Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

> .
> When I was in high school I worked for a grocery store and we did home
> deliveries. Some of the people had physical reasons not to shop themselves,
> but most just liked the convenience. We did it all, meat, produce, dry
> goods. Never had a complaint. Most were regular customer that ordered
> every week or two. Back then it was phone orders, no internet or fax
> existed.
>

My parents owned a grocery store from ~1947-1965 and they
delivered every day w/o any complaints.
(Well, my dad DID complain when not-so-regular customers
would call during a blizzard and ask for
delivery of just a pack of cigarettes or chewing gum, but
that's another story.) Many people were elderly
but many also didn't own cars for quite a while after WWII
especially if they lived in the city or on a
bus route. Public transit was cheap and convenient in our city.

I enjoyed taking orders over the phone from people I knew.
Very few were that fussy because they
knew what they were getting from us and it was good quality.

> Personally, I don't just anyone handle my meat.

I'll forget you said that if you will.

gloria p