meirl
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Missing Pre-Covid 24 hour Walmarts so bad
Every since COVID I do my grocery store run at 7am, there’s no going back.
I always get my groceries the minute they open. On the days i get stuck going in the evening I am always baffled at the legions of middle aged people who walk around like brain dead zombies as if they were cavemen transported through time, struggling to comprehend their environment.
I do not undersrand how i can fill an entire cart, pay, bag my stuff, and leave all in 10 minutes. But the people i walked in with are still figuring out aisle 2. Get your shit or get out of the way omfg.
I went to costco at 1:30 this afternoon…saw the parking lot went home lol
During atheist hour on Sunday
This is 100% me on Sunday mornings.
Unless I am out of something that I NEED, I 100% go to stores at like 6:02am on a Sunday, literal minutes after they open and do all of my shopping while the overnight stockers are still finishing up.
I cannot stand being around other people to a level that cannot be put into words… I also naturally wake up (without a word of a lie) at about 3:00am everyday due to lifelong crippling insomnia. So it does work out in the end.
I’m serious, if like halfway through the week I am like, “oh I’m running low on dish soap” I don’t make a special trip, I wait until Sunday morning…. Plus living alone and shopping for one really helps your perspective in what you NEED vs what you WANT.
I work overnights, and nothing is better than shopping after a shift on weekday. Literally no one else is there.
I thank the lord for my 24-hour local grocery store everytime I shop. I go at 4am, stoned off my ass, just me and the stockers.
Go out to dinner at 4:30 so we donāt have to wait for a table
I fucking love an early dinner
Set an alarm on an actual alarm clock at night.
True story!
Bird watch. Crochet.
Hell yeah! It’s the only way I can pay $3.49 for a dozen eggs at Trader Joe’s. Otherwise, eggs are a minimum $7 a dozen anywhere else
Because I have a dad with back problems, I made old man grunting noises as a toddler.
Tell my kids to quiet down because I have to wake up early for work.
Collect coins
I will not go out at night unless absolutely necessary.
What’s up with this? This kinda annoys me. I work with people, and I’ve noticed people have gotten like crazy tucking stupid.
Wtf is going on?
I realize I was old when I noticed that I always had at least some extra napkins in some pocket somewhere.
Depression. Been doing it since I was a child.
Prefer talking to texting.
I budget and pay my bills, saving up for things to pay in cash instead of accruing interest through financing.
Get up whenever I feel like it. Generally about 10.
Listen to music from 20 years ago. Say movies were better in the 90s and they donāt make āem like they used to in reference to early 2000s things.
Use a desktop PC. Enjoy physical media, like blu rays.
Wear a robe and slippers.
Get pissed off at unruly teenagers roaming around.
This is my permanent COVID behavior change. Nothing like walking the aisles at Trader Joe’s when there’s only, like, 5 other customers and the one employee pushing the Zamboni around.
Years ago I started making those loud sighing noises old people making when sitting down because I thought it was funny and now in social settings I do it almost every single time without even thinking about it
Mine is grunting or groaning every time I sit down or get up. Started as a joke but now I can’t stop, and I can’t tell if I’m doing it ironically or not anymore.
I swear I saw this exact post hit r/all on a couple of subs last week (including this one?),but “Run errands” guy was someone different.
I still watch TV, on a TV
Walmart I go to has a sensory friendly time in the morning when I get off work where they play no music. Guess when I do my grocery shopping? It’s so nice. It’s quiet (if i listen to music I use headphones) and hardly anyone is there. It’s gotten to the point where I hate getting any amount of groceries at any other time. Evenings during the week and Saturday afternoons are the worst.
Coffee at night to unwind
If Iām not at the grocery store by 9AM, Iām not going.
I worked at Family Video and when I closed I’d drive to Walmart at 1am and buy a frozen pizza or beef with broccoli kit, a soda, and a dessert and then go home and get very stoned.
I absolutely can’t wake up that early. I go to Walmart around 10pm since they close at 11. Not a lot of people then either, I’m in and out in like 15 minutes, 20 of I’m lolly gagging or being indecisive.
Only downside is they close the home & pharmacy entrance at 9 and I hate trekking across the store.
Hard to understand living alone