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Old 03-09-2019, 07:25 PM
 
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Neighbors do not stare out windows at anything, and for those few that do, they are whacks anyway and no one cares to impress them. Also, who in the world even knows what is being delivered? And I never heard of food delivery being some sort of status symbol, it is food delivery, that is all.
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Old 03-09-2019, 08:20 PM
 
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Smile Not enough time - and tonight we lose an hour....

My life is always chaotic; always busy. All good.

After several client appointments today, I asked my husband if we could get a quick bite to eat "out" rather than take out and he was "we have too much work to do" so I don't spend my time worrying about what others are doing.

I have enough deadlines of my own.
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Old 03-10-2019, 03:34 AM
 
Location: Florida
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The ones that take advantage of all those services aren't the ones trying to impress.
It's the ones that have to incessantly brag about it because their oblivious neighbors never noticed!
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Old 03-10-2019, 05:52 AM
 
Location: Ft. Myers
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Here's an odd comment from a recent article. I see this kind of spiteful statement more and more and honestly don't understand where it comes from. The article was about restaurants and stores that offer home delivery.


"I get the feeling a lot of people order delivery of groceries and meals to perpetuate a `oh, we're so very busy with many important things' persona. They probably hope neighbors are looking out their windows when the delivery person pulls up in the driveway."

I used to hear this about cellphones, too, before cellphones became common. "Oh, they just want people to think they're important." No consideration whatsoever given to the idea that a mobile phone is a useful tool. Sure, I bought one because I want to be admired.


Is it feelings of inadequacy? Envy?

The very last thing that would ever impress me would be groceries being delivered to someone. Why you would even suggest that is hard to understand.
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Old 03-10-2019, 09:47 AM
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OP did not suggest it. Are there really this many people who can't understand the first post?

OP, I think it's a comment made by narcissists about people innocently at the cutting edge of using new services or technology. The narcissists haven't used the new thing yet, so they feel outdone. Ridiculous of them, but isn't that often the case with those types?
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Old 03-10-2019, 12:55 PM
 
Location: Posting from my space yacht.
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Back in the days when only doctors, drug dealers and VIP's had cell phones I had a friend who often took a fake cell phone with him to the clubs to impress the ladies. He wore it on his belt so it could be seen at all times and would even occasionally take the phone out and have fake conversations on it so the women would see him using it. It was amusing to watch. He was actually quite successful with the ladies but I don't know how many of them were actually impressed by the phone. There is a lot of superficiality to the club scene though so perhaps some were.
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Old 03-10-2019, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Wasilla, AK
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If someone had groceries delivered to their front door I wouldn't think anything about it. That they were doing it to impress me would never come to mind and I think it's ridiculous to think that's the reason anyone would have home delivery. It's just the next logical step after having all those Amazon boxes delivered. One less errand that needs to be run. Don't read too much into it.
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Old 03-10-2019, 05:54 PM
 
Location: Unlike most on CD, I'm not afraid to give my location: Milwaukee, WI.
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Who has time to notice the neighbors getting deliveries?

Too many of my neighbors. Forget privacy where I live.
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Old 03-10-2019, 06:45 PM
 
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Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat View Post
Here's an odd comment from a recent article. I see this kind of spiteful statement more and more and honestly don't understand where it comes from. The article was about restaurants and stores that offer home delivery.


"I get the feeling a lot of people order delivery of groceries and meals to perpetuate a `oh, we're so very busy with many important things' persona. They probably hope neighbors are looking out their windows when the delivery person pulls up in the driveway."

I used to hear this about cellphones, too, before cellphones became common. "Oh, they just want people to think they're important." No consideration whatsoever given to the idea that a mobile phone is a useful tool. Sure, I bought one because I want to be admired.


Is it feelings of inadequacy? Envy?
Anyone who thinks this is projecting. This thought would never cross my mind. These are the thoughts of a person who would do this exact thing themselves but doesn't want anyone to know it.
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Old 03-11-2019, 01:12 AM
 
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Anyone who thinks grocery delivery is an expensive luxury is just behind the times. Where I live, Instacart only charges 5.99 per delivery, or 99.00 per year for as many deliveries as you want. My days of lugging in heavy bottles of bleach or 24 rolls of TP are over.
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