Okay, it didn't come to fisticuffs or anything, but there was
yelling.

This happened to us once before, got in line to pay and someone
showed up and said they were with the person in front of us.
That's no big deal except the person in front of us already
had two full carts and this new person also has a mounded, over
the top full cart. Not that one last item.

Today, same deal, we are in line behind someone who has two
very full carts. Fine, not complaining about that. Then
this other person shows up with another overly full cart
and just walks past the line to join them.

Wait, what? The original person is now telling the latecomer
where to find something. They're *still* shopping!

Ron said Do you think you're getting on line now with her?
Yeah, sorry. We went and got on another line. Annoyed and also
amazed at the brass ones some people have, still watching to see
how it's going. They leave the line *again* to find something.

Long story short, cashier is refusing to check out newcomer, Get
at the end of the line, woman in front of us now goes over to make
sure the cashier knows what's been going on because they did that
to her before we even showed up. So Ron went over to put in his
two cents, you can't know how rare that is. Much yelling and arguing
by the rude customer.

And as we were leaving, the woman went to get *more* stuff even
though they were already surrounded by security and angry customers.

That's the most excitement I've ever seen at laid back Costco.

nancy