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Buy Your Own Damned Groceries
And tell venture capitalists where they can shove it
Right. I get it. People are very busy and important. So busy they can’t be bothered to go out and buy their own food. Hell, some of them are too busy to raise their own kids (and wouldn’t they — we? — be in a world of hurt if all the Brown and Black people just up and quit on them?).
But are there so many busy, important people that we’re drowning in a sea of hot new deliver-it-yesterday grocery delivery services? WTF is up with that?
Jokr, Instacart, Shipt, FreshDirect, AmazonFresh, Boxed, UberEats, DoorDash, PostMates, and Fridge-No-More. Oops, looks like having Russian investors is not a great move these days. Buh-bye, Fridge-No-More.
The big CVS on 7th Avenue went away and now it appears to be a very large grocery store except all those shelves of goods are being ferried to the busy, important schmucks who can’t be bothered to get off their busy, important backsides to buy their own groceries. I’m sorry (no, I’m not) but no one is too busy or important to go buy their own damned food. Get over yourselves.
Know who else needs to get a grip on reality? Men who play that foul game of venture capitalism. Ten to one they’re also far too busy and important to buy their own groceries. No wonder we’re…
