Journal stoolpigeon's Journal: Tesco Home Delivery 5
We did our first home delivery from Tesco yesterday. My wife ordered on-line and they brought our stuff inside the window we were given for the delivery. The fee for delivery was 299 HUF which is about $1.10 right now.
It was a pretty awesome deal. The guy brought everything right in. There was a slight mix up - but that's because when people use GPS to come to our house it always takes them to my neighbor a little down the street. I don't know how it works in other parts of Europe, but in Hungary they seem to change the numbering of streets at a higher frequency than the U.S. So my house number is 6 but that use to be my neighbor Zsolt's house number and a lot of systems still think it is.
So the guy called me and after a moment or two of me fumbling around for the right Hungarian words, I realized he was 'here' and went outside to bring him in. A few minutes later we'd checked everything over, paid and we were all set. With gas going for around 400 HUF a liter, I doubt we could drive to the store and get it for less than we paid to have it delivered. On top of that the whole thing took maybe 10 minutes at most. If I go get it all myself I'm gone for over an hour. So we'll be using it again.
Moo (Score:1)
Nice.
Um, so how much didja tip the delivery man?
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I'm not sure - my wife handled it. Probably not too much. Tipping here isn't as common or as high as in the U.S.
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I figured. :) I tried tipping a barber in Israel and got a funny look.
We in the US avoid renumbering at all costs (Score:2)
4428 1/3 B 43rd 1/2 NE St.
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Here it happens. Renaming streets is even more frequent and the names depend primarily on the party in charge of govt. at the time.