Alhambra Costco Short Story

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Alhambra Costco, known as the busiest Costco in the entire world, is set in the middle of the multicultural San Gabriel Valley. It is the day before Thanksgiving when the last minute shoppers are competing for goods to prepare their Thanksgiving feast. There isn’t a parking space in the whole lot, but the shoppers continue piling into the store. Mary Ann Smith, a regular at Alhambra Costco ponders on what she will cook for family and guests for their celebration. As she turns the corner and enters the meat department, she quickly notices that they are sampling turducken. She thought, “Oh, that would be perfect!” Despite the line that was twenty deep, Mary Ann decides to wait for a taste of the turducken. When she finally got to the front of the line, a kid by …show more content…

He smelled the turducken and made it look like he would give it to her and really in the end not want it. You wouldn’t believe what he did next he raised his arm popped it in his mouth and say, “It’s good.” Mary Ann said, “That darn Ching ruining my plans!” Mary Ann looked like she was going to explode she yelled, “What is wrong with this society!” I can’t believe “What has happened before everyone was honest and polite but now people just piss you off!” ,said Mary Ann Ching looked guilty you could see it on his face. Mary Ann and Ching got into a heated argument while Ingrid attempted to break it up. Ingrid yelled at Ching and said, “what was that for?” Ching was silent while Ingrid started scolding him saying, “No more turducken for you!” Ingrid was tired of Ching's disrespect and him taking other peoples samples many times as this was not the first time this had happened. Ingrid knew she wouldn’t be seeing Ching again or at least for a while, as he just had a very embarrassing moment in front of many Costco members. Ingrid knew one thing for sure she didn’t want to see Ching take samples like that again. Ching felt embarrassed in front of all Costco customers he decided he did indeed make a bad