Speaking of shopping cart etiquette, weekend Sam’s Club shoppers are the absolute worst. People are beyond rude. I, of course, am gauging my opinion as an ex-Army brat. There’s nothing more treacherous than making your way through a commissary where the Army wives are just as likely to pull rank as their husbands and plow into your rear end (literally) in an attempt to get at the last ripe watermelon before you snag it. Yessiree Bob, I needed that military experience to help me with weekend Samming.
Waiting in line for the check out process can be long and arduous, so pick up a $4 novel and commence to read while you are waiting your turn. During Christmas, I actually finished reading For One More Day by Mitch Albom while waiting in line. Of course, it’s fairly light material and I’m a graduate from the Evelyn Wood School of Reading. There are a ton of cookbooks to snag recipes from, and the occasional self-help manual, but I find the trashy romance novels to be the best waiting-in-line material.
Once you’ve secured your purchases, it’s time to load them carefully in your car. I like to use a container to keep my small items together. A Sam’s Club insulated bag makes an excellent choice. You don’t want to fish out a rotting container of Half-and-half from under your front seat a day after the highest recorded temperature in your area in 100 years.
Finally, when exiting the parking lot, remember one thing: those people who can’t read “Entrance” and “Exit” signs, and who recklessly banged into your cart on the way to the free rib eye sample, probably all have cars, too. Bad driving habits often carry over.
Article comments
1 - Condor
Shopping at "club" type stores has one disadvantage. They usually don't open until 10am.
By then the weekend traffic has picked up and every detail of a swift shopping spree flys out the window. Face it, you can't push the envelope at 10. So, I save my "club" shopping for a Wednesday or Thursday stop (once per month) in the evening on the way home from work. Additionally, it's on the way home and not a backwards commute on a Saturday morning.
Secondly, I shop for the groceries at a Mega Wally Mart. I live out in a semi-rural area and the only option is the Mega-WalMart. Which is fine, but... if you want to shop in a store that is freshly stocked and not picked over... be there NO LATER THAN 8am on Saturday. It's perfect.
2 - Matthew T. Sussman
"I’ve been a Sam’s Club convert since the mid 1990s when my son suffered a growth spurt and began to devour everything in sight"
People shop with a conscience until they have a family who is in dire need of new underwear and pizza bagels and cell phone headsets.
3 - Juliann Mitchell
I have a confession to make I love Sam's Club too. It it such a thrill to get a bargain.