• Costco jobs can be rough sometimes — especially when employees find themselves dealing with difficult members and annoying habits.
• Some customers are egregiously rude, while others have habits that are just quietly aggravating.
• Blocking the front entrance, leaving out perishables around the store, and trying to start fights over warehouse policies are all sure to annoy Costco employees.
Costco jobs aren't always a cakewalk.
Sometimes, that's due to the behaviors of Costco members.
A 2018 study from the University of British Columbia found that the promise of deals can "lead consumers away from fully recognizing the human qualities of employees."
The finding doesn't exactly bode well for workers at Costco, which is known for touting bargains through buying in bulk, as well as cheap eats.
While the retail chain made Glassdoor's list of best places to work in 2017, employees have still occasionally taken to social media to complain about bad behavior from shoppers.
"There are some really pleasant regulars that come in, but the negative ones outweigh the good for sure," wrote one seven-year Costco employee in a 2013 Reddit AMA.
However, one California-based Costco worker told Business Insider that they haven't had too many problems with members. "We get paid incredibly well to deal with the members, so unless they're being crazy — admitting to stalking you, being racist — we'll deal with it," the employee said.
Here are 20 annoying behaviors that are sure to irk Costco employees:
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Treating employees poorly — then expecting them to 'bend over backwards' for you
Rude customers are a problem that most retail workers come up against. Costco employees are no exception.
In a 2013 Reddit AMA, a Reddit user who said they'd worked at Costco for seven years estimated that they hated 80% of the members that visited the store.
"Because people pay a membership fee to shop there, they feel entitled to treat us like s--- and expect us to bend over backwards for them," the employee wrote.
A Costco food court employee wrote in a 2014 Reddit AMA, "I'm not some indentured servant. I'm a person that has lived a life just as full as yours. I just so happened to end up on the other side of the counter today."
A Costco employee based in Ontario told Business Insider that members "pay a small fee for amazing deals — not a bunch of slaves."
A Costco employee in Texas, as well as a Costco optical department employee, also reached out to Business Insider to say that they wished some customers would drop their "belittling" and "entitled" attitudes.
Trying to shop at Costco without a membership
Costco employees are sometimes forced to deal with non-members trying to shop at the warehouse.
In a 2016 Reddit thread, a Reddit user who said they'd worked at Costco for eight years wrote that their go-to response to indignant non-members was, "I do apologize, but it is Costco's policy. It is a membership-based warehouse, and if you are not a member then you cannot shop here."
Causing problems at the front of the store
Costco members can easily make life difficult for employees monitoring the front entrance of the store.
A Reddit user who said they'd worked at Costco for eight years as of 2016 wrote that annoying behaviors include customers failing to show their Costco member card, blocking the front entrance, and "pulling the 'but I've shopped here for year' excuse' in lieu of a card.
A California-based Costco employee told Business Insider that they wished members would stop "giving attitude when asked to see their membership card."
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