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-Letter quote: "Sambah Naturals"-

I was again abruptly roused by my alarm clock, and hence have no dreams to report.

If you could have everything delivered to your door, would you do it? How about if I added that if, for instance, you were grocery shopping, you could view a live feed of the produce stand and pick exactly the fruit you wanted, or perhaps get a chance to order several sizes of an article of clothing and try them on in the comfort (and privacy!) of your home before handing the rejects back to the delivery man.

But if it was carefully worked out, it could be more efficient than the current system. Have a fleet of vans that load the orders until they're full (and car trunks today may get full-ish, but rarely are they packed to the maximum), then run a loop of the houses they service. People wouldn't have to use a bunch of separate cars all the time to do their shopping, and even if the products were a bit pricier than normal, the net effect would be cheaper. Considering that shopping is probably what most non-commuting people are on the road for, it would also clear up traffic. Shopkeepers would probably enjoy having yet another thing besides the credit card to make shopping convenient, as people would no doubt buy more when they know they don't have to haul it to their car and back out to their kitchen when they arrive home.

Now, admittedly, this already happens in the realm of online shopping, but it does seem to have yet to spread to the more frequently purchased necessities, like groceries.

Reality check. Moo.