-1 Star for allegedly making an illegal and unsafe (but totally satisfying) U-Turn. Curbside™ pickup is convenient for sure and by virtue of your having to let GPS run ALWAYS even when not using the App, it's still convenient -- for Curbside™ workers to know you're inbound anyway.
== tl;dr ==
BEST BUY™ Curbside™: App-based pickup instructions say to turn in on Market Row -- a teeny-tiny two-lane blip of a side-street close to the corner of Winchester Blvd. on Stevens Creek Blvd. Good luck with that during gridlock.
The Curbside™ App: Limited by locales and stores offered.. Too bad. So sad. (For SoCal).
Designed to save you money and time by you spending more time and more money -- technically still a win-win if you buy stuff from "those" places.
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During HEAVILY trafficked times, obedience to the App is not the best policy -- especially when Everyone (AND their Mom) is trying to reach/leave Santana Row via Winchester to Stevens Creek Blvd. Oh yeah, and angry drivers are fleeing the relative safety of that big parking garage for the relative unsafety and imprisonment on Winchester Blvd.
Due to not checking Waze™'s ways and a smidgen of unfamiliarity and/or downright denial about traffic patterns to/from Santana Row at 4PM on a balmy Saturday [coincidentally being January 2nd, 2016 (3-2-1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!)], I got to learn more about Patience and Perseverance and perhaps Anger but fortunately I was able to pick up Joy later.
There was no way I was going to wait 15-20 minutes to reach Stevens Creek Blvd. just to turn right onto that turd of a side-street Market Row. I politely cut off someone and bypassed Stevens Creek thru Traffic Alt Route #3, Alyssum Ln.
Since Best Buy™ was now on my left, I turned left onto Market Row of which I immediately reached that point of no return. Alasably, I could have flagged the Curbside™ guy over but instead.... ===(;*´ヮ`)ノ
Oddly or perhaps appropriately, the guy cards me for my DMV ID *and* exact credit card used. Maybe I got used to Target™, CVS™, Target™, Target™, and Target™ only asking to verify MY NAME.
Having just left the crazy petting zoo of traffic and allegedly doing unsafe orchestral maneuvers in the light, I nearly lost it. [RANT] SERIOUSLY?!?? You're DOUBLE carding me for a $15 piece of metallic turd on a tiny two-laner turd of a street?! WTH?!? This ain't my first Curbside™ Rodeo AND this ain't no Palm Beach!!! [/RANT]
Ummm...thanks again for doubly verifying my ID's against Identity Theft -- by would-be friends or thieves over $15. (Perhaps I should drink less Philz Coffee™ while writing reviews or not drink-and-write...)
Anyway, I was too tired to facepalm him -- with his face -- but fortunately I still had the wherewithal to pull my ID and guessed-at credit card out of my ass [pocket].
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This rant of a "review," the attached pic(s) and tip on the Yelp™ App are so others can reach Curbside™ in a more timely, albeit semi-illegal manner without further ado during gridlock.
Pro Tip: Pimp out your out of the area friends to buy stuff for you via the Curbside™ App and save $10 off of $20 or $30 at Target™, CVS™, BEST BUY™, Sephora®, etc. et al ad nauseum.
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