Although humanity has become gentler and more understanding during these Rona times, office politics has seemingly gone in the opposite direction. Maybe it’s the lack of proximity with coworkers or the lessened personal interaction, but teamwork feels like its on a downturn.
Don’t want to drag this out, but from experience, getting Footlocker shipments to Hawaii can be hit or miss. Okay, it’s not specifically Footlocker, but all “footsites” aka Champs, Eastbay, Footaction, and Footlocker. Footaction has been a total dud getting online orders of hype shoes to the aina. They always cancel. Champs is almost as bad as Footaction. Eastbay has been good and Footlocker had been good but even they cancel more than they should.
Like I explained before, these cancelled orders have to do with warehouses and stores and who’s allowed to ship to Hawaii. So if your online order is being fulfilled by the massive footsite warehouse then everything should be good. However, if your order gets routed to a brick-and-mortar store for fulfillment, you can count that as a loss.
Until COVID-19.
I place three orders during the past few weeks. Two from Footlocker and one from Champs. Both Footlocker orders got the telltale sign of cancellation – an email titled “We’re still working on your order” and the body starts with:
It’s taking a bit longer to complete your order. We’re trying to track down your item.
Historically, that’s a sign of game over. Checking the order status would show the name of the shoe replaced with some generic description like this:
But this time, after two days, I received emails stating the incredulous:
YOUR ORDER HAS SHIPPED
I had heard from Unbreakable Kicks that physical stores were still in business, just not opened to the public. Instead the workers were packing and shipping out orders from their local inventory – something that Hawaii was not privvy to until now (again, this is for hype sneakers, not general releases).
The Champs order is still processing, but I already got the email saying, “We’re still working on your order.” So this will test if other sites can ship to the 808 during Rona Times.
Now having seen this, will these successful online orders continue after stores reopen? Or will footsites revert to cancelled orders?
According to my Google Maps timeline update, my travels for April 2020 summarize as such:
Hmm, only 5 places traveled to. Sounds about right during these Rona times.
Now this was an unexpected wrinkle, an online shoe purchase from Nordstrom Rack came without the box. So far, all purchases had come with the original shoe box. But this time around, a polymailer bag had the purchased shoes and this card inside.
During my stay-at-home teleworking days, my outfit of choice has been these blood donor shirts.
When you need the essentials, did you know you could turn to Zippy’s? Of course, there’s the grinds. Then there’s the Zip Mask. And now, the most base of the basic essentials is offered – toilet paper!
The fine print:
Through May 31st, purchase a set of Toilet Paper (4 rolls, coreless, industrial) for $10 and Zippy’s will donate a portion of the proceeds to feed Hawaii healthcare professionals. Limit 3 sets. While supplies last.How it works:Add the Toilet Paper to your online food order and pick-up with your food. Offer also available in-store.
So I had checked out Travis Scott’s concert on Fortnite the other day. I don’t know what I was looking at, but it was wild.
Raging with the flaming microphone was the best move. And oh, happy birthday Mr. Scott!
Today only, April 20, 2020. Order $40+ of Zippy’s grinds and get a logo-ed face mask for free!
The fine print:
Offer valid for Online, In-Store and Phone orders. $40 total is before tax and excludes Gift Cards and non-Food items. One mask for order.
Next stop Zippy’s!
Update: Sorry, this scheduled post didn’t post on April 20th.
Wait, this is my last can?
Might have to visit Costco sooner rather than later. And on a related note, how can Target not have any coffee creamer? Not one single bottle of any size or flavor in the refrigerated section. Even the workers confirmed this Rona shortage.
By the look of things, inventory and restocks are returning to normal levels. Lots of toilet paper still available in the mid-morning.
