For the past few years I lived out in the suburbs where buying anything meant either driving around and doing a whole thing or ordering something online and getting it a day or two later. I ordered everything.
Now I’m back to living downtown in a small city, and I’ve literally used Amazon only once in the past three months, to buy something that isn’t available locally. It’s much nicer.
I burn a lot of gas checking local stores before I’ll break-down and buy what I need from Amazon.
My wife jokes that its a delaying tactic and I waste the energy I would otherwise use getting stuff done, and she’s not entirely wrong, but still, if I find the thing and run out of steam, getting to continue the task tomorrow is still quicker than Amazon shipping, particularly for niche items.
For the past few years I lived out in the suburbs where buying anything meant either driving around and doing a whole thing or ordering something online and getting it a day or two later. I ordered everything.
Now I’m back to living downtown in a small city, and I’ve literally used Amazon only once in the past three months, to buy something that isn’t available locally. It’s much nicer.
I burn a lot of gas checking local stores before I’ll break-down and buy what I need from Amazon.
My wife jokes that its a delaying tactic and I waste the energy I would otherwise use getting stuff done, and she’s not entirely wrong, but still, if I find the thing and run out of steam, getting to continue the task tomorrow is still quicker than Amazon shipping, particularly for niche items.