Sitting in Line

 Earlier this year I decided to bite the bullet and get a Costco membership.

Which is one of those....'eh' things because like....

Costco is this bulk store right?

Get like 30 or 50 or 100 of an item.

Which is great!! .... for a Family.

But like when you're a single person living with roommates....

Eh.

Unless it's shelf stable supplies that will last like a month....Costco didn't really seem like a .... needed thing.

And honestly it's still kinda like a hand wavy....thing.

I mean. 

It's worth it in the grand scheme of things. 

Like the cost of the membership is like what 2 bucks a month?

And you get discounts on gas plus the ability to buy stuff in bulk?

It's nice lol. 

Not that I've bought much in bulk.

I have taken advantage of like the toilet paper and the soda prices ....but my main love has been some fruit leather I found there and their croissants.

But I do have to say the best deal has been the gas.

Even though it took me a few months to actually take the time to brave the system and sit in line and figure out how to work the Costco gas thing....it has been really nice to pay like 15 cents less per gallon at the pump. 

Though it is weird though to like,...feel like you're in an assembly line kinda while you're waiting for gas.

Like each section has two pumps and most the time both cars finish up about the same time so the next two cars pull up fill up their tanks...leave about the same time the next cars pull up.

It's rather efficient when everyone knows what they're doing and keeps the line moving. 

Weird though.

Like I've noticed unlike other gas stations --unless I've missed them-- that the Costco stations don't provide a way to clean off your windows.

So like...if your windshield is encrusted with bugs...you're kinda out of luck getting that cleaned off while you're waiting for your tank to fill.

I kinda get why they don't have it. 

Because the goal is to get customers in and out as quickly as possible and discourage them from sitting at the pump for too long. 

I don't know how it is at other locations. But for the most part my location is always busy.

There's usually always cars filling the pumps when I arrive.

And some days I have to wait two or three rotations before I can get to the pump myself.

Though I have managed to time it well enough that usually I'm the next person in line when I drop by to grab gas. So that has been nice. 

I've heard stories of people waiting much much longer to get gas. Where the lines are super long and crazy.

Haven't seen that yet.

Though if gas prices do drop any time in the future I could see it happening as people scramble to take advantage of lower prices.

Still.

It's been interesting being a Costco member.

Nice.

Definitely haven't been using it to it's full advantage because again...single person. I don't need to feed an army lol. 

But still. It's been nice.

Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi