Extreme Shopping

OK, here's a short (but hopefully entertaining) one. So I thought Costco opened at 9:00 on the weekends, but it actually doesn't open until 10:00. I pulled up at 9:45 and realized my error when I saw all the idling engines belonging to the vehicles driven by the SERIOUS Costco shoppers waiting in the parking lot. After about 10 minutes I went into the freezing vestibule where they store the carts. The place was stuffed with people standing around waiting for the roll-up metal door to open up already. A few minutes later, the metal door began to lift. Apparently someone has to crank it open by hand and it must be a pretty heavy door because it was not a smooth process. As soon as the guy got it open about 1/3 of the way, two or three ladies bolted right through. He yells "CAN EVERYONE PLEASE WAIT UNTIL I GET THE DOOR OPEN???" Everyone started laughing. I guess stealth vulture shoppers are not an everyday occurrence even at Costco, or else he probably would have made his announcement before the door opened wide enough for people to bust through. I wonder why those ladies were in such a rush. It's not like Costco doesn't have ginormous quantities of every single thing imaginable, except maybe at the end of the day or before a storm or big holiday. Anyways... kind of entertaining. Note to self: next time, do not arrive at Costco until 15 minutes after opening!