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How Costco became a 'third place'but it is most definitely an aesthetic take
No one I know goes to McDonald's for the food, coffee, or atmosphere.
We have a friend who goes to McDonald's every day for a gathering with a bunch of buddies. Every day at 10 and they're there till noon. During COVID they would sit outside on the benches.
In the olden days, it would have been a group of women and it would have been called a "coffee klatch".
It's all about the people.
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How Costco became a 'third place'I'm beginning to think that no one read the article....
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How Costco became a 'third place'C'mon guys, all together now: "GET OFF MY LAWN!!"
So it's 1980. People meet in person, right? At school, at work, at church? If you had told me back then that I would have a bunch of online friends whom I've never met and that I've been part of the group for nearly 20 years, I would have thought you were crazy. And that some of us would meet and marry, having first met online? Fantasy world!
For a bunch of a different reasons, you couldn't drag me to a shopping mall, a Taylor Swift concert, or a Star Trek convention, but clearly a lot of people find those venues inviting, and I think that's great. They've found their comfy places to land, to be with people who share their interests. Costco nerds are just another flavor of that.
This thread has gotten into what we like/don't like about Costco and the bigger point that's being missed is recognizing that we human beings continue to find new ways to connect with each other. Costco is just one example. Not a terribly important one, but just another way. And it may not be yours.
It's not that complicated.
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Knock, knockOn a typical Tuesday, NOAA biologists were deep into their standard routine—analyzing data on sharks and studying fish populations. Then, staff heard an unmistakable tapping sound at the building's glass entryway. Standing on the stoop was a brown pelican, repeatedly rapping its beak against the door.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/knocking-help-pelicans-unlikely-rescue
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How Costco became a 'third place'Guess you guys aren't doing what the people who were profiled in the article are doing!
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The bride's parents didn't fund this weddingHow ProPublica figured it out.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-reporting
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Probably bots and spammersUptick in registration requests recently, at least five or six a day.
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Adopt a Tuscan Olive TreeSomething seemed a little too slick about the site. There are interesting discussions on reddit about these kinds of operations. Apparently some of them may be total scams, and others aren't entirely truthful about the story.
And there is a separate shipping fee to get your bottles. Not sure about tariffs, but I'm guessing yes.
Bottom line: Caveat emptor.
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How Costco became a 'third place'They have some pretty cool products in the UK. The deli platters look way more interesting than ours.
https://services.costco.co.uk/deli/
And look at this Hot Buy!