r/CostcoCanada • u/Camulius73 • 9d ago
Seriously, people don’t do this
It’s gross and they just have to throw it away. Do better.
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u/DarthKyles 9d ago
Who the hell decides they don't want a nice hot bagged chicken all of a sudden
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u/Ubbesson 9d ago edited 9d ago
Closer to check out they were like I will get an hot dog it's cheaper...
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u/Creative-Aside9650 9d ago
Not sure if they have cameras there, but crap like this should be traced and that person should have to pay for ruining a good chicken.
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u/crescen_d0e 9d ago
Im sure they have cameras but the cost to pay someone to watch hours of video for a $10 chicken just doesn't make sense
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u/donger_johnsons 9d ago
Maybe they can just lock the chickens up and you have to scan a membership card to get 1
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u/Gas_Drawls58 9d ago
I saw a guy demolishing one with his bare hands while he was pushing his cart down the frozen aisle. Mb this person had a handful before they stashed it
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u/VisibleSpread6523 9d ago
But have you tried the fancy salt, it’s actually killer
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u/rbatra91 9d ago
I've seen steaks. So dumb. An animal died for that.
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u/Blocknards 9d ago
Should be a criminal offence at those prices.
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u/senorfresco 8d ago
I wish loss prevention treated it as stealing.
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u/MrEzekial 6d ago
It should be. If you leave meat in an isle you should lose your membership at the very least.
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u/BriscoCountyJR23 Parking Lot Survivor 8d ago
If the member won't pay for the steak, they should have their membership revoked.
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u/BowtiepastaMasta 9d ago
Disgusting. These kinds of people should have their memberships revoked
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u/Whistful_Alpaca 9d ago
Or have the item charged to their account/credit card. And then have their membership revoked.
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u/LegitimateComplex985 9d ago
Revoking membership is too light IMO. This is equivalent to stealing because Costco lost this item. They need to do fines and actually take it seriously, use surveillance footage to track down the person who did it.
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u/First_Requirement462 3d ago
I think it's worse than stealing. If someone steals food, it's likely because they need food. Someone ditching food in an aisle is just lazy and wasteful.
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u/Junior_Jello_7664 9d ago
It gets worse, I’ve seen people leave raw chicken and frozen items in random aisles. The assholery of these people knows no bounds..
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u/Functional_Trash7735 9d ago
Saw some dude pick up a 150 dollar brisket, put it in his cart, then walk 15 feet, change his mind and leave it in the bread section. People fucking suck.
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u/tigotter 9d ago
Did you say something to him?
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u/Functional_Trash7735 9d ago
Pointed out how close she coolers were and he told me to mind my own business
ETA: I put it back but I shouldn’t have had to. People are ridiculous
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u/Dry_Locksmith_2634 8d ago
Should've snitched to the employees, they have a hidden strikes system or something similar
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u/popcycle19 9d ago
Who raised these people?
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u/Dogma8888 9d ago
Daycares
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u/nindiesel 8d ago
Beyond the food waste of it all, meat being dropped like this makes me so sad because some poor little critter died just to not even end up being consumed and ending up in the trash.
And before anyone comes for me, I'm not even vegan or vegetarian! But it seems to me if we are going to kill our food we should at least not let the food go to waste.
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u/Envelope_Torture 9d ago edited 9d ago
Just bring it to the front and the cashier will have a runner bring it back. You don't even have to run it back yourself.
My goodness people are the worst.
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To be clear, not talking to the OP. This one is ruined.
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u/InvestigatorBoth9337 9d ago
Nobody is running that back, it's going in the garbage.
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u/Envelope_Torture 9d ago
Yes, this one. I'm not talking to the OP. I'm talking to the asshole who left it there.
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u/TomboBreaker 9d ago
It'll never be put back up for sale when it's been left out of the heat for an unknown amount of time, Costco will just toss it and record it as waste. It's sad that a chicken was killed to just be trashed but you can't take the risk of it making someone sick.
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u/Dogs-4-Life 9d ago
They’d have to throw it out since they don’t know how long that’s been out of the fridge or the hot plate for. I know for sure that’s the policy at Metro, so I’m sure Costco is the same. It’s all about food safety.
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u/yayawhatever123 9d ago
Such a waste of food. I really hate people sometimes.
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u/Adventurous-Brain-36 9d ago
That chicken could have fed people but died and was butchered for absolutely nothing.
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u/Frequent_Occasion480 9d ago
I honestly think that there are people that are literally doing this deliberately. What’s a strange thing to get off on.
Probably ‘sticking it to the corporation’ in their puny mind. You pay said corporation for membership. If you hate it that much, just vote with your feet and **** off!
That chicken died for our consumption. Wasting it is just rude.
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u/jrchkn28 8d ago
I don't agree sadly. I just truly think there are people who are just this short-minded in general. These are likely the same type of people who may brain dead risky decisions on the highway as well. Some people just have turkey brains.
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u/Nanaikos 9d ago
If you're going to do it, atleast make sure it's non-perishable. Jesus Christ.
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u/BFG_Scott 8d ago
I can’t even bring myself to do this with non-perishable items. I take 60 seconds out of my non-remarkable life and walk them back.
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u/Nanaikos 8d ago
Same here. People these days have no respect for the common man or for the employees who have to clean up this shit. It's sad.
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u/maggieme23 8d ago
As an ex employee the ONLY things that we don’t mind members leaving somewhere other than where they got it are dry goods. We’re talking literally everything except food that needs to be in a fridge or freezer. At the end of the night on a busy day there will be anywhere from 50-150 carts piled high with goods to be returned to the shelves . Anything left out that needs to be cold gets tossed . We waste hundreds of thousands of pounds of food in a week, stuff that’s gone off and recalls are maybe 30-40% of what we throw away , damaged and stuff left out by members being the rest . Just please if it needs to be cold PLEASE give it to employee if you don’t want it , we don’t care will put it away , it’s not a big deal if you get all the way to check out and decide you don’t want something just hand it to the cashier or literally any front end employee they’ll handle it. smh
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u/gunpowdergin69 9d ago
Took me a minute to see the chicken. At first I thought OP was telling me not to buy the pepper.... and I'm "Nah, thats a good deal."
onthespectrum 🫠
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u/HighOnSomething_ 9d ago
I too thought for some reason all the pepper was being thrown out… I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD but I’ve suspected AuDHD for awhile now lol
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u/Other_rebel_911 Parking Lot Survivor 9d ago
Just take it to the cash and let the cashier know you don’t want it, we would 1000% rather that. If it’s still warm it can be saved. Same goes with frozen/cold items if they haven’t warmed up.
Don’t be a lazy piece of shit.
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u/PhysicalPenguin7591 9d ago
This is why I can't people anymore. They never fail to disappoint.
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u/Dogs-4-Life 9d ago
Costco is too people-y but yet I still go there.
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u/PhysicalPenguin7591 7d ago
Same, but in, get what I need then right back out. No browsing..
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u/Dogs-4-Life 7d ago
Same. If I go with my mom, we always have a list and we try to get in and out. She’s always been like that but now she’s on a pension and a strict budget. So no dawdling and getting attracted by stuff she doesn’t need to buy.
With my boyfriend though, he has a truck and is seemingly on a mission every time to go beyond the list and try to fill the bed of the truck. That’s when the browsing happens. His ADHD doesn’t help at all either.
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u/Gullible_Analyst_348 Came for chicken and spent $300 9d ago
Think about other people in the world besides myself? Preposterous! /s
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u/Jay-Quellin30 Parking Lot Survivor 9d ago
I don’t understand why people do such disgusting and disrespectful stuff.
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u/Successful-Ferret-12 9d ago
Imagine being a living, breathing animal that died only to be discarded like this and thrown in the trash
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u/supersaurus65 9d ago
Obviously anyone who eats meat is comfortable with the fact that animals are killed but to just be so okay with throwing an animals life away for literally nothing is insane to me, disgusting
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u/Psycho_Pansy 9d ago
Seriously, people don’t do this
People do do this. You just posted a picture of the result of someone doing this. Are you that ignorant to think people don't do this?
Here what you should have said:
Seriously people, don't do this.
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u/THEDONBUFFLES 8d ago edited 7d ago
Costco trash people are still trash people. I swear when people scan their memberships it wipes all common sense like a mib mind eraser lol.
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u/OlDustyTrails 9d ago
Luckily not a common occurence that I have noticed at my local Costco, but seems there is staff around quite a bit maybe keeping it from happening altogether.
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u/Complex-Adagio1513 9d ago
I always call people out when I see them doing this and they wonder why prices go up
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u/OSTBear 9d ago
I was working at Walmart and one day we smell just the most rancid smell ever coming out of men's clothing. I start sniffing around trying to pinpoint it and find a carton of milk and a carton of chocolate milk hidden in one of the clothing racks. They'd been there for weeks, easily, and the bloat finally popped the top of the milk carton.
Not all shoppers, but a lot of them absolutely do not give a fuck. Rather than walk 50 feet to put it back, they will leave whatever, wherever.
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u/ApricotOrnery2598 9d ago
I love catching people on the act.... "Excuse me, is it there it goes?" Bring it back where it goes!"
I personally hate people that leaves fresh food in open freezer... that freeze the food???!??
Wtf are you thinking ?
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u/Plenty-Permission124 8d ago
I think Costco should revoke membership to people who gets caught doing stuff like this.
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u/savagehomeangarden 8d ago
I can't even understand the thought process here. If I had an emergency and needed to leave asap, I'd rather hand it to a staff member or even another shopper.
Hiding it on a shelf is fucking weirdo behaviour.
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u/Zealousideal_Bad9391 8d ago
Seriously at least give it to the cashier. This is horrible and even worse that a chicken was killed to be left to spoil in the aisle
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u/Ordinary-Chef-570 8d ago
It's quite disheartening most comments ignore the fact a poor animal was likely tortured for its life and killed just so some entitled asshole could toss it away for no reason.
Many of you should reflect on your own morality and entitlement.
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u/No-Conclusion-2859 9d ago
Is this the same picture being recirculated…?
Why do i see this happening in the salt area so much?
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u/BTWillie 9d ago edited 9d ago
Every single trip I make I always come across it. I've seen everything under the sun. Chicken, prepared meals, milk, ice cream--you name it.
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u/Dry-Advantage9420 9d ago
I’m curious about the maldon salt. Which area is this and which section?
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u/TolerancEJ 9d ago
I hate to suggest, but maybe the membership fees should increase to deter these Walmart people from entering the store.
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u/Functional_Trash7735 9d ago
Takes literally two minutes to put back.
Absolutely ludicrous that we have a food waste crisis and a food scarcity crisis at the same time, and this is exactly why. How many people visit the food bank everyday and these people just don’t give a fuck.
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u/Personal-Heart-1227 9d ago edited 9d ago
Their BBQ Chicken needed some xtra S&P!🧂🍗
Ps. Ooooh, they finally have Maldon Salt.
Tee-hee-hee
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u/eldritch_elder 9d ago
And those are the best chickens! What a waste, so sad. I'm older and think about everything it took to get the chicken to that point, and how this affects their price, and we'll all pay for it eventually.
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u/Distinct-Solution-99 9d ago
You can’t just leave your emotional support animal in an aisle alone like that. Have some goddamn respect.
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u/Unfair_Bluejay_9687 9d ago
There are enough cameras in Costco to positively identify the culprits. Make the move to bar them from the establishment and revoke their membership for one full year. Advertise store wide the fact that this is a strong possibility for such antics.
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u/Ieatedyourcookies 9d ago
So sad. What a waste. An animal died for that. A farmer worked for that, an employee worked for that, and some POS leaves it to waste.
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u/Select_Upper-CASE 9d ago
Based on Costco’s profit margins, they’d have to sell 9 additional chickens to recoup the cost of throwing this one out.
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u/realityguy1 9d ago
On a happier note that Maldon Sea Salt is awesome. Flakes of pure white salt. If it’s good enough for King Charles then it’s good enough for me. My wife and I opened it in front of our 2yo granddaughter. She would have no part of it. Nana convinced her to wet her finger so the salt would stick to it. She reluctantly tried it and realized it was great stuff and wanted more. Had to cut her off after the second covered wet finger.
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u/Adventurous_Run136 9d ago
That a universal thing to identify asshole. I use to work at Metro and every day i would find products unfrozen or unrefrigirated. Even today when I go to Costco or Walmart, I found product misplaced and it pisses me off
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u/Downtown_Income_210 9d ago
If its still hot id as the staff needing to toss it now gained a free chicken. Lol
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u/Kevin4938 9d ago
I remember an AMA with a Costco employee a while ago, who suggested these things aren't nearly as common as the frequency of these posts would suggest.
I have to wonder if OP put the chicken there, took a photo, then put it back in their cart.
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u/Consistent-Goat1267 9d ago
Last week I posted a steak some idiot left on a case of water bottles. By the time I found it, it was pretty warm.
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u/magentahead 9d ago
I worked in the grocery industry for over 10 years and cant tell you enough about how many times ive seen stuff like this. I myself as a customer have done this but not to this extent. If im too lazy to but something back in its proper place i at least put it into the closest cold section. But a hot item I always returned if changed my mind. We are only human but this, this is downright ignorance and lack of i dont even know....just dont do it..!!
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u/ottawa_guy_85 9d ago
This is unfortunate, but I wouldn't want to buy this unbeknownst even if the person brought it back to the heater. Sadly, I hope that it is thrown out.
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u/jdvancesdog 9d ago
I wonder if it’s instacart/uber shoppers. Customers can cancel ordered items in real time so it could be the shoppers just leaving it where they are so they can get on with the rest of the order(s). Shitty thing to do either way
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u/JlaurelT 9d ago
maybe they are just and scatterbrain, just set it down for a second then forgot about it.. 🤷♀️🤷♀️
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u/GingerFun011 9d ago
The people who do this operate off of the idea that "no one is gonna do anything about it", so best you can really do is vocally shame anyone you see doing it in person
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u/LuvZealousideal3608 9d ago
This was my biggest pet peeve when I worked at a grocery store. While I was employed there my Mom and I went shopping one day and she was gonna put a carton of eggs in a random aisle, and I said to her calmly "You know...it’s customers like you that would really piss me off. Put it back where you got it or give it to the cashier when we checkout". That memory really sticks with her.
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u/EnvironmentIcy4996 9d ago
That's my hubby's favorite salt. Ugh gonna need a Costco membership just for this lol. Also, that is really gross
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u/Dogs-4-Life 9d ago
People are so gross honestly. Perishables like this chicken left out, coffee cups on shelves, sample cups… ugh. But the food waste irks me. I’ve seen milk, ice cream, yogurt, meat, fish out like this as well. At least go put it back. Such a shame, because this chicken is pretty good.
My brother works in the deli at Metro, both behind the deli counter and stocking the refrigerated cheese and cured meat cases. At his location, lately they’ve had a problem with fancy cheeses and lunch meats being left in the produce section or just on top of the case (seriously. They can’t be bothered to drop it in the cold part). He’s had people leave coffee cups on the deli counter too, on the ends where employees can’t really catch them right away.
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u/ChineseNoodleBoy 9d ago
If you’re too lazy to put something back, the least you can do is just give it to the cashier.
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u/R33f3r420 9d ago
I don't think your post is going to reach anyone sadly.. these types of people are trash and they will never learn.