(this one's for the ladies) if you've ever browsed through costco's clothing, you know the system is flawed to say the least.
the clothes, are stacked in a grid system, atop a 6'x6' square table. atop this table are 36 square grids compiled of an assortment of tightly pressed & folded apparel items.
the apparel on each table usually consist of five different varieties of clothing items, from shirts to shorts to dresses. of these items, there are usually 1-4 choices of color. the grids are organized by item and color. each grids' items are stacked 1 to 2 feet high. keep in mind that the items are folded so meticulously and squarely they have to fit perfectly into their grid slot for maximize space.
with the brush of an elbow, one could know down a clothing stack, sending 30-100 blouses (or what have you) tumbling to the floor.
Given that this system is already delicate and brimming with potential for shoppers to find themselves within a mire of embarrassment, uncomfortability, and awkwardness.
add to this that the clothing sizes for women's apparel are available in the following sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL. on the surface, it could appear the clothes stack on the grid are sorted by size, i.e., XS at the top down to M at the bottom and the in stack behind, L at the top down to XXL at the bottom. though on the surface, it appears there is reason and size grouping order to the grid's apparel, there is actually not. sure there are clusters of M's and groupings of XL's and the top of the stack always keeps up the facade of logic by showcasing S or XSs on top. other the 11% of sizing organization, the rest of the items in each grid are arranged with no logic, and there is often no tag displaying the size of the item, so that one could hust thumb through find their size.
it's chaos, but it's costco and costco rules so i put up with it and do the best i can to not make a mess of things so as not to over inconvenience the staff or other shoppers.
this is the second time in this costco where an employee had belittled me for looking through the clothes to find a size. today, having accidentally knocked down a corner pile of perfectly folded white blouses 2 feet high, i immediately when to the floor and was able to pull the pile back together in a way where i would have been able to set it back on the table exactly as-was using one hand at each end on the fallen stack to keep it in uniform.
instead a very angry employee brushed me off my nearly completed flawless remedy by dominating over me and barking, "you know you could probably just find someone to ask if you're looking for a size!" and then thoroughly annoyed, she sighed as one could, and brushed me away.
are you kidding me. if any women have read this far and shopped for clothing at a costco, this has got to resonate with you. a.) for the triumph of finding your size and knowing what a truly amazing feat that was, and b.) the absurdity of this employees attitude, as if i were messing up an infallible system.
it gave me great solace when a buzz around the clothing table started and all 6 women started talking about their disbelief in this employee's attitude and ridiculousness of trying to find a size.
again, never had any bad run with any employee at any costco bc costco employees are the shhh seriously they truly rock and i love costco bc of their employees. but twice now, an employee at THIS costco has a showcased a wildly overzealous act of derision upon me looking for a size.
at least the first time it happened the employee agreed to help me find my size after telling me "it'd be easier if i got someone to help" me find my size. the employee didn't offer (?!) so asked if they could help me find the size and then they ended up making a bigger mess than i would have ever dared to make. they justified the "anomaly" by saying "this is so weird what is going on here? they must've stacked it wrong, what happened?" girl, you know what happened, you can't find your size unless you dig so you dug then acted like it was a one-off.
this review is so so stupid and long but i really hope at least one person gets a kick out of it if they're familiar with searching through apparel at costco.
4 stars in lieu of 5 only bc twice now i was treated dumb-dumb silly-willy miscreant who should be featured on reddit's r/ImTheMainCharacter read more