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The Costco shopping experience is atrocious. Huge lines, people running over you with giant carts, completely unmarked aisles and you have to run around trying to find an employee to ask where something is. And then there is the checkout gauntlet where a funnel of grumpy people has receipts checked by just one or two checkers.

The low prices and in some cases availability of certain products is the only reason I go.



I've never seen marked aisles aside from the number. I always assumed it's because Costco wants you to visit every aisle.


Agree. They also move items around. So you can’t just zoom to the one item you need, you have to go hunt.


This is the source of one of my favorite jokes from The Simpsons:

MONSTROMART

"Where shopping is a baffling ordeal"


I’m certain its so you spend time wandering around and buy more stuff.


What city are you in? That is absolutely nothing at all like anything I’ve ever experienced in any of the Costco’s I’ve ever been to! That sounds terrible! Honestly you should send them an email a lot this, especially getting run over by carts.


Had the same experience in Chicago and San Diego. The Chicago one was bad enough that I didn't come back to a Costco for about two years.




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