Attn: Costco Shoppers

[MsKandice01]

I'm beginning to think that every inconsiderate asshole in this area has some kind of "MsKandice is going to Costco" radar or something because they're always there everytime I go. If someone isn't blatantly cutting right in front of me with their behemoth cart, they're stopping indefinitely in the middle of the aisle with no room to go around, or they're otherwise somehow finding a way to be in my way at every possible turn. It seems as if everytime I go, there are multiple times when I have to stop myself from yelling, "Oh my God, MOOOOOOVE!!!!" or "Did you not just see me standing here, asshole??"

Is this a regular Costco occurrence or does the Costco near my house just happen to be Idiot Central?

[lost-in-nj]

1. yup

Costco on a Saturday....

Cow penning.... thats what it reminds me of....

on the other hand

we used to go to Costco for lunch....
all the free samples usually filled us up!!!


lost

[NMDemDist2]

2. it's the "Saturday syndrome"

never go on Saturday.....

[AlCzervik]

3. oh hell yes, i never ever go on a weekend.

i don't that 400 count box of tampons that bad!

[stuntcat]

5. we just made a mistake and went Friday

Learned us a lesson.

[stuntcat]

4. The parking lot :( it's Ass-landia

I only go to Costco once or twice a year when my mother-in-law takes me but I just went yesterday!

I am amazed every time how packed the place is, I mean PACKED. The parking lot was the dangerous part this time, it was Anarchy x(

[MsKandice01]

9. Oh yes...the parking lot....

*shudder* It seems as if the minute people pull in, all sense of courtesy and right-of-way goes right out the window.

[Xipe Totec]

6. You're in California...

by population density alone, odds are...

:yoiks:

[Quakerfriend]

7. I've heard people say this too! I am thinking of joining.

...Just wondering, do I have to have an affiliation with a business in order to join?
:shrug:

[AlCzervik]

8. nope, you just go there and sign up.

[Quakerfriend]

10. Hey, thanks for that quick reply, chimpsrsmarter!

[laconicsax]

11. I've been to Costco stores in 4 states

It isn't just your location. I don't think it's a Costco being an idiot hangout either, since I've have the same or similar problem in almost every single grocery store I've been to in the last 5 or so years.

I think that anywhere you can fit at least a dozen people before violating the fire code is bound to be idiot central.

[Suich]

12. I went to Costco once on a Saturday....

never again!!!

:)

[Debi]

13. Oh...that was YOU...

:yoiks:

I tell Mr. Debi that every time we go to the store we're like 'shoppermagnets'. People all of a sudden 'need' items right where we are jumping in front of us - or they need to stop and have a conversation right in front of us - or they need to 'take a call' right in front of us - the whole store can be shopper-less except for the isle we're in x( AARrrggghhhh!

[KitchenWitch]

14. I never go to Costco on the weekend.

oh the humanity.

[Tektonik]

15. Things that irk me about Costco:

-There should be a speed limit to how fast one is able to drive a cart through that store.
-Why do douchebags always find other douchebags from their work, church, etc and end up putting their carts side by side and talk to each other preventing me from reaching the lady who is serving free samples of something I can't see yet but it must be delicious.
-Jerks that don't say thank you to the employees serving the free samples.
-Jerks that leave free sample cups on the shelves.
-People that leave their carts in the spaces of the lot. Parking at Costco would not be so bad if 5 to 10 spots weren't constantly being occupied by carts :mad:

[stuntcat]

16. the carts in the lot >:^(

OMG it was a MESS Friday x(

It'd been a while since I'd gone so the other day I was surprised how many samples of everything they gave out, it rocked :headbang:

[Redstone]

17. Uh, can I tell you a little secret?

They're making you stand still so they can look at you for a little bit longer.

If you don't believe me, ask your husband. He'll tell you I'm right.

Redstone

[harmonicon]

18. have you been anywhere apart from your house and costco recently?

say, in the last few years/decades? They're not just at your costco.

[stuntcat]

20. true.. true..

:thumbsup:

[opiate69]

19. I run into the same problem at Trader Joes, Walmart (yes, Walmart..bad Opiate..)

Fred Meyers, Safeway, The Mall.. hell, just about anywhere we go these days, it's like nobody has any idea that they're actually are other people in the store with them.

[havocmom]

21. Havocdad got a cell phone just to take to COSTCO

and block aisles while pretending to talk to someone on the phone. He wants some payback!

He has to pretend to talk to someone on the cell phone, because he sees no real point in calling from it unless there is a roadside emergency AND he hasn't put any phone numbers in the memory.

He just wants to have it so he can get in front of the jackasses who block aisles while yakking and then hold THEM up.

[av8rdave]

22. That's every day at CostCo