aisles are filled with solo workers collecting orders. It seems like parents my age, whether they're actually wealthy and super busy ( ) or merely want to give that impression, exclusively do home delivery or drive-up pickup. Even the upper middle income SAHMs I know who have plenty of free time during the day do at-home delivery or drive-up pickup for groceries. Is grocery shopping in-person becoming lower class and/or elderly retirees thing?

It's almost like status-conscious people don't want to be seen grocery shopping because of the perception it gives that they're not wealthy or have too much free time. At least that's kind of what it feels like after Covid.

What a weird take. So many baseless assumptions.

I HATE grocery shopping and now I can pay a few bucks more to have someone perform that odious task for me. And I’m not wealthy. I just loathe shopping so much I’m willing to pay for it, and tip well.

Same. I suddenly realized that I hate going to Costco so much, I will pay someone to do it for me.

[Anonymous]

I'm a SAHM and I'm at the grocery store daily. I see lots of other UMC SAHMs there, even saw a dad there tonight. The only people I know who do delivery are two working parent households who are juggling trying to drive 2-4 kids to practices nightly. I have noticed a lot of old people during the day though...

[Anonymous]

Yeah, like I’m letting someone else pick my steaks….. not gonna happen.

[Anonymous]

I'm completely over delivery: too many careless people filling 50 orders at once, not caring about sell-by dates, not caring about how produce looks, leaving it in their trunk for too long. I always ended up with something missing or bad. I get better food shopping myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a SAHM, and eff you for thinking I have nothing better to do with my alleged oodles of free time than walk the aisles of the grocery store. It's not about being status conscious, it's about using my time well, and grocery shopping is a boring, time-consuming chore that I can now outsource for free with a pickup order. Occam's Razor, OP.

Maybe you should think about why you feel so attacked here. You’re very sensitive about being a SAHM.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never ordered groceries. Even during COVID I went solo every two weeks and made do. HHI is $450k. I don’t want bruised apples or wilted spinach!

[Anonymous]

I'm a SAHM and do my own shopping. I'll pick up every once in a while

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least for older millennial and gen X families*

My last few visits to grocery stores it looks like all retirees shopping, plus a handful of singles using the salad and hot bars. The aisles are filled with solo workers collecting orders. It seems like parents my age, whether they're actually wealthy and super busy ( ) or merely want to give that impression, exclusively do home delivery or drive-up pickup. Even the upper middle income SAHMs I know who have plenty of free time during the day do at-home delivery or drive-up pickup for groceries. Is grocery shopping in-person becoming lower class and/or elderly retirees thing?

It's almost like status-conscious people don't want to be seen grocery shopping because of the perception it gives that they're not wealthy or have too much free time. At least that's kind of what it feels like after Covid.

OP, when are you going to the store? I work part-time and if I go on my way home from work in the early afternoon, then I see more elderly shoppers. If I go on the weekend, I see all ages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People have no street smarts and think the delivery workers will bring them the same quality produce as if they were choosing it themselves.

I've never seen the term "street smarts" used in that way before.

I have a chronic illness, I will take my chances with grocery delivery versus going to to a crowded store and taking my chances with all the coughing kids.

[Anonymous]

We all make choices on his we spend our time and money. This is just one of them. Do what works for you. No one (except OP I guess ) is judging you fur entering the grocery store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We all make choices on his we spend our time and money. This is just one of them. Do what works for you. No one (except OP I guess ) is judging you fur entering the grocery store.

Delivery is far cheaper for us.