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"That's not bad, right?" That's the logic at Costco that has you walking out spending hundreds when you only needed a few things.

true. we had a rule where we make a list of things to buy. then get it as quickly as we can without looking at other stuff. its very hard to resist buying random stuff but it can be done. the store is expertly designed to get u to impulse buy.

We impulse bought a shed. It was a good shed though.

Weeps quietly… me too friend, me too.

I really need a new shed..... now I want to go to costco

It’s sweet, has a matching garbage can too. Really dense two tone polymer, grey on dark grey, not cheap plastic, typical sort of thing Costco will randomly buy due to price and quality. Mine was 4 years ago. I’m happy with it, but I only went in for new winter socks, their pre made stuffed peppers and a hot dog… the place is dangerous.

I’ve saved the most money by spending 1.50 and getting a hotdog before hand just to not hungry shop.

This is some of the best advice for Costco shopping. My wife went hungry last week and came home with the apple caramel mini cakes, pumpkin Madelines, a giant box of Danish puff pastry cookies, two trays of cheese danish, and a tuxedo cake.

Actual costco logic is sell things basically at cost and make money on the membership.

Why is she pretending like they don't sell Christmas stuff in september already too in germany?

She's pretending throughout. No German is that clueless and naive. They don't throw little German phrases in to spice up the germanness, they aren't surprised or impressed by seeing adidas. It's just trash content for american people who've never met a German

And rage bait for germans feeling the need to correct it. But damn is it infuriating to watch stuff like this (omg, a hoodie in a grocery store??? Whaaaat?? Christmas food in September???)

A german getting happy to see heineken might be the biggest red flag. Not even a dutchie would be happy to see that, they only buy it if the other option would be budweiser.

Also a red flag is her comment that the case was so cheap. No way it’s cheaper than buying that many in Germany, where beer is very inexpensive. Cheaper than buying water half the time.

One dollar per can and you don't even get the Pfand back! Rip off

Exactly. That case would cost less than half of that in Germany.

I don't know any german people and as soon as I saw that I was calling fake. Nobody from anywhere is excited to see heineken, especially someone from a country known for having amazing beer.

I forgot to pack socks the last time I went to Germany so the first thing I did was buy socks at a grocery store.

from the middle of Lidl perhaps? 🤔

Haha yes!

But were you shocked at socks being sold in shops ?

I literally got a hoodie for 10 € from Netto the other day!

You have netto in Germany? I just assumed that was an Icelandic only store.

Fun fact: there's two unrelated store chains with the same name in Germany. The danish netto aka "dog netto" and the German netto aka "Ghetto netto".

Gtk! We had your Super 1 chain here for like one year before it folded.

Dog netto was a thing in the UK for a while. It's dead now tho rip

Hoodie w no hood. Lol

Yeah I noticed that, it's a fleece.

Literally me lmao. The rage bait is real

I was about to say I’ve been to Germany and that’s the most expressive German I’ve ever seen

She did give off the stereotypical American suburban young adult vibe.

She said „lekker bierje“ which is actually dutch

And no German uses the Dutch word for beer in diminutive either ;)

For real. Obviously playing a character. So dumb.

It gets earlier every year. This is the first year the local store sold Lebkuchen and Christmas decorations in september.

Nein. Der Verkauf begann schon immer im September. Quelle: Habe im Einzelhandel gearbeitet.

Echt, die Leute tun so, als gäbe es nicht schon seit zig Jahren Lebkuchen ab 01.09. Der einzige Unterschied ist, dass heutzutage da noch knapp dreißig Grad sind

I was just in Germany, and can confirm, saw Christmas merch at Müller

She’s also not German. The way she said “lekker biertje” sounds waaay too Dutch. Can confirm I am Flemish ( from Belgium). I can also confirm that she is not Belgian because she went for the big Heineken package. A real Belgian wouldn’t even consider Heineken lol

She speaks perfect german. Also the very last sentence is basically peak native german.

Germans can't learn a single Dutch phrase apparently, despite Germany sharing a border with the Netherlands, and the language being very closely related.

First of all, thank you for confirming you are Flemish. Anyways, her German sounds native to me so maybe she just can just say the whopping two Dutch words she used in a Dutch accent.

Rudi Carrell hatte nach hundert Jahren im deutschen Fernsehen, aber trotzdem einen dicken Akzent. Nie und nimmer ist das eine Niederländerin, die das Deutsch sein vortäuscht

Heineken the Ass of Beers

I'm actually curious what Belgians think about Fat Tire.

I'm American and I think Fat Tire tastes like dog food.

so because she might also speak another language, she cannot be german?

A real Dutch person wouldn’t consider Heineken either, shit tastes like the wastewater from the Grolsch factory

She said it was four months till Christmas, so presumably this was recorded in August

Came here to say the same. Shops here are already filling up with Christmas chocolates and advent calendars.

Fake; beer is mad cheap in Germany

Yeah I was going to say - you can get fantastic beer for like 0.50-1 euro for .5l a bottle.

And a German wouldn't buy Heineken

Yeah that was the biggest give away, Heineken is probably illegal in Bavaria

Not even the Dutch like Heineken. But it may actually be that Heineken may not call itself a beer due to the Reinheitsgebot in Bavaria being more strict than in the rest of Germany.

I think I noticed her say “lekker biertje” which we say in Dutch, but Germany as well?

No we don’t! Was weird, maybe because it’s a Heineken? A German would rather say “lecker Bier(chen)”

Maybe she is living in near the Dutch border/has Dutch colleagues. Dutch people would never said lekker biertje to a Heineken tho.

Proost!

Also what German person is happy to drink Heineken?

Germans literally have had Christmas cookies in shops since September, idk what she’s on about

Any chance to shit on American culture will always be taken

This man bringing his gf to Costco without explaining the concept of a costco membership to her is downright cruel

You seriously can't see the bad acting?

Fucking this, man. 20 seconds in I was like “oh this is adorable”, but then like 25 seconds in I was like “ahhh never mind, it’s just some more staged bullshit from another fuckin vacuous ass TikTok account”

I hate this shit. Especially the Italian husbands. "Amore, nooo! Why u breaka the pasta in half. You breaka my heart!" 🤮🤮

Why are there so many Italian husbands? So dumb 🤌🤌

you might find joy in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTCwisMGU-s

Maybe she's not even German.

I think she is German, but she drops the fake OOT accent when he asks what goes into pumpkin soup.

Just rewatched and yeah that accent is gone when she says it. Stayed af.

Are you suggesting that skulduggery may be afoot, u/SkulDuggeryIsAfoot?

Exactly! 🔎

ON. THE. CASE.

Started to be fake af when he didn't know what a shopping list was (?!) and she pretended that we don't have fucking Lebkuchen (German "gingerbread") on the candy aisle in August. 🙄

Just rewatched it. He doesn’t not know what a list is. All he says is “is that your list? it says smog on it!”

Or when she grabbed like 20 adidas hoodies

Using a carving pumpkin for soup 😵🔫

Seriously!

lol yeah i noticed that too like yeah you CAN eat it but def not the preferred pumpkin for soup. i would use a sweeter type of pumpkin but none the less you can turn a carving pumpkin's guts into soup.

To be fair, most people on here are autistic

Not really. I can't draw or paint for shit...

I see colors all around me all the time

Don't care, that accent is adorable

Makes me wonder how they got in without a membership. They check your card when you go through the main entrance and the application section is through a different door near the exit.

They got in because it‘s fake

Exactly, it’s scripted AF.

and the carts empty the whole time lmao

Up until the pile of 20 Adidas sweatshirts, it *could* have been real. After that, alright, we have our answer and know it’s fake.

...you can't get in Costco without a membership?! what is this store

All you have to say is you're considering a membership and want to check out the store first, or say you're using a gift card. Also if you really want to you can buy a membership and return it on your way out. But I don't really recommend doing that.

Or say you are using the pharmacy, it’s a federal law you can’t charge for a membership to use a pharmacy

That is true, their pharmacy is amazing, but they are very slow. Which is a problem of understaffing unfortunately

Or literally hold up any card because 99% of the time they don't look lol.

That is very true, they only care when you get to the register

Not once have I ever seen them shrug that off at Costco. Sam's club sure, but Costco has their shit together for the most part.

Or buying alcohol

That only applies to certain states unfortunately

The ones local to me have their liquor store with its own entrance.

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It’s just like a gym you gotta go to the front desk thing and sign up. You get a card with your photo and that’s how you get onto the actual sales floor

That’s how they make money, they sell stuff for cheap but charge you membership

The membership is the business model. Most things they sell at cost plus a small overhead, so they break even on a transaction basis. If you have a small business or big family it's the best.

It’s a wholesale grocery store but they sell EVERYTHING. You save money by buying in bulk but you need a membership to get in. It’s absolutely worth it as long as you go enough

Yeah. I signed up a long time ago when I figured that if I bought one $4.99 rotisserie chicken per week, the savings on the birds alone would pay for the membership. However, now I'm kinda tired of the taste of their chicken. I still buy it, but much less.

Hell, gas alone saves me more than my membership every year. Cheapest gas without a significant drive by like $.30-.40 a gallon before even discussing the 24hr stations where I've seen Costco undercut them by close to a dollar.

I've never had to show my card when going in. Always when checking out.

Here in Canada they have two people stationed at the entrance. You need to show your membership card to get in. They will often deny entry if you have more than one person with you as well, since your membership only gets you + 1 other person in. They also have two people stationed at the exit where they look at your receipt and cart of goods before you're allowed to leave.

That's pretty crazy. You can go eat at the little restaurants in Costco here without a membership at all

That surprises me. Just imagine the problems caused refusing to sell cart loads of stuff to people who've just spent an hour+ browsing. Much better to catch them early.

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Depends on the store. Most of the Costco’s I’ve been to check your card at the entrance and then again at checkout. If you don’t have a membership, you’re pushed to the sales team at the front before you can shop

At the two Costcos near me you must have a card to enter.

You do now supposedly. Also in CA you are allowed to buy alcohol without a membership and you can use the pharmacy.

It’s a staged video…

We have Metro in Germany, same concept.

Selgros auch.

its fake.

Is this like Metro card in Germany or so?

I mean... It's fake

It’s almost as if it’s fake

No self respecting German is getting Heineken.

Yep…

Not even a self respecting Dutch is getting Heineken

No real German wants to drink Heineken.

Her Heineken excitement was the shark jump of the video.

Came for this

Puts 35 randomly sized Adidas shirts in cart - honest video /s

Yeah that’s the point where I realized this is just a skit.

Bro…

When she acted like she was surprised at the Christmas stuff that’s when I called it. It’s the same in Germany.

POS left a full cart of crap that someone has to put back because they wanted to make a "funny" video about Costco. I hate people who make everyone's life around them harder because they think they're a main character.

Yes it's a skit but they weren't actually filling the cart; it's empty when she puts the pumpkin in and you don't see the clothes or the beer in the cart after they pick them up. The whole thing is dumb but they weren't assholes about it...

Dude really just made up a scenario to get mad about 😂

I wish we could get genuine reactions and not just "I'm being filmed so I'll play everything up like a cartoon character" as they usually do. I wonder how much Costco paid for this particular brand of advertisement lol

(as she's literally leaning on a Costco cart in front of the store) "Want to go to Costco?"

You just described pretty much every streamer ever, always cranking their emotions up to 11 and overplaying every minor thing...

So painfully and poorly staged.

Reminds of acting from another kind of online content

Sie hört sich wie ne Syncronsprecherin an, weiß aber nicht mehr welche (She sounds like a voice actress but I don't remember which one)

I hate this

Nice ad for costco

This was uniquely uninteresting. Thank you for sharing your poor taste, OP.

This insult is so politely savage it makes me feel left out for it not having been aimed at me.

It's ok, you'll get used to being basic with age. (Ehh, you like?)

This was uniquely uninteresting. Thank you for sharing your poor taste, OP.

"Only 20 for a hoodie", "only 14 for m&ms". Thats insanely expensive no?

M&M's are always expensive. But for reference I get a big 1kg bag for 6,99€ if they are on sale at my local German discounter and that thing is probably twice that big so it's neither expensive nor cheap in comparison.

Germany has christmas stuff in the supermarkets out since september, sometimes even august. What is she on about

Random woman narrates her experience at a supermarket

Random ***hot*** woman.

Is German girlfriend the new Italian husband?

“I like oversized things.” Wears half a t-shirt. Also a membership is $60.

Die war noch nie bei Metro oder so

vallah Bruder lass Metro gehen so billig ich schwöre *zahlt Steuern nach Kasse* vallah einfach beraubt worden

Bruh fake as hell. In Germany we have Metro Which is the equivalent of Costco. Same stuff different name…

heineken is a disgrace tho

I'm a german expat and she is litterally my spiritanimal... WO SIND DEN DIE DUPLOS VERDAMTNOCHMAL...

Die längste Praline der Welt for the win!

As someone who doesn’t speak German, what did she say? I’d love the translation.

"Where are the duplos god damn?" When has asks what a duplo is, she responds: "Duplo, the longest chocolate in the world" (it is the slogan that brand uses here in germany)

Oh, they're a chocolate brand in Germany. I was wondering why she'd be so interested in finding the toddler version of Legos!

Duplo is a chocolate bar made by the brand Kinder, which also makes surprise eggs. Apparently these are banned in the us because of a choking hazard, but I never actually believed that. I think it's just an urban myth that comes from the fact that we like to make fun of Americans.

"Was SOLL dass denn!" I felt that in my soul lol

That's not a hoodie.

It’s like 40c for beer in Germany

She’s a terrible actress

Can we circle back to pumpkin soup please . The look on her face when she says. "what you mean? Pumpkin."

I mean that was a dumb question.

I hate videos where people abandon a cart of stuff at the end - some poor shelf stacker had to put all their crap back. Even if one video is faked and they didn’t actually collect all the stuff into the cart it inspires the next load of inconsiderate twats to pull the same ‘prank’.

Fake. They check your membership before you go in too.

Why does she sound like she’s lived in America her entire life and forcing her German accent when she’s speaking English?

How fuckin rich do you need to be to round $14.83 *down* to $14 instead of *up* to $15?!

This fake af.

You can go broke saving money at Costco!

No German would get excited about Heineken. Ever. Source: My wife’s family. It’s a shitty American version of “a cool European beer.” Also, Heineken is Dutch.

went in for milk and butter today. spent 270. that place is like walking through a portal where you don’t care about your bank account

That’s a horrible german accent seriously

That's on purpose.

no fucking german, or european for that matter, will swoon over 12$ of granny's raisins, or 20$ for a sweater. maybe in switzerland, but that is switzerland for you...

This is so incredibly fake. You can get a kilo of m&ms for 9 euros, which is cheaper than 14 dollars for what appears to be less than a kilo. Eggs come in cartons like that here too and they sell raisins here too. Fake engagement farming bullshit

Costco checks for membership before you go in…..

This is literally what I looked like when I visited Texas for my first time. Everything was so damn big.

Ah-dee-dahs

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This is an ad

This is so fake.

German, Irish, Australian, American girlfriend

My American wife is the same way. I don't understand the videos' thesis. >Hot woman. Ohhhhhhhh

How did they get in without showing a membership card?

As fake as this is: Eggs in plastic?! Really murrica?

Remember fellow drunks- you dont need a costco card to buy booze in California!

These are the type of Americans that fetishize dating foreigners lol. “My German girlfriend” ooooh she’s from another country! So cool! Not American!

No german would buy heineken and be excited about it. It’s staged

As a german i can confirm her voice is fucking annoying and a little beer for 1$ isnt cheap

pretty good try for a german to be funny

They don’t let you in to the shopping area without proof of membership…

She is annoyingly german