Costco

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

Comedy, Flightless Bird, Documentary, Society & Culture, David Farrier

5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand Costco, the giant membership warehouse club loved by millions of Americans, a store that now pulls in $64 billion in revenue each year. Farrier meets up with a friend of the show Andy, who takes David inside Costco for his first shopping trip. David is so impressed he signs up as a card-carrying Costco member, before returning with a former staff member to get the goss. Finally, Farrier talks to a staff member who’s been at Costco for a quarter of a century, meeting his wife at Costo, buying his engagement ring at Costco, and naming their dog after the iconic Costco brand, Kirkland.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm David Ferrier, in New Zealander accidentally marooned in America, and I want to figure
0:05.8	out what makes this country tick.
0:08.2	Now ever since this show started, I've been getting emails,
0:11.1	dems, and even voice memos about a very specific topic I need to cover,
0:15.5	a cornerstone of American culture.
0:18.8	It's the most incredible place.
0:20.8	It's the first store that my daughter ever identified by him. We love it there.
0:26.0	They were talking Costco and the messages they kept coming in.
0:30.4	If there's going to be a Costco episode, please tip us off to when.
0:34.0	I'll literally stay up until midnight.
0:36.0	Fucking love Costco.
0:37.5	I have a Kirkland logo t-shirt.
0:39.5	Walmart is Gross America.
0:41.5	Costco is the ideal America said another DM.
0:45.0	It's a dollar fifty for a hot dog and that includes a soda said another person.
0:49.7	Costco is the greatest place in the world.
0:53.0	When you go to Costco, you have to do a whole lap.
0:56.0	You can't just go in there and look for the thing that you need.
1:00.0	You have to go in and see if they've added anything new.
1:02.0	You have to walk down every aisle.
1:04.4	Oh man, I fucking love Costco.
1:07.0	They fucking loved Costco, and there were weird messages to get because Costco was just a store.
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