Blessed free delivery

By Ksenya  

There is a sticky note next to my phone that is all important to my life. It has 2 phone numbers on it  – the local supermarket (AKA the grocery) and the laundry.  And why are they so important – they both deliver for free!

UAE businesses have mastered free delivery. Everything here can get to your door with no extra charge. All the restaurants deliver here, sticky notepharmacies, laundry, not to mention expected things like flowers and fast food places. And if they happen not to deliver directly, they will courier things to you (e.g. credit cards, cheque books, insurance papers). One of the best examples is that Indian embassy actually delivers your passport back to you once your visa had been issued so you do not have to go there to collect the passport!

On the more every day level, I find especially convenient the local supermarket  and the laundry delivery. Supermarket for the fact that they will deliver the smallest things to you (like a half douzen of eggs) or very heavy things (like bottles of water) within 30 minutes or less (if you are lucky and tip (2-3 dhs) the delivery guy regularely).  Needless to say they are small shops with limited choice, so for your favourite brand of brie cheese you still have to go to one of the big supermarkets (like Spinney’s or Carrefour), but your bare essentials like water, juice, eggs, milk, toilet paper, mobile phone credit they are conveniently just a phone call away!

The laundry sends someone to collect your clothes AND delivers it back to you washed, ironed, drycleaned (whatever you requested). No extra charge, just  very reasonable rate (the ironing of a shirt (by my standards THE most hated activity in the universe) is 2-4 dhs depending on the laundry).  Heaven!

Am I getting spoiled? Of course I am  – that’s why I am in Dubai!

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