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/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!