LOL.
I know my mom joined price club in the 70’s. But back then you had to have an employer connection. My mom worked for the county -so that was her connection. This was still true for price club and later costco until about 1990 if memory serves.
One of my regular cashiers there worked at price club during college because they had tuition reimbursement. She graduated and looked around for her “professional” career… none paid as well, offered as good of bennies. She’s been there since about 1981. I think there are a lot of employees like her.