I think her issue isn't that she's paying more via fees and tips. It's that the store is charging her more for every individual item. One would expect to pay the shopper and delivery person for their effort. But realizing that the store is capturing most of that AND charging you more for every item on top of it seems to be the problem. The shopper, delivery person and the buyer are all getting shafted.
cecirdr
I just finished book 3. Yep. I enjoyed the ride, but the plot seemed a little stretched the more things got expounded on. There was also some unnecessary filler that wore me out to read...
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all the long-form expounding on every crisis, struggling, fighting, chasing puppy etc. scenes.
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The premise of Thurman's design seemed a little "out there". Having a competition that each silo was unaware of and only one being allowed to survive seems ridiculous. Humanity is always going to fragment. As populations grow, expand to different territory, local customs and rites will evolve. Limiting things to only one silo is just unnecessary cruelty. The argument of needing the citizens to forget everything about nano tech, and bombs...also ridiculous.
Nevertheless, I still greatly enjoyed the books.
I just finished book two last night. I'm enjoying the ride, but I admit that as the "how we got here" plot has unfolded in book two, I find myself a little perplexed. Maybe I just didn't understand
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Thurman's original motive. His line of reasoning is just not connecting for me._
This is hired I felt too. I just finished the first book. The entire 10 episodes of the first season probably got 1/2 way through the book. There were frustrating moments in the series and a lot of drawn out plot points that were more nimbly handled in the book. The series kept some things vague and generated extra drama to keep you watching. The book focused on other things. Both were good. I enjoyed the series enough to want to read the books. But I liked the book a bit better.
I just finished watching the first season of Silo. It was good enough to make me get the book series and start reading it. I thought the tv show was a bit slow and got bogged down some. Now that I’m reading the book, yup, I can tell that it really is going much slower than the book.
Shadowverse. I've been looking for a good card/deck game that doesn't require playing online and buying cards. So far, this game looks pretty good. I also got powerwash simulator. I thought it might be a good game for when I just wanna zen out and not think too much. hahahaha!