Comments on: On March 30 I received an email… https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/ A blog about political change, among other things Fri, 03 Apr 2020 05:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487621 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 05:14:44 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487621 LOLOLOLOLOL

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487576 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:55:41 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487576 AesopFan:

Strangely enough, it arrived late yesterday: April Fools Day.

Which seems highly appropriate.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487572 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:44:10 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487572 Neo – did your package arrive today?

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487488 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:30:24 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487488 Barry Meislin:

Nope. Not semantics. Not Orwellian. More like H.G. Wellsian.

On March 30 they sent me an email that said “Delivered Thursday, April 2.” Past tense: “delivered.” And a date three days in the future.

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487424 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 06:28:41 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487424 It’s a semantics issue and a bit Orwellian at that (but only a bit).

For CVS, apparently, “delivered” means “sent”.
For most (if not all) people, “delivered” means “arrived”.

Companies, it seems, have an interest in confusing the two.

]]> By: Richard Saunders https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487416 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 05:40:06 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487416 Best description of CVS I’ve ever heard: “If you need something, they don’t have it. If you don’t need it, they have it and it’s on sale.”

]]> By: JimNorCal https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487404 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 04:11:24 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487404 GvL: “if anybody runs out of tp a trip to CVS to buy a candy bar should give you enough paper to get by for a day or so.”

I’ve noticed that too! Massive, lengthy receipts from CVS far longer than any other store.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487389 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 02:53:26 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487389 Gordon – if this lockdown continues, all the meatspace stores will change their procedure. First, they won’t unpack boxes and stock the shelves at all – no one is coming in to look*; then, they will ship straight from their own warehouses; finally, they will sublet to (or from?) Amazon.

*Exempt essential businesses may keep some products displayed, but most will stay boxed until ordered.

]]> By: Gordon Scott https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487340 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 23:37:43 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487340 I don’t work for CVS, but I am helping them with their massive increase in ship-to-home sales. Like a lot of brick-and-mortar merchants, ramping up the whole program is harder than it looks. Amazon makes it look easy, but Amazon spends tons on siting warehouses in just the right place, and having humans do as little of the work as possible.

One of the odd things is that when an order comes in, we go and pull the items from the shelves of a normal store. We scan each item and box them up. The shipping label tells that the shipment is coming from a store 600 miles from where it originates!

It’s not particularly efficient, but with free shipping for the customer, they’re using it a lot now. I cannot explain why Neo is getting emails from the future. The really cool thing is the machine that turns rolls of plastic into air pillows. It’s really very ingenious.

]]> By: Matthew https://thenewneo.com/2020/04/01/on-march-30-i-received-an-email/#comment-2487332 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 23:23:43 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=94708#comment-2487332 It’s an email from the future!

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