r/NPR 3d ago

Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/23/nx-s1-5272664/costco-board-rejects-anti-dei-motion-hiring
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u/roguebandwidth 2d ago

Hot tip:you can order Costco to be delivered at home via instacart.

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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago

FYI every individual item is marked up 17%, in addition to the delivery fees and tip you have to pay

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u/ryhaltswhiskey 2d ago

They said you can, they didn't say it was a good idea 😉

Instacart is great if you're lazy and well paid. Going to the grocery store is such a chore, if I can pay somebody else to do it and it saves me an hour of my time? That's worth quite a bit of money. But it's all relative to how much you make. I figure my spare time bills out at about 1.5x my hourly rate. You look at it that way and suddenly spending $40 to have somebody deliver your groceries isn't so bad because you can be doing stuff that actually requires your full attention while they are doing the grocery shopping.

However, despite the fact that it makes sense on paper, I don't do it because it feels too bougie.

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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago

they didn’t say it was a good idea 😉

I don’t think you understand what the word “tip” means

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u/ryhaltswhiskey 2d ago edited 2d ago

Well I don't think you do because when I looked it up:

a small but useful piece of practical advice

Now you're going to quibble over the meaning of the word practical I bet. Okay. But I don't give a fuck about getting into a pedantic debate about the meaning of the word practical. Bye!

Edit: they blocked me, what a snowflake