Last time I bought one online (well, a card of three, back in February) they came in a modest envelope-style package. There have been exceptions, but of late I’ve found Amazon here in the UK have been a lot better on packaging.
(Bought online because there’s a particular peeler – Kuhn Rikon – I like, and the local shops tend not to stock them. They don’t last for ever – the blades REALLY don’t like my wife putting them through the dishwasher, and we seem to manage to throw them away by accident every so often – but at a couple of quid apiece they’re still a brilliant piece of kit.)
Except the peelers they sell at the grocery store aren’t very good and don’t stay sharp for very long. You’re better off going to a restaurant supply store.
And yet, deliveries go to the market, and people drive to the market. As a professional environmentalist, I doubt there is much difference on the impact either way. Raw materials travel to processing, then to manufacturing, then to delivery centers, and finally to their end destination. Science measures efficiency against absolute zero temperature. Life just isn’t very efficient.
I check Amazon and my grocery for a lot of things. I find Amazon sometimes to be cheaper. And those of us who know (meaning who actually cook) know that there are barely adequate peelers and really good peelers, and the grocery rarely has the good ones.
I have another question/statement if you don’t mind. I hear SO many people putting the government down but are still living in the USA. and they elect all these people to work in government positions who are also always putting down the government, and use it as their platform during election time and DO everything in their power to be elected to these government positions they put down. why put the government down when the people you elect are the ones running the government, who work against whoever is President and do everything to keep REGULAR (Not the Rich or The Big Corporations or big lobbyist) people down, and in debt, while they have big homes, cars, vacation homes and trips off of GOVERNMENT money. what am I missing? what am I not understanding? thank you
This is just too pathetic and unfortunately too real. I know people that you have to pry them out of their homes because everything they need can be delivered. I guess I’m old but I would rather go and pick out the merchandise, especially groceries, myself. And yes, I do order some stuff online.
Da'Dad 11 months ago
Per our conversations yesterday Arlo went the long way around for that giggle.
Dirty Dragon 11 months ago
Ecological impact of near-daily small deliveries?
C 11 months ago
The usual bill of goods
Rhetorical_Question 11 months ago
Is Arlo going to return it?
AnneFackler 11 months ago
On the plus side, he was supplying jobs for other people…
fredd13 11 months ago
Last time I bought one online (well, a card of three, back in February) they came in a modest envelope-style package. There have been exceptions, but of late I’ve found Amazon here in the UK have been a lot better on packaging.
(Bought online because there’s a particular peeler – Kuhn Rikon – I like, and the local shops tend not to stock them. They don’t last for ever – the blades REALLY don’t like my wife putting them through the dishwasher, and we seem to manage to throw them away by accident every so often – but at a couple of quid apiece they’re still a brilliant piece of kit.)
Jason Allen 11 months ago
Except the peelers they sell at the grocery store aren’t very good and don’t stay sharp for very long. You’re better off going to a restaurant supply store.
mainelyneuropsych 11 months ago
He’ll be seeing online ads for potato peelers every few minutes for the next week or two, just in case he’s a potato peeler collector.
Whitemanfire 11 months ago
The last three packages I got (shoes, toy, clothing) were in plastic bags, no cardboard.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 11 months ago
I plead guilty to that.
RonaldDad Premium Member 11 months ago
And yet, deliveries go to the market, and people drive to the market. As a professional environmentalist, I doubt there is much difference on the impact either way. Raw materials travel to processing, then to manufacturing, then to delivery centers, and finally to their end destination. Science measures efficiency against absolute zero temperature. Life just isn’t very efficient.
hk Premium Member 11 months ago
Depending on where you live, ordering on line is way safer.
curtlyon19 11 months ago
It WAS easier for him.
paranormal 11 months ago
And how much did the shipping and handling cost???
morningglory73 Premium Member 11 months ago
It is easier. Much easier. Should we ponder this?
FassEddie 11 months ago
This will all disappear when Samsung perfects their replicator. Need a potato peeler? It’ll zap one together for ya.
MeGoNow Premium Member 11 months ago
I check Amazon and my grocery for a lot of things. I find Amazon sometimes to be cheaper. And those of us who know (meaning who actually cook) know that there are barely adequate peelers and really good peelers, and the grocery rarely has the good ones.
klapre 11 months ago
He could have just 3D printed one and save that impact on his carbon footprint.
Jwhitcomb1966 11 months ago
How can a couple be married for years and not own a vegetable peeler? Most of us have owned one for decades.
raybarb44 11 months ago
At $5.00 a gallon for gas you saved; maybe not the environment, but you definitely saved….
donwestonmysteries 11 months ago
Plus, even if the store had it, no selection, right?
Cadi Fuhler 11 months ago
And you don’t have to put on pants.
Cozmik Cowboy 11 months ago
“….where we go once a week anyway.”
Arlo, Arlo, Arlo.
378 11 months ago
And you did not have to buy one drop of gasoline at the Bidenprice.
tsk5565 11 months ago
Or now days, you go to the store and find empty shelves
ScullyUFO 11 months ago
So many experts here today and I am an expert at nothing. I’m such a failure. I’ll just leave quietly.
mjpalmer 11 months ago
Amazon is a sh*t show
rick92040 11 months ago
I bought a Made In USA can opener on Amazon because the only ones I could find in the store were made in China. The USA made one is so much better.
Thanksfortheinfo2000 11 months ago
And now he’s got that big box. Janis will probably want to save it for something, some day, perhaps, maybe…
llattimore08 11 months ago
I have another question/statement if you don’t mind. I hear SO many people putting the government down but are still living in the USA. and they elect all these people to work in government positions who are also always putting down the government, and use it as their platform during election time and DO everything in their power to be elected to these government positions they put down. why put the government down when the people you elect are the ones running the government, who work against whoever is President and do everything to keep REGULAR (Not the Rich or The Big Corporations or big lobbyist) people down, and in debt, while they have big homes, cars, vacation homes and trips off of GOVERNMENT money. what am I missing? what am I not understanding? thank you
MuddyUSA Premium Member 11 months ago
Arlo makes on line purchases on a whim….not a good thing!
pchemcat 11 months ago
This is just too pathetic and unfortunately too real. I know people that you have to pry them out of their homes because everything they need can be delivered. I guess I’m old but I would rather go and pick out the merchandise, especially groceries, myself. And yes, I do order some stuff online.
TheBamaGal 11 months ago
This is such a sad and disappointing dialogue today.
Chris 11 months ago
as neat as online shopping is, I prefer the going in the store and buying the stuff.