#costco

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At Costco's Issaquah headquarters, all 7,000 corporate employees, including the CEO, are assigned cubicles, with the CEO's being slightly larger.

[the-darkest-0f-stars]

Welcome to Costco, I love you.

[dewiedoo]

The Bagger

(Batter wtf are you doin’ that’s the self check-out)

[originalleftist]

Reminder:

There is an Economic Blackout TOMORROW (February 28th 2025).

The idea is attributed here to the People's Union USA, a new grassroots group, which is specifically targeting Amazon, Wallmart, and Best Buy. According to an article in the LA Times, their founder is a guy named John Schwarz, and "makes no affiliation with a political party on its website".

One of Schwarz's posts is quoted as follows:

"'Mega corporations have drive up prices, underpaid their workers, and outsourced jobs while raking in record profits," the site reads. "Politicians 'both left and right' have accepted corporate bribes, passed laws that serve billionaires, and ignored the needs of the people they claim to represent. The system has been designed to keep us powerless, but that ends now."

I will note that the "both sides" shit is a big red flag here, as while an unfortunately common trope in modern political discourse, its also a classic calling card of voter suppression tactics and fascist normalization, and I'd rather like to ask Mr. Schwarz if he "protest voted" last November.

I have also seen others attribute it (likely inaccurately) to Al Sharpton (though Sharpton has called for ongoing boycotts against companies that abandoned DEI policies since January).

Regardless, it seems to have gained considerable traction among opponents of the MAGA Republican regime, going viral online with coverage from numerous major news outlets including the LA Times, Newsweek, Time magazine, the Economic Times, the Independent, CBS, the Telegram, USA Today, and Forbes, as well as from celebrities including John Leguizamo, Bette Midler, and Stephen King (per LA Times).

Many have specifically linked the blackout to protesting companies that have reversed their DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) policies in an apparent bid to pander to the new regime.

Specifics of which companies are being targeted varies, but generally:

-Feb. 28th, 24 hours.

-No purchases from big companies like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, or ones that have backtracked on DEI like Target.

-If you must buy necessities, buy local.

-Cash, not credit cards.

If you're outside the US, you can still boycott targeted companies or US products/US-owned companies in general in solidarity (as I will).

Keep an eye out for other ongoing and upcoming boycotts! While the Newsweek article above is like correct that the impact on revenue of a one day boycott will be limited (especially as Feb. is not a busy retail season), if this is the beginning of something larger and ongoing it could be a different matter.

And I would contend that the boycotts are likely already having some effect- Target for example has seen a drop in business since it backtracked on DEI, and Apple shareholders likely took that into account when voting not to do so.

I do want to emphasize that in my view, it is important to be specific about which companies you target. The goal here is not to drive everyone out of business (a recession/depression would actually benefit the oligarchs, as they would have enough wealth to ride it out and then buy up more property at bargain prices), but specifically to target and weaken those who are collaborating with the Regime and its policies.

Small/local businesses should be supported, as should, in my view, companies that stand firm against regime pressure (like CostCo on DEI). If you're making any purchases, support those companies.

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[foldingfittedsheets]

As a USian I’ve heard many stereotypes about Canadians over the years. Super friendly has always been the most prevalent, and the runner up usually involved moose or mounties. When I lived right up at the border for a few years I discovered the two weirdest possible Canadian stereotypes.

The first was that Canadians would drive down to my mattress store, buy a Tempurpedic pillow, then return it a month later. Like. Any time we sold just a pillow it was a Canadian and 90% were returned a month later. I cannot and will never be able to explain this phenomenon.

But the second weird Canadian thing was The Milk. My roommates and I would shop at Costco and if we had the misfortune to go on a weekend we would just see Costco sized shopping carts full of milk. And Costco doesn’t have regular gallons! They have those massive two gallon jugs.

We’d see carts entirely filled with jugs of milk and every person loading up a pallet of milk into their car had Canadian plates. Even mild Canadians would have at least three of those milk jugs.

It was a subject for wild speculation. Did they bathe in the milk? Was one Canadian volunteered as tribute to bring back milk to their whole city block? Did they not have cows in Canada? Was there a Canadian black market for shitty US milk?

The local Costco had to literally expand their fridge section to accommodate the milk runs that would happen. It was super weird. But now I just sound like a crazy person when I make a Canadian milk joke because only people in that city knew about this hyper specific trend.

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And a barrel of cheese poofs that you have to roll to your car

[jakface]

Nick (hot dog eyes vr.) has that dog in him (and it broke him)

[outsidewolves]

[cleoselene]

SPREAD IT FAR AND WIDE

Costco sells Plan B OTC and does not require you to have a membership to purchase it.

[werothegreat]

found these on Facebook, could not not share (can't find original artist, please help)

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[acorviart]

surely this small spinning rotisserie chicken will solve all my problems

buy spinny chikin here

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