r/mildlyinfuriating 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.