I change my habits every time I take PTO. If I’m not working on a Tuesday, you bet your ass I’m going to Costco.
TonyTheTerrible on
Now try this in LA, where even entire venues get at capacity.
Pleuel on
I see my in-laws in that picture.
LissaFreewind on
We go on Tuesday or wednsday
PerfSynthetic on
Every fekn time.. same with salons, hair cut places, massage, coffee, deli…
You have nothing to do all fekn week but Saturday at 8am is your critical time to drive slow and stand in line before the place opens…
InsomniaticWanderer on
Bonus points if you go all the way there and then stop for no discernable reason right in the doorway.
JauntyTurtle on
My wife and I are retired and we’re just the opposite. We hate going shopping or to restaurants on the weekends because they’re crowded.
Stay-Thirsty on
Probably wants to people watch. But if I go food shopping on a Tuesday around noon, the old/retired people are all swarming the place
Captain_Kuhl on
The sales happen on the weekend, and old people love a bargain.
go_phx on
I retired a couple of years ago. My wife and I stay home most weekends. Do ALL of our running around during the week….and it’s STILL too crowded. My mid-80’s in-laws on the other hand? Want us to go to breakfast with them at 8:00am Sunday. NO THANKS.
adamders on
Oh is it peak commuting times? Let’s just drive around going no where 15mph under the speed limit.
No_Dragonfruit_4286 on
You can not be sure who actually is retired. My 79 year old mother doesn’t have a pension. She is still working in order for us to be able to pay rent.
TF2PublicFerret on
This was the annoyance I felt today as my GF insisted we go to Costco. At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country (this is the closest one to us and its ages away), localised entirely within a petrol crisis.
onajourney314 on
I noticed this too and I don’t get it! I go grocery shopping at 8-9am to avoid people and here I feel like they go when it’s busiest.
Elmalab on
we are around 40 and do this.
Chesticle5 on
This is painfully accurate
According-Thanks6565 on
Its hard sitting around drinking and getting high everyday. But i love it.
novascotiabiker on
I remember during Covid restrictions the grocery stores had a limit of how many people were aloud in at a time,I’d go there on a Saturday morning and would see retired people in the line they had all week unlike some of us that were still working.
SnooCrickets699 on
When I retired, I stopped shopping in the evenings and weekends. It pissed me off when I worked 10 hours a day; and all these old fucks were in the grocery store, slow walking; I was tired, hungry, and just wanted to get my ass home.
dilliedalliee on
IMO, they probably just want to be around people. Retirement and old age goes through phases.
Some people like to keep routine and the old farts fighting Saturday rushes are cute to me. They just wanna be with the people like everyone else
Tess47 on
Hey, not me. I only go early on weekdays. I dont want to be around smelly crowds.
Speaker_6 on
I love how the sweater gets bigger each day. If the sweater is for a small person, the amount of progress is reasonable for somebody who just knits all day and is making a simple sweater. Often, these kinds of things are very unrealistic about the amount of progress that a knitter can make, but this one is reasonably accurate, and the fact of the person is probably knitting all day adds to the meaning
SeanBlader on
Screw that, even when I was working I wouldn’t go out to dinners on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. And if one of the busy restaurants we wanted to visit on a weekend, we’d go at like 3pm to avoid lunch and dinner traffic.
RetroSwamp on
I switched to daily trips super early in the morning to budget better and avoid the idiots.
Apyan on
I went to the grocery store once in the middle of the week and it was a miserable experience. The old people in front of me in the line spent all the time in the world talking with the cashier. Poor girl. I just assume they go every day.
purplelilac701 on
I don’t get this. There’s older people on the bus with their buggies of groceries during peak rush hours and it’s a real head scratcher to me.
Same with parents with small children.
They have the ability to plan excursions outside of rush hours.
qY81nNu on
Yup, my dad. Meanwhile I hop to the store on tuesday at 10AM during my break and it’s just me and 2 other weirdo’s speed-running the produce section
shapednoise on
Retired here. Tuesday is shopping day.
ClamatoDiver on
I just do a lot of it online and get it delivered.
I do enjoy the occasional Costco walk though.
Three_Twenty-Three on
After church on Sunday would be best. Be sure to stop and stand in the Walmart, Costco, or supermarket doorway and get your bearings before going all the way into the store. Then use the self-checkout in a way that makes me think you have never, ever used one before.
robbob19 on
Tuesday is pension day here, and a bad day to visit banks or supermarkets😂. The joke notices the symptoms but missed the cause.
Quackmoor1 on
No no, Monday five PM they move their corpses
blairsween on
weekend grocery runs are a warzone lmao
ARobertNotABob on
Lol. Like we have any idea what day of the week it is.
/jest
PointB1ank on
As someone who lives in a city, the weekends have way less traffic than weekdays. Even if the grocery store itself is less crowded, that’s not really slowing me down as much as traffic does.
JAGERW0LF on
Either tha or they do go during the week but only between 1200 and 1300 when those of us who work are trying to buy lunch.
yourmomsnutsarehuge on
My normal days off are Monday and Tuesday. Last week I took PTO and tried to go do stuff on Saturday. It was my nightmare. Fuck weekends.
TucsonTacos on
“Let’s walk through Costco’s wide lanes and just stop in the middle and look at the ceiling for some reason”
RonSwansonsOldMan on
I live in an area with lots of retirees. I was at a grocery store on my way home from work and the lines were long. The old ladies infront of me were bitching about the long lines. I asked them if they were retired and they said yes. I asked them why the hell they weren’t at the store at 2 pm instead of 5 pm when working people are trying to buy something for dinner and get on home. I got death glares.
GlummyGloom on
This is my wife. I swear to god.
Patrickson19 on
Huh, I usually had this happen when I went on break at work and quickly wanted to get something to eat from the supermarket from across the street.
Bosko47 on
I actually tought about that while being frustrated by the same reason and I concluded they just would like to feel present with the rest of the population even for mundane task like groceries.
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I change my habits every time I take PTO. If I’m not working on a Tuesday, you bet your ass I’m going to Costco.
Now try this in LA, where even entire venues get at capacity.
I see my in-laws in that picture.
We go on Tuesday or wednsday
Every fekn time.. same with salons, hair cut places, massage, coffee, deli…
You have nothing to do all fekn week but Saturday at 8am is your critical time to drive slow and stand in line before the place opens…
Bonus points if you go all the way there and then stop for no discernable reason right in the doorway.
My wife and I are retired and we’re just the opposite. We hate going shopping or to restaurants on the weekends because they’re crowded.
Probably wants to people watch. But if I go food shopping on a Tuesday around noon, the old/retired people are all swarming the place
The sales happen on the weekend, and old people love a bargain.
I retired a couple of years ago. My wife and I stay home most weekends. Do ALL of our running around during the week….and it’s STILL too crowded. My mid-80’s in-laws on the other hand? Want us to go to breakfast with them at 8:00am Sunday. NO THANKS.
Oh is it peak commuting times? Let’s just drive around going no where 15mph under the speed limit.
You can not be sure who actually is retired. My 79 year old mother doesn’t have a pension. She is still working in order for us to be able to pay rent.
This was the annoyance I felt today as my GF insisted we go to Costco. At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country (this is the closest one to us and its ages away), localised entirely within a petrol crisis.
I noticed this too and I don’t get it! I go grocery shopping at 8-9am to avoid people and here I feel like they go when it’s busiest.
we are around 40 and do this.
This is painfully accurate
Its hard sitting around drinking and getting high everyday. But i love it.
I remember during Covid restrictions the grocery stores had a limit of how many people were aloud in at a time,I’d go there on a Saturday morning and would see retired people in the line they had all week unlike some of us that were still working.
When I retired, I stopped shopping in the evenings and weekends. It pissed me off when I worked 10 hours a day; and all these old fucks were in the grocery store, slow walking; I was tired, hungry, and just wanted to get my ass home.
IMO, they probably just want to be around people. Retirement and old age goes through phases.
Some people like to keep routine and the old farts fighting Saturday rushes are cute to me. They just wanna be with the people like everyone else
Hey, not me. I only go early on weekdays. I dont want to be around smelly crowds.
I love how the sweater gets bigger each day. If the sweater is for a small person, the amount of progress is reasonable for somebody who just knits all day and is making a simple sweater. Often, these kinds of things are very unrealistic about the amount of progress that a knitter can make, but this one is reasonably accurate, and the fact of the person is probably knitting all day adds to the meaning
Screw that, even when I was working I wouldn’t go out to dinners on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. And if one of the busy restaurants we wanted to visit on a weekend, we’d go at like 3pm to avoid lunch and dinner traffic.
I switched to daily trips super early in the morning to budget better and avoid the idiots.
I went to the grocery store once in the middle of the week and it was a miserable experience. The old people in front of me in the line spent all the time in the world talking with the cashier. Poor girl. I just assume they go every day.
I don’t get this. There’s older people on the bus with their buggies of groceries during peak rush hours and it’s a real head scratcher to me.
Same with parents with small children.
They have the ability to plan excursions outside of rush hours.
Yup, my dad. Meanwhile I hop to the store on tuesday at 10AM during my break and it’s just me and 2 other weirdo’s speed-running the produce section
Retired here. Tuesday is shopping day.
I just do a lot of it online and get it delivered.
I do enjoy the occasional Costco walk though.
After church on Sunday would be best. Be sure to stop and stand in the Walmart, Costco, or supermarket doorway and get your bearings before going all the way into the store. Then use the self-checkout in a way that makes me think you have never, ever used one before.
Tuesday is pension day here, and a bad day to visit banks or supermarkets😂. The joke notices the symptoms but missed the cause.
No no, Monday five PM they move their corpses
weekend grocery runs are a warzone lmao
Lol. Like we have any idea what day of the week it is.
/jest
As someone who lives in a city, the weekends have way less traffic than weekdays. Even if the grocery store itself is less crowded, that’s not really slowing me down as much as traffic does.
Either tha or they do go during the week but only between 1200 and 1300 when those of us who work are trying to buy lunch.
My normal days off are Monday and Tuesday. Last week I took PTO and tried to go do stuff on Saturday. It was my nightmare. Fuck weekends.
“Let’s walk through Costco’s wide lanes and just stop in the middle and look at the ceiling for some reason”
I live in an area with lots of retirees. I was at a grocery store on my way home from work and the lines were long. The old ladies infront of me were bitching about the long lines. I asked them if they were retired and they said yes. I asked them why the hell they weren’t at the store at 2 pm instead of 5 pm when working people are trying to buy something for dinner and get on home. I got death glares.
This is my wife. I swear to god.
Huh, I usually had this happen when I went on break at work and quickly wanted to get something to eat from the supermarket from across the street.
I actually tought about that while being frustrated by the same reason and I concluded they just would like to feel present with the rest of the population even for mundane task like groceries.
Retirement must feel lonely to some