Lesson learned: check the tip, no more Costco under $40 for me.
Now first off, yes, I should’ve caught the relatively low combined tip before accepting. It’s been a slow Friday so I took a larger Costco batch that I wouldn’t normally do, because it was over $30 and every other offer today was either crap or long distance.
This was $500+ of goods, and looking at the tips, can you guess which one went to the $342 order? Yep, you already know. Honestly would’ve been less insulting if they didn’t tip at all.
They have enough money to buy a $37 eye round roast, but apparently not enough for a tip to cram your multiple boxes of crap in my trunk. Oh, and at least 5-6 of those items were added during the shop too.
And to add insult to injury, my local Costco is apparently now forcing “small items” on Instacart orders to be unloaded onto the belt, then reorganized and packed again. Finding new ways to make previously-simple batches more time-consuming, and less worth the aggravation that comes with dealing with Costco crowds and layout changes.
So lesson learned. No matter how much they try to make you settle for crap, don’t. Know your worth, don’t compromise.