Although online shopping in India have brought with it many benefits for us as a user, there is one thing that I am most thankful to.. It lets us be as lazy as we can.. Had we born some 40-60 years back.. we wont be able to be this lazy as we are today.. What rubbish you say?? Let me take you back in time to prove it..
Imagine a lazy kid in early 1900s
If Mom told him to go buy some stuff from the market.. He’d comb his hair.. Wear a clean shirt.. Try not to forget pants.. Then walk down to the nearest market.. Enter store.. Walk back to the home to pickup the forgotten shopping list.. Walk back again to the market store.. Find items.. Pay bill.. Carry shopping bags and at last walk back to home finally. And here goes his day down the drain which he could have utilized laying on the couch.. Listening to the radio..
Then came 1970s
70s mom tells a lazy kid to buy some stuff.. He’d stand up from the couch.. Walk to the landline phone.. Walk back to pick up the shopping list.. Walk again to the landline and call the mart, wait till they pickup.. Call again.. Line busy.. Call back again.. Explain what you want to the guy on the other side.. And after a half hour long lame conversation finally go lie on the couch again and watch television.
And Now
Mom SMSes the list.. Lazy kid.. Already sitting in front of computer.. Opens a new tab in the browser.. Visits an Online shopping portal.. Places an order and BAAM!
All done.. Without needing to get up from the couch or wait for some creepy guy delaying picking up the phone pretending to be busy.. And he could utilize all the remaining time to do what he do best.. Be LAZY.
Right now is THE best time to be lazy.
You can buy from Electronics to gadgets to grocery to clothes.. Anything and Everything is available online.
I’m a big fan of online shopping. I do 90% of my shopping online. Mobiles, Home Appliances from Letsbuy, Clothes, Shoes from 99labels & Jabong , Perfumes & other cosmetics (for mom n sis) from Purplle , books from Flipkart & Infibeam, Groceries from MyGrahak , coOl stuff from Whack and whatnot from eBay..
Needless to say.. I’m very very LAZY.. 😀
How lazy are you?? And how are you saving your trips to market??
Originally posted at: my BinaryLog
