The Costco Experience.

This is just going to be a fun blog. At least once a week, a group of colleagues and I go to Costco. For the unitiated, Costco is pretty much a hypermarket kind of like Carrefour and Giant Hypermarket in Malaysia. You pretty much go there and buy in bulk. It's a whole heck a lot of fun going on the Costco experience because we normally have dinner before we shop. Most of the time, we don't get a lot of stuff but it's just the company and hanging out with colleagues that make it all worthwhile. This evening for example, I got myself some cans of soup since it's still winter and nothing beats a nice bowl of soup (there's not like a nice, hot bowl of soup when the weather is frigid outside!), some lamb shanks, salmon tilapia, sushi etc. The best part about buying in bulk is that you don't have to shop for at least a month!

One thing that makes me keep going back to Costco is the fact that the people who work there are paid decent wages and truly enjoy working there. I downright refuse to step foot into Walmart or Sam's Club for a number of reasons. Most importantly, are its human rights abuse - there's no bigger brute when it comes to paying people pittance and closing mom and pop shops. I'll get off my soap box now. There's been a plethora of former Walmart workers who are now working at Costco and to hear them and to see their faces, you can tell it's leaps and bounds better. Believe it or not, it's not about paying the lowest price. You can pay the lowest price, but at what cost? I call it social consciousness on my part.

That's all from me for a Wednesday evening. It's a pretty laid back evening to say the least.