Surreptitiously takes large step backwards.....

[davidgillon]

Just had my food delivery from Asda:

Delivery lass (masked) on seeing my own mask*: Keeping safe?

Me: And you as well

Her: Oh, I already had it, last week. My darling husband brung it home. Well, a bit longer as I had to self-isolate for 10 days.

Me (internal voice): Eeeeek!!! **

 

* Previous Asda delivery guy was not masked.

* * Ten days self-isolation is the standard, but is really tight IMO

Comments

[lilysea]

Eeeeek! :(

I haven't seen a delivery driver since April, I have a big sign on my door to drop mail off with no contact,

and my supermarket offers contactless home delivery of groceries. [They knock on your door as they leave and also SMS your phone as they leave]

[davidgillon]

There's not a lot of contact with the UK system (everybody seems to do the same), but there is a little. The stuff you order comes in plastic delivery crates, almost identical to stackable storage crates, and they knock on your door while stacking them up outside. So they're grabbing empty crates on one side as you empty them on the other. I've gone to paying 40p extra to have everything bagged within the crates, which is much faster to empty - and doesn't kill my back/shoulders nearly as much, but the system for hooking the bags to the crates is fiddly and the drivers keep leaning in to help. OTOH there is a place on the order for special delivery requirements, so they could potentially do it your way.

OTOH as soon as this started pretty much all the parcel delivery companies, including the Royal Mail, went to leaving the parcel on your doorstep and knocking/ringing the bell as they walk away. I think I've taken in about one parcel for my neighbours since this started, where it was normally 1 or 2 a month.

[vass]

*muffled screaming* I hope you stay safe.

[hilarita]

Yeah. Hope that she didn't go back to work to early...

[davidgillon]

Definitely! Especially as there were a lot of rumours the drop from 14 to 10 days was purely a political move to head off Cummings wanting it cut 7 days.

Realistically most of her contact will have been with the delivery crates, not the contents, but I binned the plastic bags as a precaution.

[lilysea]

Also, my response would probably have been scream-and-slam-the-door-shut, so...