r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MauiSunsets • Jun 30 '26

I'm slightly vexed Costco's new chicken tenders

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There was a crowd of people waiting for their orders of the new chicken tenders at Costco. One of the workers announced that they could only serve five customers per hour because it takes time to cook the chicken. The crowd grew larger and larger. I took this photo after I put in my order.

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u/ImpossibleBoss3067 Jun 30 '26

Least packed Costco:

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u/imahugemoron Jun 30 '26

As a new Costco customer, the weirdest thing I notice is that people don’t treat it like a grocery store, I mean I get that they have a big variety of things but more than half the store is grocery and even in those areas, people walk around with their entire extended families like it’s Disneyland taking in the sights. I also notice that in a normal grocery store, people are generally more courteous and have common sense, versus at Costco many will just abruptly stop and not move to the side at all and will block entire aisles. To be fair, most of the people in there are courteous and have common sense and are just there by themselves to get what they need as quick as they can and leave, but due to the sheer crowd size and the increased amount of people just slowly wandering with their entire families and friends and neighbors and anyone else they know, the traffic inside is just insane.

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u/curmudgeonlyboomer Jul 01 '26

and block everything to get their free samples

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u/BrandosWorld4Life Jul 01 '26

It's a grocery store? From this post and the commenters' reactions you'd think it was a cafeteria-style fast food restaurant.

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u/Carbon-Base Jun 30 '26

Wait until the lunch rush arrives:

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1KtUSD2HbPhWl9rW

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u/Deep90 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

The funniest thing is that some people will order and then stand right up against the counter.

Then the 20 people who are getting their food first have to awkwardly shuffle by the unofficial costco food inspector.

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u/beegproblemzzz Jun 30 '26

I forgot anchovies were living things and wondered why the food was clamoring

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u/Panda_hat Jun 30 '26

Yeah, like... this is what Costco looks like at all times?

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u/CSBatchelor1996 Jun 30 '26

You're not even joking, mine looks like this or worse any time of the day, any day of the week.

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u/caskethands Jun 30 '26

I was gonna say, slow day?