why we ticked off ALL of costco's employees last night

we thought we had plenty of time to get from our place to the coop (merely to pick up milk and eggs) then to costco by 7:30 or 8pm. but then this happened:


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google maps says costco is 10.5 miles, or 17 minutes, from our house. our "scenic route" on the other hand was 26.3 miles, or about 1 hour, 8 minutes. amazing.

so we tried to order glasses at 8:29pm. they close at 8:30. you can imagine how pleased they were with us. especially since i was frantically waddling around the village-sized warehouse trying to collect everything on our list. yes, in one minute. it was 8:45 by the time they herded us through the checkout stand, at which point my husband announced that he still needed to use their restroom, then fill up at their gas station. they were overjoyed.

dz says he likes costco because they cut out a lot of the crap that other stores employ. my response: oh, like friendly customer service? and signs that tell you what is down each aisle so you don't have to form bunyons while hunting down the toothbrushes (which, by the way, are on the opposite side of the store from the electric toothbrush replacement heads).