Ever since Costco came to Kansas City, my parents have been loyal Costco customers. When I was away at college, I would come home occasionally on weekends and it never failed that my mom would ask me to go with her to Costco at some point during my visit. She was on a first name basis with her favorite cashier, Stephen, and would always look for him so she could make sure to go through his line. Though I didn’t know him very well, Stephen and I had attended a few of the same church camps growing up and I recognized him when my mom told me he
was her favorite cashier. My mom seemed exceptionally excited when she learned this, and though I had no idea at
the time, when she would visit Costco and I wasn’t with her, she would go through his line and tell him that he needed to call and ask me out.

Apparently he took customer service very seriously as he eventually took my mom’s advice and asked me on a date. Three and a half years later, we tied the knot. Our first joint-purchase? An executive Costco membership.”