I had my latest Entyvio infusion in the city today, for my colitis, and my mom tagged along. She seems to enjoy the outing, though today her wait time was most interesting.
My clinic shares space with a doctor's office and his clientele is always interesting. Today was more so. Usually mom waits in the main waiting room until my IV is in, then joins me. There is no separate waiting room for the clinic, and mom hates watching me get IVs because I have stupid twisty rolling veins, and it hurts.
Today the main nurse pops into our little clinic portion and says "I'm just going to bring your mom in here. It's a bit rough out there today" Apparently this doctor is one who takes care of those who are...errr... in need of methadone, and today was a visiting day. Mom got to learn about which jail cells three clients had all shared in common and the brother of one of them who did something to tick someone off in jail as they call him 'Willie one-..' err .well you get the idea.
Anyways, mom either wants to stop at Costco or at Wholesale on the way home. Today was Costco.
I have had a membership there for years, but get there rarely these days.
So in no particular order, here were my thoughts:
10) I know why "I" am not at work. This parking lot is full and it's 1 PM. Doesn't anyone work anymore?? We can't all be on break. I honestly was at the far end of the lot, almost on the highway.
9) Parking lot rage. ok there are already 3 people waiting for this young mom to unload her very full cart into her vehicle, whilst juggling 2 little ones. She's going to be awhile. A fourth vehicle pulls around the corner and also puts his signal light on to 'claim the space'. Like you're really going to get it??? Cmon dude. Be real. Do you see me walking from a 1/2 mile away? Try there.
8) I cook really, really boring meals. Discounting the prepacked stuff, there are so many food choices out there and I cook the same 6 things over and over and over again. I have to get more creative with my meals.
7) Those chilled veggie nooks really come in handy when you are having a hot flash. Off went the coat and in and I went to.....look closely at a bag of sugar snap peas.
6) Avoid the intersections with the free food. People get jammed up in there for ages. Take your sample, and MOVE. you can come back to ask the nice lady some questions if you want, but seriously.....move!
5) If you see something unusual or interesting that you like, get it THAT trip. It will not be there the next time you go, even if it's just a few days later.
4) The way people drive in there is a great justification for why we need rules of the road on the highways. People on the wrong side. People stopping in the middle of a main aisle for no reason. People with their carts on angles blocking traffic both ways.
3) There needs to be a 'meeting spot' when you go shopping with someone who wanders off. I must have waited a good 10 min for my mom, who went looking for cucumbers. I was ready to ditch her and just take another mother home with me.
2) Do the receipt checkers really look at the list? at the items in my cart? I have gone through with my sister a few times and there have been a lot of items on that list. At least 50. The receipt checker lady was almost belligerent in her desire to see the receipt and then spent less than five seconds looking at it and the cart. yeah I counted. I was curious lol
and last but not least
1) I question whether I even need a Costco membership anymore. With just two of us at home, we don't need bulk of many things anymore. TP and laundry pods would be about it. Oh, and Timmy K cups :-)
