C Note(s)

I was a Costco Member long before I was a Costco Employee. And definitely longer than working in the warehouse. One constant that's been there longer than my tenure is the "sample staff" (Club Distribution Services) Please don't interpret the following as throwing shade but rather a recognition of a necessary evil. Every day the warehouse opens they set up in various sections of the store to issue samples of various products, but most of the time it's food. It's a proven, battle-tested method, too. An unknown, perhaps underperforming product becomes the darling of sales for the day. Don't believe me? (Read this fascinating blog entry I read prior to posting: The Psychology Behind Costco's Free Samples ) Like sirens, they easily lure members, and their children, over to their stainless steel island with a foody call . The crowd congregates around the hair net wearing person anxiously awaiting to be fed. On the weekends, this is problematic due...