S/O: Costco stories
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Anonymous
Gah. But why no cheese then? Or chips? Or pretzels? Just liquor and croissants? |
Anonymous
| Please also provide the location of the COSTCO I am curious if inner city or close to city COSTCOs have more extreme issues |
Anonymous
Median HHI income of someone shopping at Costco is 100k - and that's true nationwide. While this will open up a whole DCUM debate about how nothing less than 500k is rich -- median HHI of 100k is MUCH MUCH higher than the incomes of people shopping at Target and Walmart. |
Anonymous
I saw two Asian men fighting over the last bag of a 50lb rice bag at the Gaithersburg Costco a few years back. |
Anonymous
| I love Costco and have never seen any truly bad behavior there - just rude people who abandon their carts mid-aisle to get a sample. I Iove seeing what people buy, though. It's not a regular grocery run for most people so there's always somebody with a cart full of wine, or nothing but a TV and 6 bags of popcorn. I see a lot of people who appear to be buying packaged snacks and drinks for resale, too, which of course was the original model. |
Anonymous
I suppose we would qualify as the weirdos buying liquor and croissants. We live in MD, so our Costcos don't carry liquor. My DH will do a DC Costco run to stock up, and yeah, since you are going...bring me some croissants. |
Anonymous
Yep sure did. It's crazy really. One time I returned a used video camera and they didn't even open the box. Still though, the steaks crossed a line. |
Anonymous
aa Costco is for Democrats; Sam's Club is for Republicans. Freaky Deakies go to BJ's. |
Anonymous
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Fairfax Costco. One person in front was returning a half eaten shrimp platter. Actually, more than half was gone. Another person was returning an almost empty bag of M&M's. She said she didn't like the taste.
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Anonymous
| I was heavily pregnant and I had to use the restroom at Costco. I parked my cart and I walked to the restroom, crossing the checkout lanes on a weekday afternoon. A man thought I was going to be first in a checkout aisle and he nearly rammed his cart into my stomach trying to be first to checkout. His wife, bless her, stopped him. I looked at this is disbelief. I was cartless and had no items in my hands. |
Anonymous
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Oh this was bad.
Dh and I walked past the refrigerated section and noticed someone had tossed in a package of FROZEN lobster---it was close to $100 worth! We don't eat shellfish--but what a waste! My husband said "that should be criminal!" Truly wasteful. Another time I saw a woman who was trying to return about 15 large tubs of Sabra Hummus and many bags of pita chips. The employee was willing to accept the return of the chips, but not the Hummus. Obviously the customer had a huge party and bought way more than they ended up using. |
Anonymous
That's when I back up and say, "oh, sorry! Didn't mean to stand so close!" |
Anonymous
Average HHI is $60k-$65k for a Costco shopper. |
Anonymous
Your husband was wrong and clearly doesn't know how to queue. Check out the maths branch of "queueing theory." He should have tapped her on the shoulder and said, "looks like you're up." Doesn't excuse the screaming woman, though. |
Anonymous
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Re: rich people.
We are solidly middle class and shop once a month for certain items at Costco. I don't buy much, but I rarely leave without dropping at least $100-150. It's common sense to know that people who are hovering near the poverty line can't shop at Costco. Aside from the membership, There's hardly a single item at Costco under <$10, and most are closer to $20. I can buy chicken salad, some croissants, and some granola bars for $60, or a whole week's worth of groceries at Aldi. Sure, I might save on things in the long run at Costco, but I can't buy the bulk toilet paper if it's half my weekly grocery budget. |