1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: Today's tip is that when you buy something and it 4 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: doesn't work out, keep track of y so you don't 5 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: repeat your mistake. In the last few years, many people 6 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: have started ordering a lot more items Online. Delivery can 7 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: be a win for efficiency, and it can save you 8 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: from errands you don't enjoy. I know each year I 9 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: prefer shopping holiday sales from the couch rather than in 10 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: crowded stores, so I am a big fan. But there 11 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: are also the inevitable order fails. Maybe it's the container 12 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: of kitty litter that's so heavy that the kid in 13 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: charge of changing the litter box can't lift it. Or 14 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: there's the hamburger that was so delicious when you ordered 15 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: it at the restaurant, but when delivered to your home 16 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: it is cold and saggy. Or maybe it's the shirt 17 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: that supposedly fits true to size but that is actually enormous, 18 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: or the bottle of olive oil that's weirdly tall and 19 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: won't fit in your cabinet, or that the most popular 20 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: order of hot glue gun sticks on Amazon turns out 21 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: to be bigger than your particular glue gun. I bet 22 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: some of your own delivery fails come to mind. The 23 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: occasional delivery fail is inevitable. It is kind of the 24 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: price we pay for convenience. What you can do is 25 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: aimed to avoid repeating the fail and falling again for 26 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: the same dream that your favorite hamburger won't suffer in 27 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: delivery from a far away restaurant, or that you are 28 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: size ten when you are not. For clothes and shoes 29 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: and other occasional purchases, if something doesn't work out, you 30 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: could just forward the order confirmation to yourself with notes 31 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: about each item you returned and why. Then the next 32 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: time you are purchasing from that retailer, you can search 33 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: in your emails to find your notes and remind yourself 34 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: what was quirky in their size NG or which cut 35 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: of pants didn't work for you, or anything else that 36 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: will help you have a more successful order. For places 37 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: you order from more frequently, a note on your phone 38 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: or a page in your planner can list dues and 39 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: don't For instance, for your go to grub hub restaurant, 40 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: you might have chicken caesar salad in their club sandwich 41 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: on the do list, and French fries on the don't 42 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: list because they are always a giant disappointment. For grocery delivery, 43 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: you might have bananas and avocados on the don't list 44 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: because no one else is going to get them at 45 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: exactly the moment of firmness that you like. For your 46 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: chewy order, you might have fifty pound bags of dog 47 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: food on the don't list because they take up too 48 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: much space in your pantry, or the brand that your 49 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: dog ate once and then didn't eat again, but you 50 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: can't ever really remember what it was when it's ordering time. 51 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: You might also have a list of dudes and don'ts 52 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: for places to order from for food delivery. After a 53 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,839 Speaker 1: few orders, you can probably get a sense of how 54 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: likely it is that the restaurant's food will make it 55 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: to you hot and appealing, even with restaurants you plan 56 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: to eat in in person. This can be helpful, as 57 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: the human brain isn't always good I remembering why we 58 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: remember a place. My husband and I keep remarking on 59 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: a Mexican restaurant that we pass every time we take 60 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: a certain trip and think maybe we should stop there sometime. 61 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: Then it takes a minute to remember that Actually, the 62 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: reason we are remembering the restaurant is that it really 63 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: wasn't all that good. A delivery fail here, and there 64 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,679 Speaker 1: is no reason to decide you have to do all 65 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: your shopping and pick up all your food in person. 66 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: A fail also doesn't mean you need to avoid a 67 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: retailer entirely, but you don't need to repeat fails when 68 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: you can avoid them, make notes to yourself and you 69 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: can improve your success rate over time. In the meantime, 70 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,559 Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 71 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey everybody, I'd love to 72 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: hear from it. You can send me your tips, your questions, 73 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: or anything else. 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