return2ozmaCostco to start scanning membership cards at the entrance of all its stores
cynthorpeI shop at Costco. I don’t mind scanning my card. I suspect anyone who shops at Costco does not care one way one another. This isn’t news, and anyone getting irate about this should find a new topic.
Agreed. The only change is a machine scanning your card rather than a pair of eyeballs.
PyrDoesn’t the card go into a machine at the checkout anyways? They’re just changing the location of the machine, really, not introducing something new.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you had to scan the card twice now because of this though. I doubt they’d have the ability or foresight to scan as they walk through the door and nowhere else.
Capt. WolfI literally don’t see the difference. My card gets checked by a person up front anyway. Who cares if it’s now digitally scanned?
Now give me the option to skip the line by scanning and paying for my stuff via phone and the only person I absolutely have to interact with is the one who checks my cart as I’m leaving.
Ohhh shit now there’s a good idea. Those eagle eyes at the door would totally catch of you didn’t scan something. Win win.
If you want that option, try Sam’s Club.
Ew, the Waltons? No thanks.
Walton employees are pretty much state workers at this point with how many of them live off tax dollars. Fuck that family
Then, you don’t have that option.
Who cares if it’s now digitally scanned?
I do. It will be a massive annoyance for me because instead of just flashing my card as I walk in and starting shopping, I’m probably going to have to queue up and wait to be scanned if there’s any kind of a rush.
I try to get there near open because it’s less crowded over all and I don’t want to deal with shoulder to shoulder shopping, but that means I’m going to have to get in line with 40 other people before I can get to shopping.
The other day I paid for pizza, and they didn’t have any ready. I had a 10 minute wait so I took my groceries to the car and then returned to pick up my pizza I’d already paid for. I was literally outside the store for 2-3 minutes. On my way back in, I ignored the receipt signers like I always have since I’m going to the food court and they literally shouted at me for walking past them because they forgot I’d just left the building. They made a big stink about it when I exited the second time. I guess you can’t access the food court without a membership anymore?
You were never supposed to be able to get to the food court without a membership. Some places care more about it than others but that’s the policy.
You entered the exit door to get in. You’re supposed to enter from the entrance door and then you can cross over to the food court from there. When you enter always go in front the entrance door that’s common sense.
The receipt checkers see literally thousands of people per day and they aren’t generally looking at faces they’re checking receipts and carts. Expecting them to recognize you out of the hundred people they’ve checked through in the last 10 minutes is insanity.
www.usatoday.com/story/money/…/73111473007/
For as long as Costco has existed, a membership was not required at any location to buy from the food court.
because they forgot I’d just left the building.
Or because they see hundreds of people leaving and don’t bother trying to remember faces? Why on earth would you expect them to remember you haha
I hated that shit when I worked in food service
“What can I get you?”
“I’ll have my usual haha”
“… Idk what that is”
“What?! I’m here every week!”
As if I didn’t see a hundred people who were there every week lol
Whether or not they remembered me was irrelevant to the story frankly. In the 10-15 years I’ve been shopping at Costco, I’ve never once been hassled at any location ever for walking in the exit to go to the food court.
JackbyDevYou know you did something that’s not allowed and you’re mad you got called out. 👁️👄👁️
No, I think you just got a jerk employee. It’s rare at Costco, but maybe they were having a bad day.