Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Are you in line at Costco today? And why?

So are you one of the people who’s standing in gruesomely long lines at Costco, buying water and toilet paper in case the coronavirus spreads? Or at least trying to buy them, since they seem to be as sold out as if a hurricane were hitting Florida.
Stories about this have been in the news, saying that the checkout lines snaked all the way back to the liquor department, which if you’re a Costco shopper, you know is in the back of the store. (Hint: Everything you actually want to buy i