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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I didn't even realize they let you into the building without a membership card.

I can't speak for every building, but the 3-4 I've been in all follow the basic layout of the lobby having two large doorways: one goes into the actual warehouse area and you need your membership to go through (though that's just flashing the card to a person, so an expired or borrowed card would work), the other goes behind the cash registers and mostly functions as an exit, but also leads to the membership desk and returns counter, and you can go through there without a card. In my experience, the food court has always been in that area behind the registers, so you can get there without having somebody check your card.

That said, since Covid hit they've switched to automated ordering kiosks instead of placing your orders with a person, and I would have already guessed that you'd need to scan a membership to start that process like you do with their other check outs (I can't actually remember the last time I bought food there, so I'm not sure if they do). To that end, adding a card requirement at the ordering stage is pretty trivial, if it isn't already there.