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Costco - a snapshot of American Life?
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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 182621" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>I'd say your scenario is probably more accurate than the Costco commercial. While I have seen many couples shopping together, they are rarely smiling all that much. Costco and other giant discounters are not made to be fun family projects -- they are work. However, there are many other scenes as well. The couple who snarl at each other while trying to find the feta. The old man trying to get the "essentials" for his wife with Alzheimers (including the right size Depends). I've seen these and many other scenes at my Costco and Sam's Club. I learned a long time ago that as dismal as my situation may seem at that time, if I look, I will see someone who makes me grateful for what I have.</p><p> </p><p>I don't have a mate who will call me stupid in public because I can't find the food the store is out of. I can push my own cart and lift my own packages rather than hope someone will be kind enough to help me because I have no use of my legs or so obese that I can't lift 30 lbs. My child may run down the aisles like a wild child but she can run, she is intelligent enough to know it is not the proper behavior, she's not dying. I've seen these scenes in Costco as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 182621, member: 3626"] I'd say your scenario is probably more accurate than the Costco commercial. While I have seen many couples shopping together, they are rarely smiling all that much. Costco and other giant discounters are not made to be fun family projects -- they are work. However, there are many other scenes as well. The couple who snarl at each other while trying to find the feta. The old man trying to get the "essentials" for his wife with Alzheimers (including the right size Depends). I've seen these and many other scenes at my Costco and Sam's Club. I learned a long time ago that as dismal as my situation may seem at that time, if I look, I will see someone who makes me grateful for what I have. I don't have a mate who will call me stupid in public because I can't find the food the store is out of. I can push my own cart and lift my own packages rather than hope someone will be kind enough to help me because I have no use of my legs or so obese that I can't lift 30 lbs. My child may run down the aisles like a wild child but she can run, she is intelligent enough to know it is not the proper behavior, she's not dying. I've seen these scenes in Costco as well. [/QUOTE]
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