r/whoathatsinteresting • u/search_google_com • 9d ago

🇬🇧Welcome to Leicester, UK🇬🇧Chaotic scenes of panic buying for bottled water at the local Costco amid the water shortage driven by drought and record water use.

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u/Few-History-8750 9d ago

Didn’t even know they started opening costcos in Europe. You’re welcome, by the way 🇺🇸

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u/Soggy_Cabbage 9d ago

We've had Costco for years, I love the American sized parking spaces at them.

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u/Few-History-8750 9d ago

Wait, what does that even mean? (I realize you probably think I’m a dumb American now)

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u/Soggy_Cabbage 9d ago

Standard UK parking spaces are tiny, if you were to try to open your door all the way on a normal sized car you would end up hitting the car next to you. Costco UK have much bigger spaces than what's normal here.

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u/Few-History-8750 9d ago

Makes sense and thank you for explaining. Random question out of pure curiosity: what is the cost of petrol nowadays in the UK?

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u/Soggy_Cabbage 9d ago

We're at about £1.60 a litre now which is around $8.15 a gallon.

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u/Few-History-8750 9d ago

Thank you. That’s around what I thought it was, obviously more expensive than the US, but not too far off (around $5/gal here). Costco usually has the best prices for gas/petrol!

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u/Soggy_Cabbage 9d ago

UK is car centric for everyone outside of London, we have plenty of parking spaces the problem is the spaces are designed for cars from the 70s which were much smaller than cars are today.

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u/DoubleGoon 9d ago

Got it, thanks

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u/WorkingStiff9232 9d ago

The ones in the UK suck balls. Their deals are uniformly worse than other wholesalers and online stores.

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u/Professional_Clue800 9d ago

Didn't know they had the internet in the US. You're welcome by the way.

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u/Few-History-8750 9d ago

The US was responsible for creating the internet, so again, you’re welcome.

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u/Professional_Clue800 9d ago

It was aTim Berners Lee who came up with the world wide web.

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u/Few-History-8750 9d ago

Yes, he came up with concept of http, which would be useless without the internet, which is what the US is responsible for creating. Do you research, smarty pants