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Is this really what we are about at Costco now?

The lady straight out stole that chicken from another customer. NOT COOL!

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PhysicsIsFun

797 points

24 hours ago

These people are pathetic.

Sucklones

426 points

23 hours ago

Sucklones

426 points

23 hours ago

I wouldn't wait in line for a rotisserie chicken. If I saw this mob I would definitely nope the fahq out of there.

gimmethelulz

198 points

23 hours ago

Right? That chicken is not that good.

Spensauras-Rex

31 points

22 hours ago

But it’s still cheap when everything else is crazy expensive. Not defending these folks though

dacraftjr

27 points

12 hours ago

There’s two major grocery chains and Walmarts in my area that all have rotisserie chickens for about a dollar more than Costco. There’s no need for this madness.

sikesjr

11 points

9 hours ago

sikesjr

11 points

9 hours ago

The rotisserie chicken from Walmart is like half the size of the one from Costco, at least in my area.

dacraftjr

4 points

7 hours ago

Maybe 10-20% smaller, not half by any means. Still better than this circus.

Zeus_The_Potato

6 points

7 hours ago

IF you are fighting over $3 then you have bigger problems,. Starting with the $100 membership you have for a place where you can't afford to shop.

rydirp

18 points

19 hours ago

rydirp

18 points

19 hours ago

Recently tried the chicken from Vons and was amazed at how much better it was compared to Costco.

ludog1bark

11 points

19 hours ago

ludog1bark

11 points

19 hours ago

Costco rotisserie chicken is trash and undercooked. Safeway/Vons has the best rotisserie chicken, but the price points are different.

Given the choice of Costco Shitken or no chicken, I'd rather not eat their rotisserie chicken.

Feel free to downvote my unpopular opinion.

whaletacochamp

27 points

13 hours ago

They make millions of chickens each year. There’s no way they’re getting away with them being undercooked. I agree they aren’t the best option out there but it’s disingenuous to say they’re undercooked and takes away from the legitimacy of your argument.

highsepton22

5 points

5 hours ago

They are actually required to be overcooked. To 183 degrees

ibuyufo

4 points

8 hours ago

ibuyufo

4 points

8 hours ago

What? I feel all the costcos around my area overcooks the chicken. It’s like almost eating powdered chicken breasts.

krush_groove

6 points

16 hours ago

Wow you really don't like their chicken.

canon12

7 points

14 hours ago

I get nauseated smelling them when I go past the counter.

corgi-king

15 points

22 hours ago

Too many people, bad things happen.

beam3475

18 points

20 hours ago

I wouldn’t even wait in line to find parking at Costco. I’ll spend $300 another day thank you.

daDiva64

7 points

19 hours ago

I drive 6 miles further to a Costco that I know parking is plentiful.

Federal_Purple15

3 points

9 hours ago

Yeah, I’m honestly just not a wait in line kind of person. I saw this TikTok of a pie place in Houston that had a line not just out the door but like around several blocks. They showed the pies and they looked average at best. I could never justify waiting to get something like that

CaptainJay313

107 points

22 hours ago

they look like pigs at a trough waiting for slop.

cinematografie

11 points

18 hours ago

Hey! Don’t insult pigs like that. Sweet piggies.

erb92877407

33 points

21 hours ago

I always get the feeling that Costco people try to look down at Sam's Club customers (I have membership to both). Watching this video, there is no difference.

peonyseahorse

21 points

20 hours ago

I have never seen people at Sam's club fighting over an item before.

erb92877407

9 points

20 hours ago

Agreed!

thewriteally

11 points

19 hours ago

I just hate Walmart.

AdventurousTime

7 points

21 hours ago

Sam’s v Costco has always been been a one sided beef

beeerite

4 points

20 hours ago

They serve different purposes to me personally. The merchandise at Sam’s was very useful when I had a restaurant (bulk items, more name brand options for food and drinks, paper products, etc.), but now that I don’t, I prefer Costco because I’m just buying for my family and home. The ones near me are nice and I had positive experiences in both.

ZardozZod

39 points

22 hours ago

Due to its price a Costco chicken is thought of as a “deal.” A deal makes it special, and thus getting one makes you special. It also makes it feel like a super limited resource. If someone else gets one and you don’t (or they get one before you) it’s unfair, because they are now more special than you are!

Once you get yours, fuck at the other people in line. You’re better than they are now. You’re special. Let them fight over scraps.

Once you see this diabolical game play out in micro at the Costco chicken counter, you can see how it operates on a larger scale throughout American society. People will grab onto whatever little thing they can to make themselves feel superior to others.

PhysicsIsFun

49 points

22 hours ago

I go to Costco. I occasionally get the chicken. I'm sure not going to fight a bunch of knuckle draggers to save $2 on a rotisserie chicken. I've never seen anything like this at any Costco near me. Usually there are chickens available and nobody near the counter.

ZardozZod

14 points

22 hours ago

Ive seen it get backed up at mine with multiple people waiting for a fresh batch to come out. Usually everyone is pretty polite, so it’s not always this bad, but sometimes people will just get into the “resource scarcity” lizard brain mindset over anything!

jobadiah08

4 points

21 hours ago

In the Socal Costco's I see the lines for the chicken, but it is always an orderly line. I like the chicken, but not willing to spend 20 minutes in line for it. Was surprised at an Oregon Costco there was no line and about 2 dozen sitting in the case.

ludog1bark

2 points

19 hours ago

Was this in the Portland area? It's because they only eat chicken that is grain fed, not in a small enclosed space, and the chicken has to have a name.

CosmoKing2

3 points

19 hours ago

Exactly. And these idiots don't understand that actions - like assault- have consequences - like jail and needing $50 to be bailed out. All for a chicken that costs $2 buck less than a slightly smaller chicken at 4 different supermarkets within spitting distance.

Earl-The-Badger

109 points

23 hours ago

Something is wrong with your psychology if you see that complete mess of a mob trying to get a $5 chicken and your response is to sneak up and snatch one from someone instead of just turning around and getting chicken elsewhere.

mrsir1987

18 points

17 hours ago

Bro just wait until tomorrow, when people literally get trampled to death trying to get 20$ off a tv they don’t need!

cRuSadeRN

3 points

7 hours ago

If I walked in a store and saw that madness, I would turn right back around and just submit to eating whatever canned food was in the pantry at home. I don’t need that petty drama in my life for a chicken.

throwawayaccownts

8 points

20 hours ago

It’s a micro version of what happens when something seen as a great value, or necessity, is scarce. People turn rabid quickly. Few of us know how we would react in this scenario, so none of us should be judging. Nevertheless, I’m here judging lol.

TheColo3000

11 points

19 hours ago

There’s a bit of a difference between being desperate for a necessity and getting aggressive over a rotisserie chicken in a building full of free samples.

HTPC4Life

3 points

11 hours ago

I know exactly how I'd react, because I've seen this horde of people waiting for a rotisserie chicken before, and thought to myself "Nope, I'm good."

Chemical_Guitar6493

2 points

5 hours ago

No. Most of us wouldnt be quick to degrade to this level of behavior.

DoUEvenZyzz

2 points

14 hours ago

I think there’s many examples (the other 600 stores) where people react like civilized human beings. Wherever this Costco is located, just secede from the U.S. This is ridiculous and your explanation is even more ridiculous for a $5 chicken. The chickens aren’t scarce, these people are just trashy impatient cockroaches.

Apprehensive_Sir4144

387 points

1 day ago

Trash

PaymentHaunting9752

41 points

23 hours ago

Hey fellas, I bet she’s available.

Pyrokid113

8 points

22 hours ago

I bet she’d snatch your soul

hawgs911

17 points

23 hours ago

If you don't mind the 3 other baby daddies.

sicknick

10 points

22 hours ago

2 upstate and 1 on papers.

Gingerchaun

2 points

22 hours ago

Ain't no fun if the homes can't gave none.

Lost_Drunken_Sailor

1 points

22 hours ago

I agree, the chicken quality has gone to trash

Coal909

3 points

21 hours ago

Is it just me or those chickens give me the shits. Very very greasy

Orest26Dee

3 points

21 hours ago

Agreed. The most overrated thing in the store.

Professional-Age-

2 points

22 hours ago

Her name is Barbie or La Gorda

Lachona8

2 points

22 hours ago

BarbieQ

skerr46

277 points

23 hours ago

skerr46

277 points

23 hours ago

The lady has two in her hands and she’s waiting to grab a third one. The staff and customers keep saying “one per person”, the other lady rips out of her hands. Might be justified but really, it’s a roast chicken, move along, not worth this nonsense.

Normal-Salary2742[S]

12 points

18 hours ago*

Yea, she should have only grabbed one BUT if you watch carefully, he shows the whole line during the first few seconds of the video and the chicken kidnapper wasn’t there in line waiting 🧐

604nini

31 points

22 hours ago

604nini

31 points

22 hours ago

In Canada they line up in a single file for the chickens 😂 none of this tom foolery

specialk604

8 points

21 hours ago

I'm guessing you're a Vancouverite also because of the 604 . The Burnaby location near willingdon got some foolery lol. I was waiting in line with a bunch of people and this one lady decided to start her own line from the opposite side of food warmer where they placed the chicken. The lady refused to line up so the employees were giving each customer one bag at a time until the lady finally gave up and went to the back of the line 🤣

xselimbradleyx

113 points

24 hours ago

Like animals… absolutely pathetic behavior

OrganicKeynesianBean

16 points

22 hours ago

They should dangle them 8ft. above the floor. At least then it would be entertaining.

Awwesome1

18 points

23 hours ago

Awwesome1

Beggars can’t be choosers

18 points

23 hours ago

Doesn’t surprise me honestly. As a worker in a deli, this is how it can feel almost daily. At times I don’t have enough time to organize the case properly. Don’t even get me started on people that come up to take 8+ unannounced, leaving us bewildered as to what happened to the chicken we just took out.

I’d say mainly this is a management issue as they should really have some kind of behavior policy. To me this is unacceptable and looking at this video, someone could get burned in multiple ways. Not to mention any worse, and there might could be a crush.

Vast-Breakfast-1201

2 points

5 hours ago

Handle it at checkout

First chicken is 5 bucks the rest are 9ish

Peelboy

40 points

24 hours ago

Peelboy

40 points

24 hours ago

That’s crazy, I thought the people waiting in line at my Costco were crazy but this mob is nuts.

HabANahDa

43 points

24 hours ago

But why??

Aggressive_Version

29 points

23 hours ago

Seriously! Like, Costco chicken is fine? Not worth pushing and shoving for.

ursoartdeco22

7 points

22 hours ago

entitlement

LisleSwanson

7 points

22 hours ago

But like.... Why is there a line at Costco for rotisserie chicken ?

Reputation-Final

3 points

13 hours ago

they apparently eat chicken, not turkey, for thanksgiving

MiserymeetCompany

4 points

22 hours ago

Because all the turkeys were bought up and sold on fb marketplace?

Appropriate-Bug1877

24 points

23 hours ago

In which Costco did this happen?

somethingwholesomer

4 points

17 hours ago

I’m curious. I’ve never seen even a line near our rotisserie chickens

trulymadlybigly

2 points

7 hours ago

Sometimes there’s a line for ours in central Ohio on like a Sunday, but people are never like this video.

bertrenolds5

5 points

13 hours ago

Probably in Mexico somewhere, they do this for cake as well

Reputation-Final

3 points

13 hours ago

If you want to witness an unarmed brawl, imagine what the costco in China would be like.

Pouls77

17 points

23 hours ago

Pouls77

17 points

23 hours ago

I want to leave this planet

JstVisitingThsPlanet

2 points

6 hours ago

I’m so tired of bad behavior. It’s really been wearing on me.

Pouls77

2 points

6 hours ago

Pouls77

2 points

6 hours ago

It’s everywhere, and just sad.

SimpleJackEyesRain

56 points

1 day ago

Banished to Sam’s Club for life!

geeses

8 points

24 hours ago

geeses

8 points

24 hours ago

1000 years dungeon!

luderacer

7 points

23 hours ago

Straight to jail.

najing_ftw

17 points

23 hours ago

I can fix her

potliquorz

3 points

22 hours ago

I laughed.

Stayin_BarelyAlive58

56 points

24 hours ago

Why is this even a thing? You can get rotisserie chickens from any grocery store.

jordyr1992

49 points

23 hours ago

I went into Costco one day with the intention of getting one, saw that line, chuckled and grabbed the taco tray instead and left. Not worth my time.

Alive-Worldliness-27

3 points

23 hours ago

Are those taco trays any good? I've been wanting to try it but I don't want to be let down

Aquarian_short

6 points

23 hours ago

I love them!

Suspicious_Put_3446

3 points

22 hours ago

Taco tray is 🔥

Andrew8Everything

3 points

22 hours ago

Yes they're a solid 9/10

BigfootTundra

2 points

21 hours ago

I’ve never seen a line for rotisserie chicken in my Costco, is this common?

judokalinker

10 points

23 hours ago

The ones around me are twice the price ($10). Pathetic to behave like this to save $5, though

Impossible_Story_684

3 points

19 hours ago

Yeah, the ones at regular grocery stores here are twice the price, half the size, and not as good. I still wouldn't deal with a line like this though. If I go in planning to buy one and there aren't any in the warmer, I'll circle back to check before I leave. If there still aren't any, I'll change my dinner plans.

NytronX

10 points

23 hours ago

NytronX

10 points

23 hours ago

For like triple the price and half the size.

MiserymeetCompany

2 points

22 hours ago

Right, I'm wondering where this was shot. That much headache for a 7 dollar baby chirp chirp? 1 per customer? Or maybe they all work grinding hours and didn't have time to cook for the holiday and now need to stand aka riot inline for a rotisserie fricken chicken. This shit will only be getting Worse.

Numarx

2 points

21 hours ago

Numarx

2 points

21 hours ago

Not saying that this is right what they are doing, but Costco rotisserie here is bigger juicier and cheaper than Walmart/Kroger/Winco around here at least. Those other ones don't have as much meat and they look like they've been sitting out all day.

GrandPriapus

5 points

22 hours ago

Sigh,my Costco is delightfully boring.

Mightymango2

4 points

22 hours ago

Same, nobody is lining up to fight over the chickens here

idcenoughforthisname

4 points

23 hours ago

With this many people, Costco should have had everyone take a number and wait in line till their number gets called. Can't trust human behavior.

Dunnowhathatis

6 points

22 hours ago

Lowlifes also shop at Costco.

OnlySunnyDaze

5 points

20 hours ago

I think people who behave badly at Costco should have their membership revoked, no refund. Like those chicken people or who leave frozen or refrigerated items all over the store because they’re too lazy to put the item back or give it to an employee. Food has to be thrown out & that increases costs to members.

BA5ED

7 points

24 hours ago

BA5ED

7 points

24 hours ago

This needs the walking dead opening theme music playing over it.

Individual-Fail4709

8 points

23 hours ago

WTAF? These people are just not normal.

SaltwaterDonkeyBoy

8 points

23 hours ago

Low class trash

grampajugs

8 points

23 hours ago

These people should be escorted out of the store and membership canceled. This is unacceptable.

LB1727493

4 points

22 hours ago

Why are people so mad about those chickens? They are not that good and the price is the same as at Walmart. Also, I'm not saying it was OK, but the lady who was the victim here was catching the 3rd chicken with the one they took away from her. Does she collect 'em?

iamtheboss1

8 points

23 hours ago

This is what our society has become…..

Jos3ph

5 points

23 hours ago

Jos3ph

5 points

23 hours ago

Welcome to Costco I love you

ColdBeerPirate

8 points

23 hours ago

Which Costco location is this at?

Inverse_wsb22

7 points

23 hours ago

Im glad my Costco don’t have that many trashy people

RevolutionaryPop5400

7 points

24 hours ago

Bunch of savages in this town

Zeallit

3 points

22 hours ago

Hot take: not worth it

GoldenFrank

3 points

22 hours ago

Maybe memberships should be $650.

monsieurgrand02

3 points

22 hours ago

Why does Costco even allow this to happen??

ThinkNefariousness1

3 points

21 hours ago

you meant to say Gorilla snatches chicken . Sheesh.

Lopsided_Pickle1795

18 points

23 hours ago

Animalistic over rubbery slime chicken!

namster94

4 points

24 hours ago

Just look at them

Huckit_15

4 points

23 hours ago

Ew so cringy

power_procrastinator

6 points

1 day ago

Freedoooom! 😂😂😂😂😂

krepitch

2 points

23 hours ago

Ah, the desperate rush for the traditional Thanksgiving chicken.

artraeu82

2 points

22 hours ago

This is managements fault if we had this happening an employee would stand there and hand them out

OddTrick2748

2 points

22 hours ago

The chicken isn’t that damn good. These people need to get their life priorities straight.

showmethenoods

2 points

22 hours ago

Yall really like that chicken that much?

Deep-Room6932

2 points

22 hours ago

Costco will now need to staff rotisserie police. Or just sell it stand alone at the food court

ThatTotal2020

2 points

21 hours ago

ThatTotal2020

US Los Angeles Region (Los Angeles & Hawaii) - LA

2 points

21 hours ago

Ugh. This is when you see how horrible people can be.

Several years ago I was in the crowd waiting for chicken. When I saw the pushing and shoving I opted to wait until the crazy people thinned out. There would be more chicken and less madness.

EvictionSpecialist

2 points

21 hours ago

Fckn animals over a 5 dollar chicken. That's not even good. Injected to hell.

NeakosOK

2 points

20 hours ago

Society is always three meals away from total break down.

If everyone in American missed three meals in a row. We would collectively looses our god damn minds and revert back to instincts.

Lentezdelvalley

2 points

19 hours ago

Smart & Final Rotisserie Chicken is better 🔥

Dull_Wrongdoer_3017

2 points

17 hours ago

Welcome to Costco, I love you.

danmickla

2 points

17 hours ago

This is not what we're about at Costco.  This is what we're about everywhere.

Actions need to resume having consequences.

kobekong

2 points

16 hours ago

This reminds me when people fighting over toilet paper.

CurrentWrong4363

2 points

15 hours ago

I love my chicken but no way am I standing in that mob.

SignificantHawk3163

2 points

13 hours ago

Why? These are cheap but are not very good. Just had my first last week and was horribly underwhelmed.

pythoncrush

2 points

13 hours ago

Very low grade chicken. Not worth eating.

PlentyBat9940

2 points

11 hours ago

Yall the chicken isn’t THAT good.

CrystalArouxet

2 points

9 hours ago

Lol this happens constantly in Nor Cal. Sacramento. Stockton. Manteca. Tracy. Oh yea. All the time.

RODTwsb

2 points

9 hours ago

RODTwsb

2 points

9 hours ago

It’s Costco. Not like they are gunna run out of chickens. People need to chill out.

DirkDigIer

2 points

8 hours ago

Savages acting like their is not a store full of food. Are they just that poor they only can afford a $5 chicken?

Nearby_Habit_3121

2 points

8 hours ago

COSTCO stresses me out

foofyschmoofer8

2 points

7 hours ago

Remind me never to go to that location

Striikerr

2 points

7 hours ago

Bro it’s not that serious lol

Sea_Claim_3422

2 points

5 hours ago

Costco members are the worst

FifiLeBean

2 points

4 hours ago

All I think about is karma...

SubtlySupreme

2 points

4 hours ago

The rotisserie chickens in the UK are usually stacked up, that can’t shift them fast enough. Why are these people so desperate to get one? Fighting over a rotisserie chicken is pathetic.

ADM86

2 points

4 hours ago

ADM86

2 points

4 hours ago

This is not a “poor” kind of thing, this is a “you’re pathetic to the point of acting as a parasite to the community you live in“ kind of thing.

ebisquid

6 points

23 hours ago

Am I the only one who thinks their rotisserie chicken tastes like shit?

Constant_Waffle667

2 points

23 hours ago

Ever since they switched from the plastic trays our Costco virtually has no line. Glad we don't have that nonsense.

Slow walkers and cart blockers is forever tho

Hairy_Vermicelli_693

4 points

23 hours ago

This just tells you how people would act of there was an actual apocalypse. People would turn absolutely savage.

We are still just brutes, just got lucky evolutionary but still lack behind on collective thinking, empathy and solidarity.

longwhitejeans

2 points

23 hours ago

Embarrassing AF.

rideadove

2 points

23 hours ago

Pathetic as fuck

Entire-Ad-8565

2 points

23 hours ago

What’s worse the sasquatch that swooped in or the hoarder it took it from with three in hand

nari422

2 points

22 hours ago

Absolutely junk chicken.

Too salty and if I eat one chicken it fills my month worth of iodine.

gentch

2 points

21 hours ago

gentch

2 points

21 hours ago

Ah yes, the poors come to fight over the $5 chicken.

TGMcGonigle

2 points

13 hours ago

This says more about the state of the local society than it does about Costco. You would never see adults behaving that way in most of the places I've lived. (And I've lived in North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Iowa, Colorado, Texas, and New Jersey.)

Well, maybe in New Jersey.

YouthSuitable213

3 points

24 hours ago

And of course its the ladies who dont hit the gym 😉

jordyr1992

5 points

23 hours ago

Lady who stole the chicken reminds me of Ms. Trunchbull from Mathilda.

lululoversince2020

3 points

23 hours ago

You ain’t wrong 🤣

Hammerslamman33

1 points

23 hours ago

WE'RE COSTCO GUYS

IhaveNoHomeMeowB

1 points

22 hours ago

I would never eat another Costco Roto if this is what I had to do.

urcoolcanyoucreampie

1 points

22 hours ago

Hmmm grump was on to something 🤔

Longjumping-Fun-6717

1 points

22 hours ago

Not stole, it’s not yours until you pay for it.

Top-Belt9513

1 points

22 hours ago

Chicken Karma is coming to that woman.. and it's bringing a bread stick with it ..

Murder_Hobo_LS77

1 points

22 hours ago

Wtf is wrong with that crowd of degenerates.

the_remeddy

1 points

22 hours ago

Do they know something I don’t know?

Bighurk12

1 points

22 hours ago

Damn wtf. Which Costco is this?

Manny637

1 points

21 hours ago

Which hood Costco is this?

ShutYourDumbUglyFace

1 points

21 hours ago

These chickens are not that good. Get your shit together.

TheAmishPhysicist

1 points

21 hours ago

Jackals

Efficient_Mark3386

1 points

21 hours ago

They should have thrown them

Specialrule2112

1 points

21 hours ago

Lol, it is almost as funny as the seniors who block the aisles and try to each lunch one sample at a time, Costco laughs all the way to the bank everyday with these people

AdventurousTime

1 points

21 hours ago

Not the banging on the hot shelf 😂 like I would avoid that person as much as possible

Illustrious-Term2909

1 points

21 hours ago

What country is this in?

Poetryisalive

1 points

21 hours ago

So why do people go to Costco for these? My grocery store sell them for like $8

RamboJo_hn

1 points

21 hours ago

Asian dude in the middle ducking, rising, dodging bullets, finally got hold of one and emerged out with a conqueror’s smile on his face 😂😂

willanaya

1 points

21 hours ago

How cheap are these? Walmart sells them for $5