The other week I was at Costco with my brother, his wife and son. Whenever I go to Costco I always end up spending half a day there. Their stores are massive, it's always full of people, they have loads of products to browse, and the trollies are hugh, making it very difficult to push around. All this makes it impossible to nip in and out of the store quickly.
The way Costco operates basically forces you to buy more than you need at a lower price than you would normally pay. My sister in law spent ages looking at some dishwasher tablets for her son who lives alone. They were sold in packs of two and I think each pack had over 100. The price for the double pack was a little more than a single pack price from the supermarket. There was a discussion amongst my brother's family about whether his son should get the double pack.
"They are very cheap per tablet, pretty much half price"
"But the diswasher is only used a couple times a week, it will take a good few years to go through them all"
"Dishwasher tablets stores forever, they won't go bad", someone said
"Storage might be an issue, there isn't much space in the flat" someone else said
I loitered around for a few moments, watching the should we, shouldn't we. Eventually I chipped in, because at this rate we'd walk into Costco in 2024 and come out in 2025.
"It's really good value, and you'll always need them, so that makes them inflation prove. They will only go up in price." I said.
I hoped that would steer them towards a decision. Nope, the discussion continued 😂
I decided to let them continue and wandered off to browse other stuff. The next aisle was spirits and liqueur. Nice!! Browsing bottles is more interesting than household cleaning products.
There's something very soothing about uniformity. Very comforting to see many of the same together. Living in the same box, stacked up high. Like an army of soldiers. They make you feel safe.
The ones in the front row always put on their best behaviour. They all make sure they're smiling nicely to passer bys. "Hello, I hope you're having a good day."
Occasionally there'll be an outliner. The one who stepped out of place or wandered off somewhere.
Some marketing guy at Netflix must have thought it would be a genius idea to do a cross over between Squid Game and Johnny Walker. If your risking you're life to win mega bucks, the last thing in your mind is a drink. Or maybe if you're killed off, you need to come find your own number and drink your sorrows.
I got to the end of the aisle and found my bottle. Yeah!
