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Renegret posted:Very much this. Even if it's not moving fast enough they'll pull it off the shelf after a while (2 hours I think?) and replace it with new ones. skipdogg posted:They do this at my Costco as well. There's no scanning gun at the self checkout, so I have to wait for someone to come scan the heavy stuff like cat litter and water softener salt. I asked the employee why they did it that way, and they said Costco wants that employee interaction at the self checkout. I think it's more that they don't want the self checkout to take away the job of a cashier. And I'm pretty sure they don't try to sell membership upgrades at the self checkout. I agree with you though, they should have hand scanners at each self checkout register like they do at Home Depot. But I guess having an employee come over to scan your heavy stuff for you is another way to cut down on theft.
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Been using a digital meat thermometer the past year or so to get my chicken around 170-180 and its perfecto.
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fizzymercury posted:I like my chicken overcooked so I reheat my Costco chickens until they're crispy outside and cotton-dry in the middle. The salt gets reduced into the meat so much it's almost like jerky. Judging by this thread there's more shoe leather enthusiasts like me.  ...do you use, like, a sauce when you're eating the husk?
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I feel like an under cooked chicken is a easy fix if you just jab a meat thermometer in there to make sure the chicken is actually cooked. Throw it in the oven for like 5 mins or something. But i understand the issue that if you go to a store to buy a cooked chicken and the chicken isnt cooked throughly then whats the point in buying undercooked chickens?!
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Bloodplay it again posted:Yes and I hate it. It really sucks to try and shop, especially in the snack section, because the aisles are already only 4' wide or so and I get sick of navigating around wide-eyed "oh fruit by the foot I wonder what this exotic delicacy tastes like" crowds. The best thing about the pandemic was the removal of the sample stations. Nah it's cool - I don't expect everyone to agree with me, just most people  but I actually do agree that the onion dispenser > all. Idk what it is about those particular onions, but they just work for Costco hot dogs
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Oh I interpreted the post as 'I dislike samples so much, I would be willing to give up the onion dispenser to get rid of them' which truly would be a heretical statement. If the post was 'I would trade getting the onion dispenser back for removing samples' then that's an orthodox belief, IMO.
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Bloodplay it again posted:Yes and I hate it. It really sucks to try and shop, especially in the snack section, because the aisles are already only 4' wide or so and I get sick of navigating around wide-eyed "oh fruit by the foot I wonder what this exotic delicacy tastes like" crowds. The best thing about the pandemic was the removal of the sample stations. I have always really disliked the samples as well. Once in a rare while it's something I'd be interested in trying, but then there is a big line for them anyway. I usually want to go on non sample days because it annoys the hell out of me, but then my wife complains that ruins the fun.
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*screen fades in to pieces of papyrus floating in a dark puddle, only the slight light of the moon as illumination* Fizzy: I just got hungry and I have no idea why
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fizzymercury posted:Bitchin' sauce, yes. Honestly given the thread this makes so much sense and I should have known.
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low key sex master posted:Is Costco doing samples again yet? When I was younger and lived literally next door to the world's largest costco my saturday breakfast was always costco samples and I miss them dearly Not here. I really feel bad for the people who can't give out samples. They just stand there with food in a display case. Like.... I can look on the box and see the same thing.
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I bought some of these things and they're pretty good imo. Added some chicken and veggies to the tikka masala and then there wasn't really enough sauce and it was too thick so threw some coconut milk in it and turned out great. Vindaloo I just threw some sauteed tofu in it and it was also good. Here's the vindaloo and tofu (and homemade saag paneer and naan) 
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Not here. Yeah it sucks but at the same time it is cool that costco doesn’t lay them off. So it may be a bit of a sucky boring time for them now but they have their jobs and it probably means that costco figures the samples will be back at some point.
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Yeah I appreciate that they kept them on. It's just kinda sad looking. 
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I know it isn't popular but I often won't commit to a new, costco-sized purchase of a thing unless I can sample it, first. I've bought lots of things I wouldn't have otherwise, because I was seduced by a sample. THAT BEING SAID, my 'Co isn't super busy like ones I've been to in other states. You might have a line 3-deep for samples, at worst. My opinion would change if my local Costco was Henderson, Nevada. I've never been in a madhouse like that, before.
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The samples were always the number one reason why I never shopped at costco on weekends, combined with just more people going on weekends in general. Having multiple families blocking all the aisles used to be pretty annoying when I just want to grab my stuff and get out on the one errand/grocery day I get out of the week. Gonna make me even more uncomfortable during covid with crowds pulling off their masks to try a single tortilla chip with the newest salsa. Although there have been many times where samples enticed me to buy something new. Now I just rely on word of mouth. Like thanks to this thread I've been eating a lot of orange chicken for my lunches, and I really enjoy the morimoto ramen.
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gently caress samples. They allow the worst people at Costco to affect everyone else in an asymmetric way. You ever hear some old white dude immediately just start yelling "SHES STEALING MY CART, SHES STEALING MY CART"? I have, because my wife dared to move his cart he just left in the middle of the goddamn aisle, sideways, for a sample 10 feet away. Costco rules, their customers in my very white, old area are poo poo from a butt.
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KakerMix posted:gently caress samples. If someone did this to me I was start a fight right there. I have 0 patience for people who block isles.
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I'd probably actually "steal" it, run and cackle as I leave it in the next aisle. See if I can get him to pull a gun, or something.
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I had a woman wander off with my cart once. I had to find her two aisles over to trade carts back. We had wildly different things in our carts so I assume she was suffering situational blindness at the time. She left her baby bag in the thing. When I returned it she was actively rude about it until I slowly explained the situation while gesturing wildly at her stuff. Then she was grateful and hugged me to thank me and I'm still unhappy about it.
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I'll never forget the small well dressed older asian man who would hoover up whole trays of costco samples. I watched him clear out a tray of meatballs and then reach around back of the display and grab one out of the pan on the hotplate. He was grinning the whole time.
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AKZ posted:I'll never forget the small well dressed older asian man who would hoover up whole trays of costco samples. I watched him clear out a tray of meatballs and then reach around back of the display and grab one out of the pan on the hotplate. He was grinning the whole time.
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Those meatballs are for everyone
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That man should have been arrested and sentenced to a year in a Sams Club
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KakerMix posted:gently caress samples. I've never had a negative experience with samples, the hate always confuses me. I get a snack and it's all good. Maybe my area is more respectful about their carts. That being said, I'm moving Costco's in a month so may be singing a different tune when they return.
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TraderStav posted:I've never had a negative experience with samples, the hate always confuses me. I get a snack and it's all good. Maybe my area is more respectful about their carts. 
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gently caress samples. WHERES THE FUKIN ONION DISPENSER YOU BITCHES
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They call me 2 snacks cuz i take 2 snacks
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TraderStav posted:I've never had a negative experience with samples, the hate always confuses me. I get a snack and it's all good. Maybe my area is more respectful about their carts. I've never had a negative experience with samples, only with the people crowding the sample areas and causing log jams. I just want to get by and grab my box of CTC and there are 30 people standing around trying an Oreo like it is the first time they've ever heard of a cookie.
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El Jebus posted:I've never had a negative experience with samples, only with the people crowding the sample areas and causing log jams. I just want to get by and grab my box of CTC and there are 30 people standing around trying an Oreo like it is the first time they've ever heard of a cookie. Yeah, still haven't had that happen. I can see how that would suck if it occurred frequently.
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TraderStav posted:Yeah, still haven't had that happen. I can see how that would suck if it occurred frequently. I've only had it happen down here in the socal desert where 4/5ths of the shoppers are over 70 on some days (the Rancho Mirage location was also #1 in booze sales for a few years, don't know if that is still true though). Groups of old people also gather in the middle of the main arteries and just push all their carts together like garbage island and just have a chat for 20 minutes while people try to squeeze by.
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I'll take samples over onions any day of the week.  I don't like raw onions but honestly it is cool if you do.
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My niece just had her first hot dog ever and it was a Costco dog. The rest of her life is downhill
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jisforjosh posted:My niece just had her first hot dog ever and it was a Costco dog. There is a glimmer of hope in her life, the onion dispenser is out there
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Ror posted:There is a glimmer of hope in her life, the onion dispenser is out there I believe
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pnumoman posted:I believe
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pnumoman posted:I believe
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pnumoman posted:I believe
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i bought a $70 packer brisket and $30 of short ribs last time i went to costco. i just felt i should announce this
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