Costco Kung Fu
How to get in and out of Costco, inside of 30 minutes, even on a busy Sunday:
- Know exactly what you need.
Don’t browse. Don’t wander down every aisle. Determine what you specifically need, plot out the shortest path in your head, and go. Granted, finding the shortest path is NP-complete, but you should be able to handle it.
- Avoid getting a cart.
Unlikely if you are tiny or planning on a big-ass boatload of stuff, but if you’re getting a big-ass boatload of stuff, you’re screwed anyway. By ditching a cart you can manuver around the others in the store, who apparently never learned the lesson of how to play nicely with others.
- Get in the line with the lowest cart density.
Most people just get in the shortest line. Fools. Five people buying 30 things is going to take a heck of a lot longer than 8 people with 10 things. See those people with fridges and grills on flatbeds? They’re your friends. They take up a lot of room in the line, making it look longer, but come check out time it’s a simple scan & pay.
