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

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 12:15:19 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Okay, it didn't come to fisticuffs or anything, but there was
> yelling.
>
> 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
>
>
After she left to get MORE items I would have been sorely
tempted to just move her cart out of line. But you did
say you were leaving.

On 7/7/2016 11:15 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> 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
>
>
Well Costco is more upmarket than Walmart:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2809216/wa...-womans-dress/

On 7/7/2016 1:24 PM, wrote:
> On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 12:15:19 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Okay, it didn't come to fisticuffs or anything, but there was
>> yelling.
>>
>> 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.

> After she left to get MORE items I would have been sorely
> tempted to just move her cart out of line. But you did
> say you were leaving.

We got out early on as we could see where that was
going, but there was a nice line behind them by the
time we were checked out and leaving the store.

nancy

On 7/7/2016 1:25 PM, graham wrote:
> On 7/7/2016 11:15 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> 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.

> Well Costco is more upmarket than Walmart:
> http://globalnews.ca/news/2809216/wa...-womans-dress/

Holy crow. What a bunch of lowlifes.

People were going to get bats from sporting goods? That's
a full scale riot.

nancy

On 7/7/2016 1:41 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 13:15:08 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

>> 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.
>
> It's not fair to people who choose their lines by how much PRODUCT is
> in front of them in the checkout line. One item doesn't make a
> difference but a whole cart does.

Exactly. You scope out how many people, how much stuff and you
accept that or you look for another line.

> I've left my cart in line and gone 30 feet to grab one more thing
> while they're still checking out people in front of me and somebody
> had the nerve to push my cart out of line and move up to my spot.

That takes nerve. If you weren't back before it was your turn
to check out, maybe. I wouldn't think twice about someone going
back for another item assuming they're quick.

> Oh,
> no, no, no, no, no... I was back before the line even moved and only
> gone 14-15 seconds. I shoved my cart right back in line where I was.

I'm glad you were able to get back in there, that was ridiculous.

> I'm very good at The Grocery Game.

I don't usually have any drama going on at the store, some people
might be annoying but not outright rude like these people.

nancy

On 2016-07-07 1:15 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

> 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.

Good for the cashier. Some time ago I was in the express checkout line
to pay for a box of berries. There are two guys ahead of me, one being
check out and the other, and 5-6 people behind me. A woman snuck up on
my left, reached over and put something down in front of me.
I said "Excuse me?" and she said she only had one thing and was in a
hurry. I told her I had one thing and I was in a hurry, and the people
behind me only had a few things each. She asked "Can't I go ahead of
you? " ...... "No".

On 7/7/2016 1:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-07-07 1:15 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> 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.
>
> Good for the cashier.

I don't think she knew at first what was going on. People must
have started making a fuss after we left.

> Some time ago I was in the express checkout line
> to pay for a box of berries. There are two guys ahead of me, one being
> check out and the other, and 5-6 people behind me. A woman snuck up on
> my left, reached over and put something down in front of me.
> I said "Excuse me?" and she said she only had one thing and was in a
> hurry. I told her I had one thing and I was in a hurry, and the people
> behind me only had a few things each. She asked "Can't I go ahead of
> you? " ...... "No".

That's just weird. The time to ask was before she just barged
ahead of you. People.

nancy

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 7:15:19 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
> 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

I'm surprised that somebody doesn't get killed at our Costco. Our Costco is not laid back. It's a giant rat race and probably has 2 or 3 times the action of any other Costco in the nation. Going to Costco can be an ordeal. I sure wish our Costco was like yours. That would be just great.

http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...KPT7tGOg/o.jpg

On 7/7/2016 11:15 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> 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
>
>
I heard of a technique to apply when someone jumps the queue to join a
friend in front of you. Just move in front of them both as long as they
are not MMA fighters!
Graham

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 11:25:19 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 7/7/2016 11:15 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>Well Costco is more upmarket than Walmart:
>http://globalnews.ca/news/2809216/wa...-womans-dress/

people like that shouldn't be allowed to breed
Janet US

On 2016-07-07, Janet B > wrote:

> people like that shouldn't be allowed to breed

Who? The webmaster that includes 28 client-side scripts in that link?

Not a record, as I've seen up to 40 scripts. Not only should they not
be allowed to breed, they should be culled from the herd, tout de
suite.

nb

On 7/7/2016 2:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 7:15:19 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:

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

> I'm surprised that somebody doesn't get killed at our Costco. Our Costco
>is not laid back. It's a giant rat race and probably has 2 or 3 times the
> action of any other Costco in the nation. Going to Costco can be an
> ordeal. I sure wish our Costco was like yours. That would be just great.
>
> http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...KPT7tGOg/o.jpg

Wow, that's too many people for me. I'm a crowd avoider. We don't
usually go when we know it's going to be busy like first day of
coupons like today.

Things must happen but I've never seen it for myself. My Costco is
busy but I've seen busier and I don't like it.

nancy

On 7 Jul 2016 18:43:13 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2016-07-07, Janet B > wrote:
>
>> people like that shouldn't be allowed to breed
>
>Who? The webmaster that includes 28 client-side scripts in that link?
>
>Not a record, as I've seen up to 40 scripts. Not only should they not
>be allowed to breed, they should be culled from the herd, tout de
>suite.
>
>nb

my thinking that if only those people had been brought by wolves they
would have behaved far better. They came from similar stock and will
breed more just like them. Education, talking nice, prison, nothing
helps.
Janet US

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 11:07:44 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>
>I'm surprised that somebody doesn't get killed at our Costco. Our Costco is not laid back. It's a giant rat race and probably has 2 or 3 times the action of any other Costco in the nation. Going to Costco can be an ordeal. I sure wish our Costco was like yours. That would be just great.
>
>http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...KPT7tGOg/o.jpg

My Costco looks like that at that precise location around noon on
Saturdays. The only reason I know is that my husband is not a
first-thing-in-the-morning shopper. The next time he belly-aches
about the crowds he'll have to stay home so I can leave early.
Janet US

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 8:58:48 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 7/7/2016 2:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 7:15:19 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >> That's the most excitement I've ever seen at laid back Costco.
>
> > I'm surprised that somebody doesn't get killed at our Costco. Our Costco
> >is not laid back. It's a giant rat race and probably has 2 or 3 times the
> > action of any other Costco in the nation. Going to Costco can be an
> > ordeal. I sure wish our Costco was like yours. That would be just great.
> >
> > http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...KPT7tGOg/o.jpg
>
> Wow, that's too many people for me. I'm a crowd avoider. We don't
> usually go when we know it's going to be busy like first day of
> coupons like today.
>
> Things must happen but I've never seen it for myself. My Costco is
> busy but I've seen busier and I don't like it.
>
> nancy

It's going to be an ordeal for folks that avoid crowds and pretty much anyone over the age of 30. However, the stuff you can find there and the prices are far too compelling.

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 9:30:00 AM UTC-10, Janet B wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 11:07:44 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsiahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >I'm surprised that somebody doesn't get killed at our Costco. Our Costco is not laid back. It's a giant rat race and probably has 2 or 3 times the action of any other Costco in the nation. Going to Costco can be an ordeal. I sure wish our Costco was like yours. That would be just great.
> >
> >http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...KPT7tGOg/o.jpg
>
> My Costco looks like that at that precise location around noon on
> Saturdays. The only reason I know is that my husband is not a
> first-thing-in-the-morning shopper. The next time he belly-aches
> about the crowds he'll have to stay home so I can leave early.
> Janet US

I wish my wife would do that to me. Some guys got all the luck.

On 2016-07-07 2:03 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 7/7/2016 1:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-07-07 1:15 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Good for the cashier.
>
> I don't think she knew at first what was going on. People must
> have started making a fuss after we left.
>
>> Some time ago I was in the express checkout line
>> to pay for a box of berries. There are two guys ahead of me, one being
>> check out and the other, and 5-6 people behind me. A woman snuck up on
>> my left, reached over and put something down in front of me.
>> I said "Excuse me?" and she said she only had one thing and was in a
>> hurry. I told her I had one thing and I was in a hurry, and the people
>> behind me only had a few things each. She asked "Can't I go ahead of
>> you? " ...... "No".
>
> That's just weird. The time to ask was before she just barged
> ahead of you. People.
>
>


I chalk it up to her selfish sense of entitlement. I guess she figured
that she was better than everyone else and should not have to wait for
the peons to check out. She picked the wrong one to pull it on because
I won't tolerate that sort of rudeness in public. It was kind of funny
after I refused to let her in ahead of me she looked to the guy in front
of me and asked if he would let her in. He looked at me. I shook my head
and he said no. FWIW... she was not in such a hurry that she had to
leave without it. She went to the back of the line.

On 2016-07-07 2:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:

>
> I'm surprised that somebody doesn't get killed at our Costco. Our
> Costco is not laid back. It's a giant rat race and probably has 2 or
> 3 times the action of any other Costco in the nation. Going to Costco
> can be an ordeal. I sure wish our Costco was like yours. That would
> be just great.

There have been a number of incidents in the local papers about fights
in parking lots at Walmarts.

>
> http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...KPT7tGOg/o.jpg

Last year when we were getting a lot of stuff in preparation for my
wife's birthday bash we went to Costco for the meats. We looked at the
price of meat and a few other things to figure if it was worth it to pay
for the annual membership. We decided that if we did get it we would
have to make trips down there for other stuff to get back the membership
money. Then we saw the long line at the service counter where we would
have to renew our long expired cards. Right next to that was the throng
of people waiting to check out. No thanks. We bought the stuff
elsewhere and paid a little more.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 15:45:33 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-07-07 2:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm surprised that somebody doesn't get killed at our Costco. Our
>> Costco is not laid back. It's a giant rat race and probably has 2 or
>> 3 times the action of any other Costco in the nation. Going to Costco
>> can be an ordeal. I sure wish our Costco was like yours. That would
>> be just great.
>
>There have been a number of incidents in the local papers about fights
>in parking lots at Walmarts.
>
snip
Just fights? We've had shootings a couple of times.
Janet US

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 13:58:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-07-07 1:15 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>Good for the cashier. Some time ago I was in the express checkout line
>to pay for a box of berries. There are two guys ahead of me, one being
>check out and the other, and 5-6 people behind me. A woman snuck up on
>my left, reached over and put something down in front of me.
>I said "Excuse me?" and she said she only had one thing and was in a
>hurry. I told her I had one thing and I was in a hurry, and the people
>behind me only had a few things each. She asked "Can't I go ahead of
>you? " ...... "No".

I'd have let her go, if she had nice breasts to go with her berries...
naturally I know how to embarrass line jumping women, I'll ask why
they're wearing a padded bra. I've yet to expperience a man jumping
in front of lines.

On 2016-07-07, Janet B > wrote:

> Just fights? We've had shootings a couple of times.

Which is why I live 100 mi from the closest urban center.

nb

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 13:15:08 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> 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.

I would say so!

--

sf

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 9:44:24 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-07-07 2:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm surprised that somebody doesn't get killed at our Costco. Our
> > Costco is not laid back. It's a giant rat race and probably has 2 or
> > 3 times the action of any other Costco in the nation. Going to Costco
> > can be an ordeal. I sure wish our Costco was like yours. That would
> > be just great.
>
> There have been a number of incidents in the local papers about fights
> in parking lots at Walmarts.
>
> >
> > http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...KPT7tGOg/o.jpg
>
> Last year when we were getting a lot of stuff in preparation for my
> wife's birthday bash we went to Costco for the meats. We looked at the
> price of meat and a few other things to figure if it was worth it to pay
> for the annual membership. We decided that if we did get it we would
> have to make trips down there for other stuff to get back the membership
> money. Then we saw the long line at the service counter where we would
> have to renew our long expired cards. Right next to that was the throng
> of people waiting to check out. No thanks. We bought the stuff
> elsewhere and paid a little more.

You beat the system.

On 2016-07-07 3:48 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 15:45:33 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:

>> There have been a number of incidents in the local papers about fights
>> in parking lots at Walmarts.
>>
> snip
> Just fights? We've had shootings a couple of times.
>

That's why we do not allow people to carry handguns. It does wonders in
reducing the firearm homicide rates.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 13:15:08 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>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.

That's unreal. I can't imagine someone being such an asshole like
that. At least it wasn't a boring wait in the queue

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
news
> 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.

Three cheers for Ron!!! I think there are those that will 'try it on'
wherever they can!

We need more Rons!!!


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http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On 7/7/2016 4:35 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> 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.

> Three cheers for Ron!!! I think there are those that will 'try it on'
> wherever they can!
>
> We need more Rons!!!

I was busy checking out, I had no idea he went over there to
say anything. He said he did it to back up the woman who
spoke up. You know, just in case they thought she was some
troublemaker. Those crazy people got everyone going.

nancy

On 2016-07-07 4:29 PM, Je�us wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> That's unreal. I can't imagine someone being such an asshole like
> that. At least it wasn't a boring wait in the queue
>


I can. The odd thing is that if they were doing it to save time getting
through the checkout they likely would have out of the store quicker if
they just did things the normal way, going through the store and getting
what they wanted/needed in one pass.

On 7/7/2016 6:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-07-07 4:29 PM, Je�us wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> That's unreal. I can't imagine someone being such an asshole like
>> that. At least it wasn't a boring wait in the queue

The first time it happened, people were annoyed but it didn't
blow up like this.

> I can. The odd thing is that if they were doing it to save time getting
> through the checkout they likely would have out of the store quicker if
> they just did things the normal way, going through the store and getting
> what they wanted/needed in one pass.

Right? That's what Ron said, this is easy, finish your shopping
before you get on line, and if you're together, get on line together.
What's with this running back and forth for this then that then
the other.

nancy

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 18:05:32 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-07-07 4:29 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> That's unreal. I can't imagine someone being such an asshole like
>> that. At least it wasn't a boring wait in the queue
>>
>
>
>I can.

Well I'm glad it's not like that here!

>The odd thing is that if they were doing it to save time getting
>through the checkout they likely would have out of the store quicker if
>they just did things the normal way, going through the store and getting
>what they wanted/needed in one pass.

Yep, I agree.

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 2:38:36 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> >> Some time ago I was in the express checkout line
> >> to pay for a box of berries. There are two guys ahead of me, one being
> >> check out and the other, and 5-6 people behind me. A woman snuck up on
> >> my left, reached over and put something down in front of me.
> >> I said "Excuse me?" and she said she only had one thing and was in a
> >> hurry. I told her I had one thing and I was in a hurry, and the people
> >> behind me only had a few things each. She asked "Can't I go ahead of
> >> you? " ...... "No".
>
> I chalk it up to her selfish sense of entitlement. I guess she figured
> that she was better than everyone else and should not have to wait for
> the peons to check out. She picked the wrong one to pull it on because
> I won't tolerate that sort of rudeness in public. It was kind of funny
> after I refused to let her in ahead of me she looked to the guy in front
> of me and asked if he would let her in. He looked at me. I shook my head
> and he said no. FWIW... she was not in such a hurry that she had to
> leave without it. She went to the back of the line.
>
>
On the rare occasion that I meet someone who states 'they're in
a hurry' and want preferential treatment I always reply "we're
ALL in a hurry and if you are so impatient you should have been
here when the doors opened." It seems to shut them up in a hurry,
albeit they are fuming.

On 7/7/2016 1:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-07-07 1:15 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Good for the cashier. Some time ago I was in the express checkout line
> to pay for a box of berries. There are two guys ahead of me, one being
> check out and the other, and 5-6 people behind me. A woman snuck up on
> my left, reached over and put something down in front of me.
> I said "Excuse me?" and she said she only had one thing and was in a
> hurry. I told her I had one thing and I was in a hurry, and the people
> behind me only had a few things each. She asked "Can't I go ahead of
> you? " ...... "No".
>
>
>

Last week I had a few items and went to the 12 or fewer express lane.
Seconds before me an employee ending her shift pulled in ahead of me.
I don't know the total, but she handed the cashier a can of cat food and
said "48 of these" among about 20 other items.

Frustrating mildly, but then she started searching for coupons. I put
my stuff back in the cart and went to the self checkout and finished
before they did. I made it a point to stop and let them know it was not
good for employees to abuse the lines. No manager was around.

Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 7/7/2016 1:41 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 13:15:08 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > > 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.
> >
> > It's not fair to people who choose their lines by how much PRODUCT
> > is in front of them in the checkout line. One item doesn't make a
> > difference but a whole cart does.
>
> Exactly. You scope out how many people, how much stuff and you
> accept that or you look for another line.
>
> > I've left my cart in line and gone 30 feet to grab one more thing
> > while they're still checking out people in front of me and somebody
> > had the nerve to push my cart out of line and move up to my spot.
>
> That takes nerve. If you weren't back before it was your turn
> to check out, maybe. I wouldn't think twice about someone going
> back for another item assuming they're quick.
>
> > Oh,
> > no, no, no, no, no... I was back before the line even moved and
> > only gone 14-15 seconds. I shoved my cart right back in line where
> > I was.
>
> I'm glad you were able to get back in there, that was ridiculous.
>
> > I'm very good at The Grocery Game.
>
> I don't usually have any drama going on at the store, some people
> might be annoying but not outright rude like these people.
>
> nancy

I shop with my daughter and we check before we get in line, but if we
miss something one goes back while the other continues to the checkout
line.


--

On 7/7/2016 3:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

> Last year when we were getting a lot of stuff in preparation for my
> wife's birthday bash we went to Costco for the meats. We looked at the
> price of meat and a few other things to figure if it was worth it to pay
> for the annual membership. We decided that if we did get it we would
> have to make trips down there for other stuff to get back the membership
> money. Then we saw the long line at the service counter where we would
> have to renew our long expired cards. Right next to that was the throng
> of people waiting to check out. No thanks. We bought the stuff
> elsewhere and paid a little more.
>

At BJ's you can renew right at the register. Meat prices is one big
reason we go there.

"graham" > wrote in message
...

> Well Costco is more upmarket than Walmart:
> http://globalnews.ca/news/2809216/wa...-womans-dress/

Really has nothing to do with Walmart and everything to do with the people
involved.

Cheri

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/7/2016 3:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Last year when we were getting a lot of stuff in preparation for my
>> wife's birthday bash we went to Costco for the meats. We looked at the
>> price of meat and a few other things to figure if it was worth it to pay
>> for the annual membership. We decided that if we did get it we would
>> have to make trips down there for other stuff to get back the membership
>> money. Then we saw the long line at the service counter where we would
>> have to renew our long expired cards. Right next to that was the throng
>> of people waiting to check out. No thanks. We bought the stuff
>> elsewhere and paid a little more.
>>
>
> At BJ's you can renew right at the register. Meat prices is one big reason
> we go there.

You can do that at Costco too but I'll bet most people don't know that.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "graham" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Well Costco is more upmarket than Walmart:
>> http://globalnews.ca/news/2809216/wa...-womans-dress/
>
> Really has nothing to do with Walmart and everything to do with the people
> involved.
>
> Cheri

Unfortunately, Walmart does tend to attract that type of people. Could have
something to do with the fact that they allow people to camp in their
parking lot.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 23:44:32 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 21:11:25 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, Walmart does tend to attract that type of people. Could have
>> something to do with the fact that they allow people to camp in their
>> parking lot.
>
>An article about the camping came out locally here - there is no
>corporate policy that allows/disallows vehicle camping. It's up to
>the store managers weather they allow vehicle camping in their parking
>lots. The story focused on a about a half dozen people using their
>cars and the parking lots as their home.
>
>Now all the homeless without vehicles have set up camps in the
>outskirts of the parking lots and on the islands between the parking
>aisles. Now the Walmart looks even more like Hell. It was always
>Hell inside, but now outside, too.
>
>-sw

I thought it was corporate policy to not allow camping. There was an
article in our paper several years ago that said they were no longer
going to allow it.
Janet US

On 7/8/2016 12:58 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Here's the article that came out last month. It's one of the better
> written articles I've read recently.
>
> http://kut.org/post/meet-austins-real-people-walmart
>
>
> -sw
>
Gotta love this sentence: "And being next to a Walmart helps with little
and big things, like Wi-Fi."

If I ever wind up living in a parking lot I sure hope I have my [Wi-Fi]
priorities straight.

Jill