We’re told that Costco’s management, irked that so many non-members are throwing money at them, henceforth will demand two forms of picture ID at checkout. Isn’t that swell?
Y’know….
IMHO, having to haul around a special card to shop at Costco is already quite enough extra hassle. I don’t carry a purse (to easy to steal, in these parts), so I have to schlep the Costco card in the car, then put it in a pocket and haul it out in the store, whenever it’s demanded: at the entry, and at checkout.
This is OK. But…having to juggle ANOTHER card is not OK. I hide my driver’s license in the car — given that I do avoid carrying a purse and given that women’s clothing tends to have no or inadequate pockets. Having to dig out the driver’s license, find a pocket or something to carry that into the store, flash it at checkout, drag it back out to the car, and put it away in the car again…?? That, dear Costco, just ain’t gonna make it.
Truth to tell, I’ve been shopping less and less at Costco. I do like to buy certain clothing items there — their jeans are great, for example, and they do carry cute casual shirts. But most of the stuff I need can be had more conveniently from venues closer to home. Since they closed the Costco that was relatively near my house, getting to one of the stores has become a schlep.
And I do have to ask myself if saving a few bucks here and a few bucks there is worth that schlep.
Lately I’ve been buying A LOT more goods at Sprout’s, AJ’s,. Fry’s, Safeway, and Albertson’s. I really don’t like to shop at the Albertson’s on the fringe of our neighborhood, because I feel unsafe in the parking lot. But…what the other stores don’t carry, that Albertson’s will have. And risking my life in their parking lot means I don’t have to drive halfway across the city through homicidal traffic to reach the nearest Costco.
LOL! Trade one risk of life for the other.
I’ll be sorry to lose Costco. But the casual clothes, I can get at any Target — and there’s one of those a heckuva lot closer than the nearest Costco. The big Fry’s supermarket on Shea Blvd carries similar loafing clothes, and their grocery and booze selections are as good as Costco’s, or better.
Sooo… Sorry, Costco. I’ll miss ye! But somehow I’ll live without you.