It’s another warm day. When we eventually dragged ourselves out into the sunshine, the temperature had reached 26° C (79° F). We can say that spring has definitely declared itself and is already turning into summer.

No more buttercups

You may remember that a few days ago, I photographed this front garden which was full of buttercups among the uncut grass (see A longer stroll). Today, the Council gardeners came along and mowed the lawns. Their activities unfortunately destroyed the buttercups and turned this garden into a desert. I hope it will bloom again.

Snagged curtain

Because of the heat, many dwellings had their windows open. There was not a very strong breeze but, somehow, it was strong enough to blow this curtain out of the window and up the wall where it was somwhow snagged by the brickwork. What were the chances of that?

By rights, we should have done the food shopping before this but because of the heat we kept putting it off. A few weeks ago, we received an email from Sainsbury’s recommending an online shopping app called Chop Chop and today we thought to try it out.

The Chop Chop app

There is a limit of 20 items per order and you may be limited to three repeats if any one item. The prices charged the same ad you would pay in Sainsbury’s store but there is a £4.99 delivery charge.

When we placed our order, a notice flashed up warning us that the service was rather busy and that that might delay delivery. In the event, the goods reached our door within the advertised 60-minute delivery time.

Two items were missing and there was no bill with the goods. However, an email was sent which did itemise our order with prices. This indicated that the missing items were “unavailable” and that their cost had been refunded. My credit card has been charged the full amount, however, and I will be watching to see whether a refund for the missing items turns up.

While the service was commendably fast, I am suspending final judgement on it until I receive a refund for the missing items. (Why was this not applied immediately? They were quick enough to take the money when I made the order.) If I receive it soon, I will give Chop Chop my guarded approval.

Update May 22nd 2020

The refund from Chop Chop finally appeared on my credit card account yesterday evening. Until that point, the payment, like all new payments, had been marked “Pending” but once it moved out of “Pending”, the correct, reduced, amount was shown.

So, in line with what I said above, yes, I do give my approval to the Chop Chop service. We may use it from time to time though the service charge of £4.99 and the limit of 20 items precludes using it for all of our shopping.