I think the reason shopping at Walmart, Costco’s and Sam’s is much worse than shopping anywhere else is that they are fewer and further between. There is at least one grocery store per square mile of suburban sprawl, but there’s only one Costco in my city, and only two Sam’s Clubs. So they draw in people from a much larger radius. There are a descent number of Walmarts, but these draw in the folks who are too cheap to buy a membership at Costco or Sam’s.
[quote]rainjack wrote:
malonetd wrote:
Kalle wrote:
I shop almost exclusively at Costco, I know exactly what I want before I go in, I have gotten pretty damn good at getting in and out FAST. I get enraged at how damn slow and inconsiderate people are in there. Its insane, they just waddle along, cut right in front of you, STOP right in front of you abruptly to get free samples. I walk fast and pass people, haha I make a game out of it. I try to go early in the morning if possible and avoid the weekends…
I’m like this every time I go shopping. I don’t browse.
Browsing should be a Man-Law punishable by castration. [/quote]
Agreed, how the hell can you not know what you like/want to eat anyways? You know who doesn’t know what they want to eat? Fat people! They want to eat everything so it makes the decision harder.
[quote]Hagar wrote:
rainjack wrote:
malonetd wrote:
Kalle wrote:
I shop almost exclusively at Costco, I know exactly what I want before I go in, I have gotten pretty damn good at getting in and out FAST. I get enraged at how damn slow and inconsiderate people are in there. Its insane, they just waddle along, cut right in front of you, STOP right in front of you abruptly to get free samples. I walk fast and pass people, haha I make a game out of it. I try to go early in the morning if possible and avoid the weekends…
I’m like this every time I go shopping. I don’t browse.
Browsing should be a Man-Law punishable by castration.
Unless it’s in a gun store. [/quote]
Or a liquor store.
[quote]Hagar wrote:
I used to go there and try and get out as fast as possible but if I go to Wholefoods or Trader Joes, I want to take my time. Always pretty ladies in those stores:^) but not in costco. [/quote]
Yes, that, and the kids are MUCH better reared. Their brains aren’t stupid from eating chemically engineered foods bought in bulk.
I echo another replier here who said that Wal-Mart is worse than Costco. Costco sucks (especially the check fumbler at the register), but Wal-Mart is less intimidating so more annoying people shop there instead.
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
Hagar wrote:
rainjack wrote:
malonetd wrote:
Kalle wrote:
I shop almost exclusively at Costco, I know exactly what I want before I go in, I have gotten pretty damn good at getting in and out FAST. I get enraged at how damn slow and inconsiderate people are in there. Its insane, they just waddle along, cut right in front of you, STOP right in front of you abruptly to get free samples. I walk fast and pass people, haha I make a game out of it. I try to go early in the morning if possible and avoid the weekends…
I’m like this every time I go shopping. I don’t browse.
Browsing should be a Man-Law punishable by castration.
Unless it’s in a gun store.
Or a liquor store.
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Or a whorehouse.
We don’t have a Costco around here, but we do have the same bullshit. Throngs of people just wondering aimlessly though the aisles. I wonder if any of these people know what they are supposed to do in a store. Buying stuff seems secondary to picking things up, looking at them until the expiration date has passed, then putting it back.
And I have come to the realisation the hot chicks don’t eat. Or at least don’t prepare their own food, because I’ve never seen one at the grocery store. And that makes me want to punch every dude in the face that says the grocery store is a great place to meet chicks. It’s a myth.
Just make sure you arrive at Costco fifteen minutes before they close (so right around 8:15pm on a weekday) and you’ll be fine.
With a little practice, you can pick up wild salmon, omega 3 eggs, and bags of frozen berries and nuts in less than ten minutes easy.
You are absolutely right HH. Costco is a great place to shop price wise and quality of merchandise wise. It is a maddeningly frustrating and disgusting place to shop fellow human being wise.
There is a Costco in my jurisdiction. I have personally taken two accident reports for people run over in the Costco parking lot by absolute morons. It is unusual for someone outside of our traffic unit to take a pedestrian accident. I have only had maybe a half dozen in my career…33% in the Costco parking lot.
I shop there too and nearly lose my mind every time.
The giant bags of mixed berries and wild salmon filets always bring me back though.
[quote]rainjack wrote:
Hagar wrote:
rainjack wrote:
malonetd wrote:
Kalle wrote:
I shop almost exclusively at Costco, I know exactly what I want before I go in, I have gotten pretty damn good at getting in and out FAST. I get enraged at how damn slow and inconsiderate people are in there. Its insane, they just waddle along, cut right in front of you, STOP right in front of you abruptly to get free samples. I walk fast and pass people, haha I make a game out of it. I try to go early in the morning if possible and avoid the weekends…
I’m like this every time I go shopping. I don’t browse.
Browsing should be a Man-Law punishable by castration.
Unless it’s in a gun store.
I thought we were talking about Wal Marts, Costco’s, and Sam’s.
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I guess but they do sell guns at walmart. Great prices on ammo too.
This is one of the best threads I’ve read on here in a while. It’s like everyone is saying what each other is thinking.
[quote]analog_kid wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
Hagar wrote:
rainjack wrote:
malonetd wrote:
Kalle wrote:
I shop almost exclusively at Costco, I know exactly what I want before I go in, I have gotten pretty damn good at getting in and out FAST. I get enraged at how damn slow and inconsiderate people are in there. Its insane, they just waddle along, cut right in front of you, STOP right in front of you abruptly to get free samples. I walk fast and pass people, haha I make a game out of it. I try to go early in the morning if possible and avoid the weekends…
I’m like this every time I go shopping. I don’t browse.
Browsing should be a Man-Law punishable by castration.
Unless it’s in a gun store.
Or a liquor store.
Or a whorehouse.
We don’t have a Costco around here, but we do have the same bullshit. Throngs of people just wondering aimlessly though the aisles. I wonder if any of these people know what they are supposed to do in a store. Buying stuff seems secondary to picking things up, looking at them until the expiration date has passed, then putting it back.
And I have come to the realisation the hot chicks don’t eat. Or at least don’t prepare their own food, because I’ve never seen one at the grocery store. And that makes me want to punch every dude in the face that says the grocery store is a great place to meet chicks. It’s a myth.
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I only see hot chicks at expensive grocery stores like Whole Foods. Costco, Walmart, etc is full of a bunch of sea lions.
Its really not a big deal.
[quote]Kalle wrote:
I only see hot chicks at expensive grocery stores like Whole Foods. Costco, Walmart, etc is full of a bunch of sea lions.[/quote]
This is true for every instance except college towns.
I never saw a higher percentage of hot girls than at the State College Wal-Mart.
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
I also have a parking lot game, but that’s another story.
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I want the parking lot story !!!
You should come shop over here in Japan. I shop in the daytime along with all the old people. If anyone gets in your way they’ll go “aaaaah, sumimasen!” (“oooooh, sorry!”) and bow and smile and step aside (and if they see you again later they’ll smile and wave since you’re now best friends for life). No rampant kids, or fat people with two full carts blocking everything.
I had to stop going with one of my friends though (an american, coincidentally), she’s only 20 but she’s like a senior citizen when it comes to shopping. Stopping to check and mentally calculate the price of every little thing (even the things she buys every week), counting on her fingers (lol), ofcourse making sure she leaves her cart sideways blocking all the nice little old ladies. When it’s time to pay she’ll try and count out coins, then realize she doesn’t have enough, then start digging through her packpack to find her wallet only to realize it’s in her coat pocket. When she opens her wallet, of course a few things fall out, and it just goes on and on and on.
She once did the exact same thing in a 100-yen store (everything costs 100y which is (I think) about one US dollar or so). She bought ONE item and still took like 3-4 minutes to pay for it. I think the shopping part of her brain is underdeveloped, someone should come up with some supps for that.
There’s a lot of hate out there. I love going to Costco and looking at everyone’s carts. It’s actually quite comical to see what people will buy in bulk and try to figure out how a family can really need a 2 gallon vat of mayonnaise and 10,000 slices of Kraft American Cheese singles or giant tubs of Dum Dums. I also like to count the number of birds flying around in the rafters and watch to see if they crap on anyone. And I like to look through other peoples’ photos and mix sets from different people.
DB
Maybe I’m alone here but has anyone else tried to out-idiot the idiots for their own entertainment? My wife and kids were out of town for the weekend so I wasn’t in a rush to get back home.
I was at Sam’s Club and tried to put myself in positions to do to “them” what they consistently do to me. The best was studiously reviewing the ingredient list on a couple of packages while leaning on my cart which was parked directly in front of the free sample table, forcing the frustrated fatties to walk around me.
The audible clicking of their tongues and the aggravated grunt/sigh over having to walk 5 feet back and forth to the cart completely unsupported was music to my ears.
That hour was both the most petty and satisfying part of the morning.
[quote]sen say wrote:
I hate Costco. I hate Sam’s Club. I hate Shoppers Food Wareouse…I hate any fucking grocery store (or any store) that thinks I want to listen to gay ass music while I shop…I really hate Wal Mart…
I’ll pay more (sometimes a lot more money) not to have to go there…gimme mail order meat. Gimme fruits and veggies from a hippie/organic store or farmer’s market and I’m happy…much better ass in the hippie store is an added bonus…actually…having a little trouble scarfing down my tuna for lunch right now thinking about the fatsos in Costco in the same thought as mentioning ‘ass’ in a sexual tone…
Oh yeah…Home Depot…Lowes…hate them too…Best Buy…Target…would like to see some maniac burn them all down…
Thank you OP for helping me feel righteous.[/quote]
You summarised pretty damnned well!! Why do store have to be like a goddamnned hog trough? There’s GOT to be a better way.
I refuse to give my money to those sheisty bastards. Sure, they sell things in bulk at a cheaper price, but nothing’s free in this world. Jobs and farms are disappearing from our small towns and Walmarts and Costcos are popping up. Coincidence?
You know what I do LOVE about Costco? Those ready to eat rottesirie chickens. They make a badass meal after a hard lifting session.
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
You know what I do LOVE about Costco? Those ready to eat rottesirie chickens. They make a badass meal after a hard lifting session.[/quote]
4lb chicken for 6 bucks!! I was eating 3-4 a week before I started cutting down.