Costco Wholesale — Attraction in Rohnert Park

Ever wonder what trouble you could get into with a 7lb tub of Mayo? What about a sack of chips? How about a tree of Avocados? Or a Christmas tree you can RETURN after Christmas?

Well you're in luck - Costco has all of this and more! You could get lost in here and start daydreaming of what that 85 inch tv would look like in your man-cave while your girlfriend steps over to the diamond rings and wonders when you'll pop the question, but you think - the TV is $3000 and the ring is $9000, we could have three TV's for the price of that and then she gets mad at you for being a jerk and not putting her first, but then you say "no no baby, think about it, we could watch the bachelor and the people would be ACTUAL SIZE on that big screen" then should would say "oh great, so I can watch HIM propose to that special someone on TV?!?" and then you shut down and say "fine!" and she says "fine!"

You both sulk around the massive aisles trying new foods as 50+ year old women in hairnets randomly shout brand names and prices at you. You both laugh at the awkwardness of it all and end up testing the cheeses they are handing out and saying "oh yeah, yum, this is so good, where is the box? I'm interested in getting a couple" when you both know you're there for the free samples at this point.

After coming just for the $4.99 rotisserie chicken and successfully fighting off the 30 other people standing around the butcher for the biggest, crispiest, freshest bird, you both end up at the checkout and realize this trip cost you $400 and end up justifying it with "but the 100oz mustard will last two years easily".

As you walk out, you scramble to find the receipt you just crunched up and put in one of your pockets for the maximum security guard to check. Ronald looks at you, looks at your cart, looks at you, looks at your receipt, makes some comment about back in his day that mustard would last a decade and then run his pink highlighter the entire length of the receipt.

And that's basically what you'll experience at this Costco - every....

You know what it is. It's Costco.

If it's got a gas station and you can get to it frequently, just get a membership, it'll save you money.

That alone can make it worthwhile for single folks who don't have a lot of storage space.

If you need 3 liters of your favorite shampoo, 5 lb of whipped cream cheese, or a chocolate chocolate chip muffin the size of your head, this is the place to be.

On the best days it's not too crowded, there are interesting new products, and even better yet tasty samples to go with the awesome deals.

There will probably be a bird flying around inside. And somebody trying to sell you cell service or live TV channels. Please smile at them. Sales is a tough job.

If you like your eye wear stylish as well as well priced, you can't beat the optometry department.

Fun fact: the D vitamins, along with a couple of other key and interesting supplements are in the candy aisle.

Fun fact number two: the hoses at the gas station are long enough to reach either side of your car, so don't worry about trying to line up with a lane on the same side as your gas tank. You'll be fine. And it helps the line move faster.

Fun fact number 3: the Rohnert Park location has self checkout options. There's usually someone handy to help you if you get stuck. You can order your snack bar items right there on the register like a pro. Now, grab yourself a box and head for that snack bar, baby.

Go ahead and get one of those hot dog and soda combos - you know...

I was trying to access the tire center after entering and went through a check out line and had a cashier yelling at me that I had to go down further and go through at some other point? What other point? I still had not bought anything and would still have had to go through a line. She kept yelling at me even after I heard her shrieking command and kept yelling thank you to me even when I could she was passive aggressively telling me that she thought I was doing something terribly wrong. She should have been angry that their store put a tire center with no outside access so on the multiple trips of buying the new battery and bringing in the old one, I had to try to bypass the old harpy. And then when I was leaving the store and told the lady looking at receipts, she got irritated when I asked her if I could come in the exit so I wouldn’t get yelled at by the harpy at the cashier line. These people have serious passive aggressive personality problems and are taking it out on members, of which I’ve been for more than 20 years. The Costco experience has gone so far downhill the last 10 years, it’s very sad. The guy selling batteries was cool though. Lent me a wrench since I didn’t have one. He told me it wasn’t a big deal about cutting through the line and chuckled that I would get yelled at for that. I’ve never been yelled at before in my life except by the odd homeless person, but now I can add Costco personnel to that list. ...