The jury agreed.
Lots of reasons - I only did it once, but it was because I didn’t feel like cooking but if I drove to pick the food up, I probably wouldn’t be able to park when I got back.
I used to call a car service when I was at home - right up until I got a call on a snowy day saying that 1) I was given the wrong price when I booked the ride the day before - it would now be $20 more and 2) They hadn’t yet found a driver. A few more updates on their lack of a driver until it was nearly time to leave - the Uber was at my house in five minutes. I pretty much always take Uber/Lyft when I’m away from home unless there’s a line of taxis waiting outside the airport/hotel. Pretty sure some of the Uber/Lyft rides I’ve gotten were car service/cabs anyway.
Never been to Costo but have been to BJs. Never been to Hobby Lobby. Never been to Whole Foods. Never been to an actual national park although I’ve been to non-parks managed by the National Park Service like Ellis Island and the Gateway Recreation Area. Never been to Europe.
Did you mean TJ’s?
BJ’s is another big box discount club/store. Not related toTJ’s or Trader Joe’s.
Nope , I meant BJs
I’ve never been a member of a warehouse club, and to the best I can recall I’ve never set foot in a Costco or Sam’s Club. My parents did have a BJ’s membership for a while when I was in college, though. As someone who lives alone I just don’t have much need to buy things in bulk.
Although I’ve been to most major fast food chains at least once, to the best of my recollection I’ve never been to a Jack-In-the-Box.
I’ve never been to Las Vegas and I’ve never set foot in a casino.
Although I’ve been to Europe, I’ve never been to one of Europe’s most popular tourist destinations – France. I think I have a tendency to be a bit contrarian, and I don’t want to go to the same places all the American tourists go. I’ve also never been to Great Britain outside of Heathrow Airport (But I have been to Northern Ireland, so I have been to the UK).
I agree that it wouldn’t be worth it if it wasn’t convenient. I have a Costco that’s pretty close to me so I go there. I didn’t have a membership until they built that one.
I forgot to mention in my last post, I’ve never been to an NFL football game nor a Major League Baseball game. I’m just not that much of a sports fan. I have, however, been to lots of high school and college football games since I was in the marching band, and one minor league baseball game when I was a kid.
Matter and antimatter, like the Lazarus episode of Star Trek! 
I have a neighbor who frequently gets her breakfast from UberEats, and since we’re a gated place, the driver hangs the bag on one of the gates. A few days ago, I saw a bag on the ground by the gate when I returned from my morning walk. It was torn open from the bottom. I thought somebody stole her food, but why tear it open from the bottom? Then, as I entered the gate I saw some blueberry muffin crumbs on the sidewalk. Squirrel!
Costco, never.
Sam’s Club, never.
I pretty much only haunt King Soopers with an occasional trip to Safeway. Once I learn a layout of a store, I stick with it. I can get in and out in 15 minutes.
There are a couple of local stores (not chains) that I will go to.
Lot’s of burger chains too.
Sonic, never
5 Guys, never
And about 100 more.
McDonalds and A&W and Wendy’s is where I go. I usually try to go to local restaurants, not chains, but when you need a quick fill up… Yeah, McD’s is the lowest of the low. But for a quick gut bomb, they fill the niche.
I’ve never been to a high school or college inter-school sports event, not even my own high school or college when I was attending. And I’ve never been to a NFL game, but I have toured two NFL stadiums (stadia?), Soldier Field and Lambeau Field.
I’ve attended a fair number of MLB games and a few NHL games. But I’ve never been to the successor to Comiskey Park (whatever they’re calling it now) despite living in metro Chicago. I think I went to one White Sox game when I was a kid and Comiskey was still standing.
Never been on a cruise. But I’d actually like to make an transatlantic crossing in an ocean liner. Which my wife thinks is funny because it’s all sea days, so even more of a cruise than a cruise ship. But to me a cruise seems pointless while a crossing is more like taking the train from Chicago to New York: traveling from point A to point B to get to point B, but with a different experience when you have the time to spare.
In 1980 I took the QE2 from New York to France. It was high class back then, I don’t know if it still is. Tip: go east to west, not west to east. We lost an hour every night due to the time change.
My partner would much rather have takeout than ‘eat in’. But it’s never occurred to either of us to have food delivered.
We have so much good food within a short drive that I can hop in the car and be back with food that’s still hot.
Oh, and I have a long list of “big places” I’ve never been. But I’m not smug about it; I’ll admit I do have Costco envy sometimes…
Do give at least the first book a try. It’s a delight.
(eta: or the audiobooks read by Jim Dale or Stephen Fry)
At least read the first chapter. I mean, it opens with a kid who has to live under the stairs.
A kid. Under the stairs.
You just know things are going to change…
I’m sure it is, but then again, I’ll bet visiting Japan or China or Korea would be eye-opening. but for some reason after a lifetime of broadening my cultural horizons, I’m just done. There is so much close to home that I’ve missed and it’s time now to relish the many many things that I’ve already tasted but not yet savored. My kids are way into Harry Potter and more power to them, I’m just trying to focus on the stones left un-turned closer to home. Sorry!
I’m sorta into Harry Potter because I read a very early review in Publisher’s Weekly, and I bought the first book. It’s a first American edition and apparently worth quite a bit of money since the first print run wasn’t huge.
But my sister really got into them (and the movies).
I have never gambled because I hate the feeling of adrenaline. Without which I’m pretty sure there’s no point to gambling. I don’t like winning things. I always feel so sorry for whoever lost that the whole thing is painful. Also crowds and noise make me ill. Not enjoying adrenaline or winning or crowds or noise makes me a natural for not having done a whole lot of things.
When I was younger I used to imagine this made me cultured and refined. Now I know all it is, is sensory fragility, a physiological quality I was born with. Although, of course, I am cultured and refined.