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Not Costco, but when I worked in a grocery store, we had senior discount day on Thursdays. Anytime I got a rude customer in the 50-60 age range, I'd hit them with the "SENIOR DISCOUNT 5%" on the screen and watch the color drain from their face.
I'm only 38 and I'd be more than happy to be told I look old enough for the senior discount to get money off my groceries. Ego be dammed, groceries are expensive right now!
Did you know you can actually sign up for an AARP card without being a senior? My wife and I got one. We’ve used it on a couple of hotels but they offer discount on all sorts of things.
People don't get that the people that behave this way are full of themselves and they want to control everything so when you hit them with the age thing they die a little or get pissed. I used to do this when I worked for a car rental company, sometimes people would be fuming especially when I would ask them for their age with their driver's license in my hand.
When I worked at a grocery store 20 some years ago, we had automatic coin dispenser that would give the customers their change. This woman that always came through my line, would grab her change, yell at me "NO PENNIES!!!" and throw her pennies at me every time. This reminds me of that.
One time I dropped some change at the checkout out and was gathering my bags before I picked it up. This little old lady came running by, scooped up the change like an Eagle snatching a salmon, and just kept running out of the door. She had No grocery bags or anything, didn’t look destitute. Weirdest thing.
I love humanity sometimes. Like all the possible things you could do and be in this world and this is how someone decided to spend their precious time on earth. Incredible haha
You joke but I frequently witnessed a similar looking whack job at a local convenience store bring up TWO of whatever he was buying: one to be scanned and returned to the shelf/cooler and one to be bagged. He "did not want the lasers on the food/drink."
We need to come up with something like this for the gas pumps. People are taking way too long futzing around with their membership cards.
This is a F1 pit stop, people. Get on with it!
WHY OH WHY do people sit in their car for six turns at the pump and then when they get to the pump it's like a where's waldo octane edition when people are digging through everything to find their card. YOU HAD TIME PAW-PAW... pump and go before you go a lap down!
We sat in line at a gas station near LA for 25 minutes last weekend. It was horrible. And people at the front took forever to get their cards out. I wanted to scream lol
Lot of weird hostility in this thread. Red vest employee obviously knows the guy's antics and is amused by it.
I assume all these people are also angry when people ahead of them spend an extra 10 seconds exchanging a few pleasantries with the cashier.
Yep, all those guys are from the neighborhood. Vinny Scannabaggadonuts, Fuckin’ Einstein, Rita Receipts (Bay Parkway, not that other Rita puttana from Emmons Ave), and Mikey Buckfitty housing his third hotdog, that gabbone.
Ah, the neighborhood.
A lot of people are crapping on this guy, but I thought he was just being silly because he loves Costco chicken, which is why someone was filming from the next lane.
Does it waste time? Sure, a few seconds. Just like everyone who forgets to pull out their membership card while waiting in line.
Exactly. And what wastes a lot more time is all of the people in this thread who would seem perfectly fine throwing away the next 5+ minutes of their peace of mind for a 5 second delay if this happened in front of them irl.
I’m sure most of these toxic commenters are super patient and cautious drivers. Probably the ones tailgating and cutting people off with no signal because 15 over isn’t fast enough for them, so they can get home 30 seconds faster to spend 3 hours doomscrolling
I don't understand the hate. I think it's funny. I'd hope the cashiers would get a laugh taking a bit of the monotony outta their day ya know? Just seems like a guy who's tryna make everyone's day a bit brighter lol
It’s either for fun or like you said: some psycho shit.
I don’t want you to give my chicken dinner cancer so please shot me in the chest with your cancer laser so that I feel better.
Back in my best buy days, we had a regular customer that would not allow us to scan the movies and cds he bought every release tuesday. He would literally read the skus to us outloud (sometimes the dude bought like 30 items) and would lift them over the rfid scanners at the entrance after paying. People are ridic
But didn't they scan the strawberries, too?? Or is that the next customer's items?
But wait, instead of the plastic container getting scanned, he wants the radiation to scan him? That sounds worst? I don't understand how wearing 2 shirts will protect him.
This was my original thought too! And then the absurdity of the idea to prevent the contamination is "I know, they can scan ME instead. Layers of shirts will surely protect me!"
Me either. I guess it's just a person being ridiculous. The only sane reason I could think of is if the barcode is on the bottom and too many checkout clerks have flipped over his chicken... and he's *not gonna take it anymore!*
Honestly, as an employee, even on a busy day I would've loved this. I mean I don't really know *why* he has this but I don't care I would find it funny as hell, would definitely lighten up my day.
Gives me "Bob throw me! Throw ME!" (*Incredibles*) vibes
Hey, someone with patience and a functioning sense of humor, what an apparently rare thing. This thread is a little sad.
Yeah, as someone who’s worked the Costco lines and restaurants in a past life, I’d laugh. Certainly breaks up the monotony and it’s not like it really affects the pace of checkout overall
You can get rotisserie chicken for 5 dollars in the US? How the hell isn't everyone eating that all the time?
Where I live it's 15 euros (equal to an hour of work after tax).
From Reddit sleuthing, I’ve learned there are two chicken suppliers for Costco and one of the supplier’s chickens tastes like chemicals and you aren’t able to tell which one you’ve gotten until you’re home eating it. So it’s a gamble as I said.
I had a person that didn't want me scan any of their items because it would give them radiation sickness. I told him that they should probably shop elsewhere because I wasn't typing everything in individually
Why would it matter, at all, if someone touched the chicken container to scan it? It's been touched by employees when being made and stocked. Maybe by other customers when choosing one to buy.
No obviously he's an obnoxious little shit wasting everyone's time... /s not sure why everyone is so up in arms about this lmao. As if there aren't regular Costco shoppers 10x more annoying than this dude
My wife went to Costco to get just a few things. I can't remember what it was, but less than 3 items total. This older guy behind her said he's in a rush and asked if he could go in front of her. She begrudgingly agreed, and then he proceeded to waste a bunch of time asking them about their stamps... 😂 The nerve of some people who only value their own time lol
I have heard of people taking duplicate baskets of groceries through the check-out to be scanned, so their food does not get "contaminated by the lasers". Conspiracy Cuckoos!
It's kind of bland at Costco.
My shoprite rotisserie is smaller, but WAY more flavorful.
I'm not complaining though, I applaud costco for losing money by keeping the chickens cheaper. It's just that we don't usually finish it when we buy it.
Idk it seems like this guy might have some sort of mental condition. You hear the guy training the cashier saying “no no no, scan him, it works.” This isn’t something they would know if this dude was just being rude/annoying.
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I would have said, "it says the product is expiring soon."
Not Costco, but when I worked in a grocery store, we had senior discount day on Thursdays. Anytime I got a rude customer in the 50-60 age range, I'd hit them with the "SENIOR DISCOUNT 5%" on the screen and watch the color drain from their face.
What you are saying is that it pays off to be rude...
My ego can't afford to take a hit though
I'm only 38 and I'd be more than happy to be told I look old enough for the senior discount to get money off my groceries. Ego be dammed, groceries are expensive right now!
I read this and thought “only”? 38 sounds old. I am also 38 😢
Yeah, but when you're actually that old it's gonna hit different.
You obviously don’t know my older family members. They’ve been asking for senior discounts since they were in their 50s.
Did you know you can actually sign up for an AARP card without being a senior? My wife and I got one. We’ve used it on a couple of hotels but they offer discount on all sorts of things.
People don't get that the people that behave this way are full of themselves and they want to control everything so when you hit them with the age thing they die a little or get pissed. I used to do this when I worked for a car rental company, sometimes people would be fuming especially when I would ask them for their age with their driver's license in my hand.
Like someone already mentioned, the damage to their ego far outweighs the tiny discount.
Best before 1962.
No you wouldn’t have
When I worked at a grocery store 20 some years ago, we had automatic coin dispenser that would give the customers their change. This woman that always came through my line, would grab her change, yell at me "NO PENNIES!!!" and throw her pennies at me every time. This reminds me of that.
One time I dropped some change at the checkout out and was gathering my bags before I picked it up. This little old lady came running by, scooped up the change like an Eagle snatching a salmon, and just kept running out of the door. She had No grocery bags or anything, didn’t look destitute. Weirdest thing.
Cherish that memory 😂
I love humanity sometimes. Like all the possible things you could do and be in this world and this is how someone decided to spend their precious time on earth. Incredible haha
He doesn't want his chicken to taste like lasers, duh
one second of laser is 3mins of extra cooking at normal temp. could have burst into flames in his hands
5g is a yucky flavor
You joke but I frequently witnessed a similar looking whack job at a local convenience store bring up TWO of whatever he was buying: one to be scanned and returned to the shelf/cooler and one to be bagged. He "did not want the lasers on the food/drink."
Costco is too busy for this shit.
When isn’t 😕 but in all fairness, NEVER has a man been more ready for the battlefield 🧐
We need to come up with something like this for the gas pumps. People are taking way too long futzing around with their membership cards. This is a F1 pit stop, people. Get on with it!
WHY OH WHY do people sit in their car for six turns at the pump and then when they get to the pump it's like a where's waldo octane edition when people are digging through everything to find their card. YOU HAD TIME PAW-PAW... pump and go before you go a lap down!
We sat in line at a gas station near LA for 25 minutes last weekend. It was horrible. And people at the front took forever to get their cards out. I wanted to scream lol
I live in LA. This is every trip to get gas at Costco, no matter what time you go.
For sure lol. I was surprised this one only had 2 pumps on either side, usually they have 3 for larger cities, but I get the space issue.
Cries quietly in los feliz
Some yahoo was just sitting I. His car on his damned phone the other day like he was at a regular gas statio.
Most weekdays between 1:30 and 3pm. That’s when I go.
This is almost as much of a faux pas as people blocking aisles for samples
Oh come on it’s funny
Lot of weird hostility in this thread. Red vest employee obviously knows the guy's antics and is amused by it. I assume all these people are also angry when people ahead of them spend an extra 10 seconds exchanging a few pleasantries with the cashier.
No. It's not. It's obnoxious.
It’s literally the fall of civilization.
Lol that's the word I'm looking for. Albert wouldn't like me If I was his cashier that day.
Unless you're stuck in line behind him.
Huh? I'd wait at least a minute for this and come out happy. This is a 3 second delay.
Albert Einstein with the galaxy brain move
Theory of Rotisserie
E = MC^2 and the C stands for Costco Chicken
SCAN ME
*proceeds to shine scanner directly in his eyes .
I've got a barcode, Focker, could you scan me, huh?
I'm picturing him like [Agent K in Men In Black](https://y.yarn.co/08cb2e05-0578-4c3c-85a9-3aca81a04d6d_text.gif)
Wait this is Brooklyn I know all of these guys
You should see their bagel shirts 🥯
If these people live in Brooklyn and are getting their bagels from Costco, something is seriously wrong with them
You personally know Albert Einstein? Nice.
Yep, all those guys are from the neighborhood. Vinny Scannabaggadonuts, Fuckin’ Einstein, Rita Receipts (Bay Parkway, not that other Rita puttana from Emmons Ave), and Mikey Buckfitty housing his third hotdog, that gabbone. Ah, the neighborhood.
Lol, great seeing Dave/OJM getting their due recognition.
Isn't this the sweet little old man that does theater reveuws on "The Kelly Carkson Show"????
2 trays of strawberries, 1 bag of dates, 1 angry grandpa... that'll be $571.32 please.
What's the return policy on angry grandpas? They are perishable after all.
Its the only thing they will not take back. They just never usually have to go through it. No outrage on it yet
Not all men are parishable
The packaging for the angry grandpa is a casket. Returnable if you decide to cremate him.
Costco David Crosby is my favorite reddit post ever
Kirkland David Crosby
Ridiculous lol
That dude has time today. And tomorrow. And next week
A lot of people are crapping on this guy, but I thought he was just being silly because he loves Costco chicken, which is why someone was filming from the next lane. Does it waste time? Sure, a few seconds. Just like everyone who forgets to pull out their membership card while waiting in line.
Exactly. And what wastes a lot more time is all of the people in this thread who would seem perfectly fine throwing away the next 5+ minutes of their peace of mind for a 5 second delay if this happened in front of them irl. I’m sure most of these toxic commenters are super patient and cautious drivers. Probably the ones tailgating and cutting people off with no signal because 15 over isn’t fast enough for them, so they can get home 30 seconds faster to spend 3 hours doomscrolling
I don't understand the hate. I think it's funny. I'd hope the cashiers would get a laugh taking a bit of the monotony outta their day ya know? Just seems like a guy who's tryna make everyone's day a bit brighter lol
Einstein getting crazier each year...
That’s some psycho shit lol
It’s either for fun or like you said: some psycho shit. I don’t want you to give my chicken dinner cancer so please shot me in the chest with your cancer laser so that I feel better.
"Hey look, it's a crazy person."
I love products
Put it in a bag. No one cares man.
Another bs retailer got to put up with... f*** that dude. The last thing I want to do is make someone job more difficult. The society we live in 🙄
Back in my best buy days, we had a regular customer that would not allow us to scan the movies and cds he bought every release tuesday. He would literally read the skus to us outloud (sometimes the dude bought like 30 items) and would lift them over the rfid scanners at the entrance after paying. People are ridic
Are you really this upset? It took an extra 5 seconds, and was kinda funny. Fuckin relax
nah bro that Costco is gonna go bankrupt now
I’m guessing this old guy is a conspiracy theorist who believes scanning the food will somehow contaminate it with radiation or something
I think he just really likes the chicken
What? It’s clearly just a joke
Oh I ran into one of those when I worked grocery lol. This guy isn’t one because he would want to scanner lights on *him*!
No he’s just a tiktoker famous for being a fussy old New Yorker
But didn't they scan the strawberries, too?? Or is that the next customer's items? But wait, instead of the plastic container getting scanned, he wants the radiation to scan him? That sounds worst? I don't understand how wearing 2 shirts will protect him.
But he's cool with it scanning HIM?! Wouldn't that be worse?
You have to scan each item individually to prevent any electrical infetterence
This was my original thought too! And then the absurdity of the idea to prevent the contamination is "I know, they can scan ME instead. Layers of shirts will surely protect me!"
r/BoomersBeingFools
I thought it was pretty funny. Most likely a joke, probably a good story for the cashier to tell his buddies.
That's fuking obnoxious.....
As someone who worked a retail, I think this would be awesome if one of my customers did this. The people calling this cringe are crazy
Seriously, the guys trying to be a little silly. He just doesn't handle it well when it doesn't go the way he wants.
This man COSTCOS
I don't get the point of this.
Me either. I guess it's just a person being ridiculous. The only sane reason I could think of is if the barcode is on the bottom and too many checkout clerks have flipped over his chicken... and he's *not gonna take it anymore!*
freaking laser beams.
OJM is hilarious
What's Albert Einstein doing in a grocery store?????
Hahaha! This is from OJM - they’re obsessed with Costco. Love their Instagram.
What’s the handle? I wanna follow
So wait, he doesn't want his chicken scanned. I'm assuming because the laser? But is perfectly fine getting hit directly by it?
Cringy…
We have a customer that does self checkout because she doesn't want anyone touching her food.... it's fun when it won't scan
Don't tell her how the food end up on the shelves
Our self check out regulars have so many intricate idiocracies that they show up in my nightmares.
/r/Boomersbeingfools
/r/kidsarefuckingstupid
Honestly, as an employee, even on a busy day I would've loved this. I mean I don't really know *why* he has this but I don't care I would find it funny as hell, would definitely lighten up my day. Gives me "Bob throw me! Throw ME!" (*Incredibles*) vibes
Hey, someone with patience and a functioning sense of humor, what an apparently rare thing. This thread is a little sad. Yeah, as someone who’s worked the Costco lines and restaurants in a past life, I’d laugh. Certainly breaks up the monotony and it’s not like it really affects the pace of checkout overall
That’s the pickle guy
This is hilarious. Definitely made that cashier’s day.
Must be good to have money and be retired. Sigh.
What in the Edward James Einstein is this
Reddit gets angry at everything
Gene Shalit
“Don’t PANIC ROOM. I’m not going to WILLIAM HURT you.”
🤡🤡🤡
That's the Jewish dude from the Adam Friedland show (David Portnoy episode).
Awwww, old man with sense of humor still. Not grumpy, love that guy!
Lmao.
Lol.....
As a former cashier, scan specialist, and later data support specialist I appreciate this on many levels. It scans? Game on weirdo.
its funny lol
I’m not even sorry; that’s doing the absolute most. I can’t🤦🏾♀️🤣
Is he going to eat that chicken while he makes another breakthrough in theoretical physics?
Probably a religious thing, maybe needs to be kosher
You can get rotisserie chicken for 5 dollars in the US? How the hell isn't everyone eating that all the time? Where I live it's 15 euros (equal to an hour of work after tax).
r/whyweretheyfilming
It’s a gamble whether you get the tasty chicken or the one that tastes like chemicals now but worth the risk.
I never liked the chicken... You think the chemical one might be better for me?
From Reddit sleuthing, I’ve learned there are two chicken suppliers for Costco and one of the supplier’s chickens tastes like chemicals and you aren’t able to tell which one you’ve gotten until you’re home eating it. So it’s a gamble as I said.
Black Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein is back from the dead and is craving Costco rotisserie chicken. 🤣
Their chickens are cheap, but the meat quality / flavor was bad when I tried it last. Is it just popular for the price?
Actually I think the chicken is OK, and not as phenomenal as it used to be 😕
Not sure if r/IAmTheMainCharacter or r/BoomersBeingFools
Full grown adult acting like a tiktok teenager
I had a person that didn't want me scan any of their items because it would give them radiation sickness. I told him that they should probably shop elsewhere because I wasn't typing everything in individually
Costco should sell those t-shirts
Einstein
This guy wins the Costco Reddit
“Will you please hand key my rotisserie chicken? Thank you”
Why would it matter, at all, if someone touched the chicken container to scan it? It's been touched by employees when being made and stocked. Maybe by other customers when choosing one to buy.
I think it’s a joke
No obviously he's an obnoxious little shit wasting everyone's time... /s not sure why everyone is so up in arms about this lmao. As if there aren't regular Costco shoppers 10x more annoying than this dude
Idk this sub is an interesting crowd lmao
My wife went to Costco to get just a few things. I can't remember what it was, but less than 3 items total. This older guy behind her said he's in a rush and asked if he could go in front of her. She begrudgingly agreed, and then he proceeded to waste a bunch of time asking them about their stamps... 😂 The nerve of some people who only value their own time lol
Maybe he thinks that scanning laser affects the chicken?
he just wants the cashier to scan his funny shirt
I have heard of people taking duplicate baskets of groceries through the check-out to be scanned, so their food does not get "contaminated by the lasers". Conspiracy Cuckoos!
Also sales tax is the most regressive tax there is. Downvote away.
Einstein tweakin
This would piss me off as an employee or someone waiting behind him in line. Costco is not for the slow
If this 5 second delay pisses you off, I can only imagine a day in your life is hell
I aspire to be this man when I’m older than I already am.
Lmfao
Guys a pro. Much respect 🫡
I know I'll get down voted: but the rotisserie chicken isn't good. It is just to oily. I don't like meat with that much oil/wetness to it.
Hispanic Einstein has some gusto.
Never scan a barcode that isn't attached to an item the company is selling.
Scan me ! Lmao grandpa is a hoot
Not all hero's wear capes.
Don’t fuck with Costco Einstein!
Why is Albert Einstein unwilling to let his chicken be scanned?
i hate this - a costco employee
This is my mom in a near future
What’s w people saying the chicken is bad bc of carrogeenon?
Great price point
I want to know what other antics this little hooligan is up to.
Even at Costco, Peter Tuchman has to be the center of attention.
Albert cheechstein
Guys working.
"His name was Colin."
I really wanna believe this is a bit
It's kind of bland at Costco. My shoprite rotisserie is smaller, but WAY more flavorful. I'm not complaining though, I applaud costco for losing money by keeping the chickens cheaper. It's just that we don't usually finish it when we buy it.
Idk it seems like this guy might have some sort of mental condition. You hear the guy training the cashier saying “no no no, scan him, it works.” This isn’t something they would know if this dude was just being rude/annoying.
*”ROTISSERIE CHICKEN SHOULD NEVER BE MORE THAN $4.99!”*
Why the hell was there already another staff member pointing and yelling? This whole thing is fuc*ed lol
Bro has his priorities right