My buddy did this one time. Ended up stuffing a can of tuna into his pocket without thinking and then got arrested because they thought he robbed the convenience store and killed the clerk, but it was actually someone else just in a very similar car. Gotta be careful.
I hate it when I have to commit murder for my tuna.
Bro, it wasn’t him! They looked similar and even drove similar looking cars!
Sounds like their lawyer was dead on balls accurate.
I guess, took him five tries to pass the bar.
Robbed the convenience store and killed the clerk…over a can of tuna?
I’m not sure I could call myself a good police officer at that point. I’m not sure I’d think I was cut out for the job of even defining ‘criminals’ at that point.
It’s hard to tell if your chances of getting shot by the cops is part of the internet being an echo chamber or if it really is a thing we live with. Regardless, I avoid the interaction with law enforcement and bring the dog in if they happen to be combing the area. An American Bull Terrier on my street named Queenie actually got shot and survived.
They should have like regret baskets midway through the store.
“Yes, could you please point me toward the baskets of shame?”
sigh “You again? Picard, you come here every week. When will you out ever learn? Here, let me help you with that. Right this way,”
I will go where one has gone…many times before.
Which is why you see empty carts at Home Depot in aisles. It isn’t an accident.
If they had a dom on staff to slut shame us a bit when we get the regret basket, that would be amazing! 🤤
Whatever floats your boat!
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Me dropping a $3 bottle of kombucha in the parking lot after cleverly avoiding the bag tax.
You can go through self checkout and lie at the “How many bags did you use” lol
You wouldn’t download a bag.
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The grocery stores in my country make you scan a barcode on the bag every time. “Luckily” they pay their staff minimum wage and treat them like crap, so you can usually start bagging your stuff and most of the time nobody cares (not that I’d know from experience or anything)
At my grocery store it asks you, “How many bags would you like to purchase?”
It’s now either 15p or some stores only do canvas style 45p bags now. Get ready America. I wish we just had the paper bags back.
Oooor you can just bring bag with you into shop.
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Me going into costco: I just need a rotisserie chicken for dinner.
Ten minutes later: I guess I do need a 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise.
This got me. 😆
Everyone needs mayo.
To dip the rotisserie chicken in. Obvs.
Protip: Just take a box from a shelf. They give them away anyway.
But the better tip is to always take a cart at Costco. And never expect to spend less than $100.
Unless I know I need a lot of stuff from Costco, I never grab a cart. It forces me to make significantly fewer impulse purchases.
Reasonable strategy.
Mine is to carefully consider the need for “extras”. But because prices are better and returns are easy I lean more towards purchasing than not. I am less inclined to purchase at other stores where prices are higher and returns nor complicated.
I’ve bought too many useless things that I never got around to returning to rely on my willingness to make a second trip for returns, haha!
I buy most of my groceries and gas there so I’m there at least weekly so returns are easy for me…when I remember to bring them with me.
imma just grab a chicken
What’s special about Costco? Speaking as someone who’s never been.
As it pertains to this post, they specialize in selling in bulk.
Aah, that’s the context I wanted. Thank you!
They’ve recently tried establishing here in Sweden. Not quite sure where they set up shop but it’s nowhere near where I live, so I’ve not been. Don’t think it’s going great for them. I don’t think bulk groceries is a filled niche here, but I’m also not sure how big that niche even is. As far as I know most people buy groceries for the day, or every couple of days. My roomie and I order in groceries once a week. I think that’s fairly standard.
Might be massive savings in buying in bulk, but then there’s the matter of storing it all too.
Depends on the items. Things that you don’t typically buy on a weekly basis is the draw, then while You’re there you may as well get your stuff for the week.
We don’t typically go to Costco every week, for us it’s a once a month type trip. Things like dog food, toilet paper, paper towels, meat that you can freeze for later (typically the best quality meat around here), cheese, treats, etc.
Most things that are expensive elsewhere are cheaper there and in a larger size.
A lot of Americans don’t realize how small European refrigerators are. And, that storage space, in general, is more limited.
Then what do you do with the random crap you own?
was about to say, the reason bulk sellers don’t really work here is because a lot of people just shop every other day or so, if not straight up every single day.
weekly grocery shopping just sounds absurd to me, so much more effort than just popping by on the way home from work or just living close enough that you can bike there in 5 minutes.
I can do that I just find shopping annoying. Would rather just know it’s a choir I have to do once a week. There is a store I walk to if I run short of something.
i mean yeah it’s annoying because you’re buying a week’s worth of stuff… when you’re shopping daily you’re buying like 3 things at once and it takes all of 10 minutes.
Yeah, we don’t really have that whole popping by thing here in freedom land. You’re going to the store in your car, might as well fill up the trunk and just go once a week or so.
It’s okay for some things. Like I bake and it’s nice just getting a big sack of flour. If it’s something you are going to use a little of every day and doesn’t spoil go to Costco, but unless I am hosting a party or something the local supermarket is fine.
Yea you don’t need to have a family of 10 to make use of Costco. You and your roomies can definitely save some money by pooling and getting some stuff together at Costco. You just learn what you can actually use and what doesn’t make sense for your household and buy the stuff you need less of somewhere else. I highly recommend it; learning to shop at Costco has helped me and my partner eat better, cook more, and spend less money.
I don’t think we could as the nearest Costco is 2 hours and 40 minutes away. The reviews aren’t great either, seems they mostly sell expired stuff.
oh, a straight answer, those are rare
Bulk shopping, and the place is like a giant warehouse. I once made the mistake of picking up a few heavy things and hauling them around the store with me until I could check out. It was painful.
Just imagine a Walmart that you are not hoping no one sees you in.
We don’t have Walmart.
Ok whatever store your country has that everyone shops there but no one wants to admit it. Or you know just use theory of mind and visualize the concept.
There’s no such thing here, to my knowledge. Why would you be ashamed of shopping at a certain store?
They sell items in larger quantities, like 24 eggs vs 12, or 3 lbs of cheese vs .5 or 1, or 7 lbs of sour cream vs 1, 2-3 lbs of chips vs 10 ounces (if my goofy American units mean anything to you). They also have good prices on other items like kitchen goods, jewelry, electronics, auto services, alcohol and clothing. One thing that distinguishes them is that their house brand, Kirkland Select, is very good for most items. While they tend to only carry 1-2 brand names for most items, they’re very well chosen in my experience.
(if my goofy American units mean anything to you)
I got the idea after reading “24 eggs”. That strongly implies family size.
I do this on purpose to prevent myself from buying to much. I KNOW I’ll get more than I came for, lack of basket or cart puts an upper limit on how much
I explained this to me children and how carts are for the weak. My then 8 year old announced loudly when she was shopping with mommy right by the carts “mommy don’t take a cart, those are for the weak”.
Wife wasn’t too thrilled about it and was even less thrilled when I laughed.
Me: I don’t need a cart
10 minutes later, dragging a basket full to the brim with my arm hanging out of its socket
I come in. Need 3 things. Grab 2. Get a call to get 2 more things. Remember i need one more. Then stand in line with a tower in my hands.
I’ve done this at Costco myself a number of times.
“Ah, I just need a bag of coffee and a thing of multivitamins. … Oh, we could use some smoked salmon. And, another bottle of Malbec. Maybe some frozen waffles… Ooh, they’re selling Amish-built sheds!”
And, then, I’m either manhandling half the store to the register, or I’m putting the stuff aside somewhere—looking a bit like one of those careless people who can’t be bothered to put stuff back—and making the walk of shame to get a cart.
Yea this happened to me at Costco when I forwent the cart and ended up deciding my dog needed a new bed. And then I decided I was to proud to grab one on the way out. I am such an idiot most of the time.
Idk who that man is beyond I’ve never seen him expressing any emotion other than social anxiety he’s like the socially awkward version of the Terminator
Costco doesn’t even have baskets, at least the one I go to. So it’s either carry by hand or a cart. So I carry by hand, which keeps me from overspending every trip because I can only carry like 4 or 5 things. I buy for myself only anyway so it’s usually enough for the week.
Costco doesn’t have hand baskets anywhere. The word basket in the image refers to the cart.
Not using a basket keeps me from buying a bunch of extra shit I probably don’t need.
Just wait until he discovers the store no longer provides bags….
No, they’ll still provide bags. But it’s the woven cloth ones that cost $1 per bag. I have about 57 of them at home.
Tote life!
so you’re pretty close to being able shop there and provide all the bags you’ll need without needing to buy any more.
This is how it usually goes:
I have 57 bags at home
I have 0 I remembered to bring
I now have 58 bags
Or alternatively, if you just get charged a bag tax, you can go through self checkout and lie about the bags you used lol
You can grab a cardboard box at checkout.
For free. I have yet to encounter a retail store that won’t sell you a bag of some kind.
