Costco Hot Dog: Adam Not Happy

On a recent trip to his local Costco, Adam was disappointed with the current version of the $1.50 hot dog.

Adam: But you know, the one thing they still have is the $1.50 hot dog in a drink, which people revolted over them trying to raise the price on that. Yeah. Well, it’s a scam. Why? Well, I am a long time consumer of the Costco $1.50 hot dog and drink.

So first off, the bun is only 60 % the size of the dog. It sticks out on both sides. It’s a puny bun. They skimp on the bun.

Second, the drink container is smaller than it used to be. I don’t know sizes, but it’s smaller. 

Third, you can only now get Pepsi products. There’s no root beer. There’s no Dr. Pepper. It’s only Pepsi or Diet Pepsi or water.

Dvorak: Well, that’s just your place because none of that’s going on here. The buns are the same as they always have been. The container size is the same. It’s some scam going on your local store.

Adam: Third, the onion grinder has been removed. Yes, that has happened everywhere. I like the onion grinder.

Dvorak: I like the onion grinder too.

Adam: Third, they no longer put it in a heat sealing bag. It’s just a brown paper bag. So if you don’t eat it there, it’s going to be cold by the time you get in the car. This is no good. I’m very upset with Costco.

Dvorak: Well, the big upset should be with the pre-cooked chicken, which they’ve taken out of the container, which gave me my tip of the day, which you could tell it was really the right chicken or not.

Adam: I thought they put it back.

Dvorak: No, as far as I can tell, at least locally here, this just goes into some crummy bag, some sort of a bag that accumulates the juice. So if the bag happens to have a little tear in it or something, it gets all over the car. It’s a nightmare!