Amazon Prime, going in stores.

[Mach123]

I have big problems with going in stores and looking for things but I can't seem to give it up. I think it's another one of those self punishment things and that's why I don't?

I don't want to talk to the "sales clerks," I worked retail, I know they don't want to talk to me. Mostly, I know the stores better than they do and I can read the packages.

But what I've noticed I do, is I go into stores looking for stuff they don't have. Even if they do have it there are nowhere near the benefits Amazon prime which I'm paying for and the more I use, it the cheaper it gets.

But it feels like giving up somehow? I'm not sure. It's just like a real compulsion wanting to go into Walmart and get stuff but, even the stuff I know they have they stock out a % of the time.

Then I want someone to yell at.

Bjs I'm used to, (wholesale club, groceries and mostly everything) I do it like it's my job. (Which it is.) It's where we buy about 75% of everything and even that I could pre order online. I always buy the same stuff. I go twice a week on average.

Amazon has all the stuff reviewed, questions answered, free two day shipping, free returns. If you want to return anything you just print a label and drop it off at the UPS store. I can even shop Whole Foods now I haven't dared to look at that lol.

Why go in stores?

 

[Neverthesame]

Why go in stores?

• Because you want to.
• Because you don't have time to wait for shipping.
• Because guessing your shoe size from international chart conversions can get expensive if the company you order from has a lousy return policy.
• Because there are scenic routes to take when you have more time than entertainment.
• Because you might feel sociable that day.
• Because it's therapeutic sometimes.

Reasons not to?

• Because you don't want to.
• Because you have time to wait for shipping.
• Because the company you bought your shoes from, shipped them in the correct size.
• Because there are too many shitty drivers to enjoy the journey.
• Because you don't feel sociable that day.
• Because doing something you don't like isn't always therapeutic.

 

[Mach123]

So I went in a store today in defiance of all logic and reason. In the end it was easier for somehow. I didn't want to look online anymore or read anymore about it. I just wanted to look at the price and ask someone "does it do this and this?"

Plus I wanted it today, not tomorrow. Tomorrow would've been just as good but I talked myself into today being better, it's really not.

The sales guy was low key, non intrusive and polite. I think he was Pakistani but I didn't ask him, I'm tired of asking people where they're from. He made the experience more tolerable as opposed to less. So he could've been a chicken for all I care.

But what it comes down to is I wanted to go to the store and I want to keep buying the ink cartridges because I've been worrying about it so long it's a habit now.

I actually thought something like what if I don't have to remember to get ink cartridges anymore like its one of my excuses for living and that scared me enough for me to want to go to the store?