Wanted to share a recent experience that makes this particular Aldi worthy of much more than five stars:
I'm a Doordash driver and deliver from here frequently. Sometimes the orders I receive are awfully close to closing time (8pm for this store.) Normally that's no biggie,...
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Wanted to share a recent experience that makes this particular Aldi worthy of much more than five stars:
I'm a Doordash driver and deliver from here frequently. Sometimes the orders I receive are awfully close to closing time (8pm for this store.) Normally that's no biggie, Aldi isn't complicated and you can get in and get out relatively quickly. The last order I fulfilled here was a different beast entirely. Ten minutes before closing, the order comes through and it seems reasonable, just a few items, but as I'm rushing to collect them, the customer at home is still adding items to their Doordash cart: a whopping 80 more items. Eighty. Eight zero. For a total of around 90 items. Yikes.
Closing time comes and I'm barely halfway through the list, exhausted after nine hours of making deliveries and frustrated that I even took the order.
One of the staff, I unfortunately did not catch his name, was trying coax lingering shoppers to check out so they could close up shop. I showed him the progress on my order, and rather than toss me from the store (which he was well within his rights to do) he took the lead and helped me speed through the rest of the shopping list, getting me checked out in record time. He would head down one aisle and tell me where to find items in another. It was a gauntlet.
He was clearly irritated, tired, and was sure to let me know that closing time *means* closing time. Far be it from me to argue the details, it was a hell of an inconvenience for him regardless. And he didn't hide his exasperation, either. But he didn't berate or belittle.
I needed help and he helped. Plain and simple. Regardless of whether or not it was just to get a pesky delivery driver out of his store. After the type of day I had before accepting that delivery, it was a godsend.
Long story short: the people working here will get you what you need, when you need it. They go above and beyond. It takes a lot of patience to work in service, grocery, or retail, and at the end of the day you *just* want to go home. But if they *can* help, they will - sunny disposition be damned. And that's worth more than a polite dismissal any day of the week. 10 out of 5 stars.