I was sad to see the polar opposite opinions during the Market Basket strike. Sad that people are that out of touch with reality that benefits don't matter anymore. Also, I notice that any MB you go too, new or old has the same, almost dirty look and the same smell. Again, it's the savings that make it worth it. A lot of their MB brand stuff tastes good!
I won't let anyone house sit for us when we go away, but I'm fine with cleaning people if it's just a couple of times and I get references. I guess you *could* stay home and do something else, maybe even just pay for them to clean certain rooms to lighten the load?
I'll pay shipping to buy some things online and have them delivered instead of going to a store and hauling it back home.
I do this a lot for birthday gifts when we know we'll miss the party. We pay for Amazon Prime so I just have the gift sent straight to the recipients house. Yes it's not wrapped, but it saves me 2 trips to the store and post office and the shipping is free.
Re: S/O laziess