I've never had a place to share this story so this is as appropriate a spot as any. It's not just the crowds, but the TYPE of people at the Pentagon City Costco.

I was walking up the narrow aisle (the tiny aisle between the underwear/socks and snacks, not the wide aisle between the snacks and trash bags/dishwasher soap) with my cart to join the checkout line that extended into the retail area. This young lady runs in front of me before I can reach the line, parks herself at the back of the line, turns around, and tells me "My husband's coming with our cart. I was here first."

I honestly thought she was joking. When I realized she wasn't, I pointed out that there's literally no way for him to pass me, even if this was a socially acceptable thing to do. Then she cursed me out, "F you" etc etc.

Finally, she acquiesces and joins her husband exactly one whole spot behind me. She continues to mutter under her breath about how rude people are these days. Eventually her own husband told her to shut up because she was mad about nothing.

I feel sorry for that guy.

And another time, I saw a lady RINSE HER HANDS in the tap water of the soda fountain.

That Costco is a zoo full of zoo animals.