I had an instacart shopper the other day with a great sense of humor. Very nice woman.

[LuckyCharms]

You get a notification on your phone when they start shopping for you. You can see a picture of your shopper. She looked to be in her 60's, about my age maybe.

There is a chat function that they use to communicate with you while they are shopping.

Her: They are completely out of disinfecting wipes.

Me: OK. Get me some cookies instead. The unhealthiest you can find.

Her: I'm sorry, they are out of toilet paper.

Me: That's OK. I haven't wiped myself since this pandemic started.

Her: Neither have I.

Me: I hope you are using tongs to pick up my food.

Her: I'm not.

The instructions were to drop them outside my overhead garage door. The garage is attached to the house. When she arrived, she was on the other side of the garage door window, leaving the groceries. I tapped on the window to get her attention. I had a paper bag over my head with eyeholes cut out like the unknown comic on the Gong Show. Since she was about my age, she recognized this reference. I did a little tap dance for her through the window and started yelling "HEY CHUCKIE!!! CHUCKIE BABY!! (another unknown comic Gong Show reference). She cracked up laughing and yelled through the window that I made her day. Left her a nice tip.

I love those people.

[Srkdqltr]

1. There was no toilet paper or napkins at Kroger a while ago.

The Instacart young man went to Dollar Store and bought both for me. They are treasures.

[LuckyCharms]

2. I've only had one bad shopper out of maybe 10.

He was a young kid who was totally disinterested.

The rest have been stellar. Most of them will go above and beyond for you.

[NightWatcher]

3. I got a message last time that TP wasn't on my list but they were putting the good stuff out

and did we need any.

I've lupus and have enjoyed being able to pay the premium and not have to set foot in a store in 6+ weeks. I've done curbside pickup and delivery.

It's nice for those of us who can afford it.

[LuckyCharms]

5. I agree. I didn't like it at first, but that was around the time I got my only

bad shopper. The rest of the shoppers have been fantastic. It's killing me financially, but I don't care. It's well worth it to me.

I'm sorry to read that you have Lupus. Chronic diseases are rough. I have a few of them, so I don't go inside stores either.

[crickets]

4. You're a stitch, Lucky!

I recognize the references.

I have had excellent experience with all of my Instacart shoppers as well, but not nearly as much fun. Good on you for making her day.

[LuckyCharms]

7. I like trying to make people laugh during bad times.

I'm not especially humorous, but I'll always give it a shot.

Thanks for your kind words.

[smirkymonkey]

6. Great story!

[LuckyCharms]

8. CHUCKIE BABY!

[LiberalArkie]

9. I just found some Clorox wipes at family dollar..Manager said they got a couple of cases in last

night and had 8 left, I resisted and bought only 2 containers.

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. I love people like both of you!

[left-of-center2012]

11. "You can see a picture of your shopper."

My 'instacart shopper' is shopping for me now at Smith's/Kroger and there is no photo of him on my phone.

Yesterday 'Door Dash' brought other groceries from Walmart.
The driver spoke almost no English.

I had posted the gate entrance code in the 'Driver instructions', which he did not or could not read.
It took forever to get him into the gated complex.
I suspect he just followed another car in.

[Hekate]

12. I'm so happy for you!

[HDSam]

13. The person doing my shopping

Never delivered the $133.00 worth of groceries. It took around five hours on hold and several phone calls to get Instacart to agree to refund my money. Hopefully the shopper enjoyed my Easter Dinner.

That’s just one of the issues I’ve had with Instacart. Check out their Facebook page for a laugh.

[MissB]

14. I posted elsewhere that today was the second day that someone tried to deliver groceries to me

That were not mine. I live in a neighborhood where folks have half acre to one acre lots and sequential numerical addresses. Both times, they said that the directions led them to my house but the number is wayyy off. Like not even close.

Turns out google map has tagged my house with that number.

(I told them no each time. Today I drove over to the other person’s house and told them what was going on. I’ve also told google to fix it)