S is for Samples

It used to be only Saturday that you would find samples dotting the stores aisles. To get one you had to be with an adult and had to listen to the speal of the Sample Lady before you were allowed to take your sample and it was only one per customer.


Costco has changed that all. Samples are offered every day. You no longer have to listen to the Sample Lady at all, you just walk up and take, eat, and walk away. And it seems that it's no longer one per customer: It's one for me and oh, one for my wife or girlfriend or husband that is over an aisle (aka AT HOME!)
When this new sample phenomenon started taking place, our family would have Costco samples for lunch and then share a hotdog on the way home. It was amazing. We would take one of everything with no discernment of what it was or if we were going to like it or not. Plus it seemed to be a race to see if we could make it around to all of the sample places before they were out.
But now as I've gotten older, I started to slow down and actually listen to the Sample Ladies as they try and sell their product, taste it, possibly make a comment about how good it is and then move on.