Costco Burns To The Ground, Destroying Thousands Of Free Samples

Mike Hanson,
Times Correspondent

A flame burns in the heart of a small suburban hamlet near Youngsford Connecticut, as a forbearance for those small plattered portions of food used to array certain selections of food products.

The local Costco, a known staple of Youngsford; and common ground for people all over the greater Youngsford area, burned down last Tuesday. Local shoppers remember the sheer volume of food in the warehouse being overwhelming. Apparently Friday nights were set aside as what was called "warehouse nights", where non members could shop. Area residents would describe the density of cars that would park along the streets surrounding the wholesaler on friday nights as an exodus of local suburbanites who would solicit Costco adjacent locals for secure parking spots, sometimes budgeting an excess of 200 dollars a year to maintain both a costco membership and a local parking spot.

My cousin Bo Diddly is a local woman who I trust very much who told me that she had never seen such a hot fire. "The fire was so hot and red," she said. "I was not aroused by it, but my friend Casey with whom I traveled to Costco with was aroused by the fire. I decided to go home for the benefit of our friendship."

I was intrigued by her visceral reaction, so I decided to check in with Casey, 38, who was still camping out at the Costco. "Yeah it burnt down a week ago, but i can’t get the thought out of my head," she recounted, "So many free samples that were probably stored in the basement of that big flaming warehouse, i couldn't stop thinking about it."

Now Casey is camped in a tent in the nearby woods, far enough away to not draw the scrutiny of the investigating officers, but close enough to catch whiffs of the smoldering ruins.

I asked her if she was concerned for her friends or family who might miss her, to which she replied "only when this smell is able to go into a scented candle that i can put in my room like an precious ornament or buy at yankee candle, only then will i go to a place where my loved ones can cross examine me and check in."

Casey is not alone. Over 30 people have occupied the woods surrounding the burned-down Costco, resorting to night raids of the ruins and group trips to the local Cumberland Farms to maintain a store of sustenance. "Its a lifestyle," Daquan, 25, says. "We don’t have access to businesses that can afford to put out free samples in our small communities, so Friday night was a big deal. This is all we have left."

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