• Intermittent fasting is a practice that involves giving up food for a specific period of time each day or week.
• I decided to try the 16/8 intermittent fasting method, so I ate normally for eight hours and then fasted for 16.
• After 10 days, my GERD improved, and I shed a few unexpected pounds.
• Here are seven things I learned from intermittent fasting for 10 days.

For over a decade, I have maintained a gluten-free diet, because I have celiac disease. Although my weight has remained fairly stable over the last 10 years, every so often I will gain a few pounds that I want to lose. Because I already restrict what I eat, diets that include food elimination are challenging for me.

I recently gained a few pounds due to a shoulder injury that prevented me from participating in my daily barre class, so I wanted to change my eating habits to shed the extra two or three pounds. I came across an article about intermittent fasting, a practice that involves giving up food for certain periods of the day or week.

Intermittent fasting, a diet popular in Silicon Valley, can produce a number of health benefits whether you shed pounds or not. By restricting calorie consumption to a specific time period each day or week (for example, only eating between 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.), you could lose weight, decrease your risk of cancer, reduce blood pressure, and improve blood-sugar control, as Business Insider previously reported. Intermittent fasting is unlike most diets in that it allows you to eat whatever you want, as long as it's within the consumption period.

Intermittent fasting can take many forms. Some people fast for 24 hours every third or fourth day of the week, according to Healthline. Others opt for the 5:2 diet, meaning they take in a normal amount of calories for five days, then only eat 500 or 600 calories for two days.

Because I am prone to migraines, I worried about choosing a fast that would be too drastic a change from my normal diet. I chose the 16-8 method, where you fast for 16 hours and eat for eight. Here’s what I learned after 10 days of intermittent fasting.

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1. It’s normal to be really hungry at first

I decided to do my daily fast from about 8 p.m. until noon the next day. This meant all of my eating for the day occurred between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. At first, I woke up starving.

I discovered that eating a high-protein snack around 8 p.m., like egg whites or cheese, prevented the hunger pangs that came the following morning, making it significantly easier to fast until noon.

2. I got headaches the first few days, but they slowly went away

Although I (luckily) didn't have a migraine during the experiment, I did get a handful of dull headaches the first few days, particularly toward the end of my fast around 11 a.m. or noon. After three or four days, my body adjusted to the diet and the headaches dissipated.

3. It’s a good diet if you already skip breakfast

I don’t eat breakfast and never have, which made this form of intermittent fasting fairly easy for me. The stretch from about 10 a.m. to noon was difficult, but I always made it.

I did drink coffee with creamer every morning upon waking up. (Some experts suggest only drinking black coffee when intermittent fasting, though opinions vary, according to Popsugar.) I can go 16 hours without eating, but I definitely can’t write without my usual morning cup of java.

• Grammar rules are often overlooked in the daily flow of English conversation.
• Stepping back and thinking about your message can help you use the appropriate grammar when speaking or writing.
• Here are nine grammar rules you're probably breaking without even realizing it.

As the executive editor at Avenue, a luxury lifestyle magazine in New York City, I see the value of grammar on a daily basis. Proper grammar and usage are important for clear communication.

There are a number of English-language nuances that are often overlooked. For example, many words or phrases sound alike, but have different meanings (like the infamous there, their, they're). In these cases, it's important to choose wisely. Otherwise, your message can get lost.

Though reading the sentence aloud can help you determine whether you're using the appropriate phrases, be careful not to choose a word or phrase because it "sounds right." Some rules just require memorization.

Read on for nine grammar rules you may be breaking without even realizing it.

1. 'Each' is singular

Remember: "Each" is a singular noun, and it therefore takes a singular verb. Consider the sentence, "Each of my brothers is very talented." Although "brothers" is a plural noun, the verb "to be" modifies "each," not "brothers," which is a part of a prepositional phrase. "Each of my brothers are very talented" is incorrect.

2. 'Less' vs. 'fewer'

You may have seen this common mistake while at the grocery store: The sign for the "10 items or less" line should actually read "10 items or fewer." "Fewer" is used when the subject is quantifiable (that is, if you can count it).

For example, "I have fewer books than you" is correct usage.

"Less" refers to a more abstract idea that doesn’t have a true plural. "If I go home after work, I am less inclined to go to the gym."

3. 'A lot' is two words

Never use "alot." A lot should always be written as two words. "Allot" means "to assign as a share or portion."

4. Could've, would've, should've …

The contractions "could've," "would've," and "should've" are all legitimate words. They indicate that you "could have," "would have" or "should have" done something.

When spoken out loud, however, they sound like "could of," "would of" and "should of," and many people confuse that with the correct spelling.

5. Overuse of 'literal'

The adverb "literally" is used a lot in speech, but more often than not, the word is exaggerated beyond its actual meaning. "I am literally dying of thirst" is not grammatically correct unless you are truly dying of thirst.

6. 'Historical' vs. 'historic'

"Historic" and "historical" are also frequently confused. "Historical" events are events that happened in the past. "Historic" events are ones that are particularly significant or memorable.

People also often confuse whether "a historic/historical" or "an historic/historical" is correct. As a rule of thumb, "an" is used preceding a vowel sound, thus "an hour" is correct. Because you pronounce the "h" in "historic/historical," "a" is the correct indefinite article.

7. 'Compliment' vs. 'complement'

It's also important to note that there is a difference between compliment and complement. A compliment is a nice word or phrase used to describe someone. "She complimented my outfit at the wedding, saying that I looked stylish."

To complement something is to add to it and complete it. "A delicate silver necklace complemented the outfit I wore to the wedding."

When something is "complimentary," that means it is free.

8. 'Everyday' and 'every day' have different uses

What's the difference between "everyday" and "every day"? "Everyday" is an adjective. "Everyday tasks can be mundane." "Every day" is an adverb that refers to each and every day. "I run every day."

9. Saying 'I could care less'

People often confuse "I could care less" with "I couldn't care less." Which phrase is correct?

"I couldn't care less" indicates extreme apathy. You are unable to care less about a certain situation. "I couldn't care less" is correct. "I could care less" means that you have the mental capacity to be even more indifferent than you already are.

10. Being vague in your writing

Many writers trust that a reader will know the intended meaning of a sentence without considering if the phrasing is clear. For example, look at the sentence, "When the girl saw her friend, she was excited."

Who is excited? Is it the girl, or is it her friend? In this case, you need to rewrite the sentence for clarity. "The girl was excited when she saw her friend."

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• Attending the FIFA World Cup has been on my travel bucket list since I fell in love with the sporting event in 2010.
• I was able to get tickets for the 2018 FIFA World Cup through a friend who has attended the last three World Cups.
• I attended the Poland versus Senegal group stage match. It was incredibly exciting to watch the first African team to win at this year's tournament.

Like a lot of sports fans, I’ve always dreamed of going to the FIFA World Cup.

Few sporting events conjure up the mix of top-of-the-line talent, global togetherness, and just flat-out unbridled joy that the World Cup does.

I won’t lie — the first World Cup that I really watched was in 2010. At the time, I was traveling through Europe and got to watch the games on giant screens in public squares in Germany, Spain, and the Czech Republic. The enthusiasm that European fans brought to the tournament was contagious and I was hooked. Attending the World Cup went on my travel bucket list.

When a friend of mine from college told me that she and her husband were heading to the Cup this year in Russia, and that they had some extra tickets, I jumped at the chance.

On Tuesday, I attended the Poland versus Senegal match at Spartak Stadium in Moscow, Russia. It was even more exciting than I imagined. You can be sure I’ll be getting to another Cup soon.

Here’s what it was like:

To get to the game, I took the Metro. Moscow's metro system is one of the biggest and busiest in the world, with a ridership of 2.442 billion in 2017.

Source: Moscow Metro

The trains to the Spartak Stadium, where the Poland versus Senegal game was to be played, had TV screens in each car broadcasting the current game.

The Spartak station was packed when my train got in at around 3:30 p.m. The game wasn't until 6 p.m., but I wanted to make sure I got in early.

• President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intending to end family separations at the US border.
• The order requires newly detained families to be held together, but it does not address the thousands of children already taken from their parents under Trump's "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal immigration.
• Trump scored a political reprieve with the order but did not immediately appear to move toward reuniting the separated families. It isn't clear how well equipped the Trump administration is to manage such a process.

While the executive order that President Donald Trump signed Wednesday ordered newly detained migrant families to be held together, it did not address the families who have already been separated under the administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.

There is no evidence that the Trump administration has moved to reunite those children with their parents or even that it has any plans to do so.

Under the zero-tolerance policy, all unauthorized adult migrants detained at the border are held and referred to criminal prosecution under the Justice Department.

While the executive order intends to allow children to be detained with their parents indefinitely, thousands of children detained over the past few weeks were separated from their parents and transferred to shelters under the care of the Health and Human Services Department.

Government departments have made vague gestures toward planning a solution but have not made any concrete, verifiable steps.

Disjointed process

The Justice and HHS departments operate separately and are not geared up to communicate with each other, which is "causing the very difficult process of reuniting these families," said Efrén Olivares, a director at the legal advocacy nonprofit Texas Civil Rights Project.

He told the BBC's "Today" program on Thursday: "I do not have a single confirmation with 100% certainty that they have been reunited. I know of one case where a girl was released to a relative in the US, but as far as reunification with their parents, I don't have confirmation."

At least 2,000 children were forcibly removed from their parents from April 19 to May 31. The government has not said how many were separated from June 1 to the time Trump signed the order.

'This is an administration that did not think through reunification at all'

The executive order, intended to stop newly detained migrant families from being separated, does not mention reuniting families that have already been separated.

Juliette Kayyem, who served as assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs at the DHS during the Obama administration, told "Today":

"This is the tragedy upon tragedy upon tragedy at this stage ... The executive order does not address it and in the hours since the executive order, it is absolutely clear that the Trump administration made no plans for reunification: When this all started, information was not in the database, fingerprints weren't taken — all the stuff that you would do if you were worried about reunification.

"It's not even clear if it's a priority for the administration at this stage. There's a lot of statements in the last couple hours here in the United States — it's not even clear who's in charge of reunification. This is an administration that did not think through reunification at all."

Vague official statements on reunification

Brian Marriott, the HHS' senior director of communications, said on Wednesday that "reunification is always the goal" and that the agency "is working toward that" for the families separated under Trump's zero-tolerance policy, The New York Times reported.

The Times noted, however, that Marriott's statement left open the possibility that children could be connected with other family members or "appropriate sponsors" in the US rather than the parents they were taken from.

According to the US Customs and Border Protection website, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is "dedicating a facility as its primary family reunification and removal center" and "will work with detained parents to provide regular communication with their children through video teleconferencing, phone, and tablets."

The statements do not say whether these plans are in place.

Blanca Orantes-Lopez, a woman from El Salvador, was separated from her 8-year-old son at the border and is now detained at a federal center in Washington state while her son is 2,200 miles away at a children's shelter in upstate New York.

Orantes has had no opportunity to contact her son, and her sister, who lives in Maryland, has been denied permission to take care of the child.

The executive order doesn't end the crisis

Kayyem, the Obama-era DHS official, argued that Trump should simply end the zero-tolerance policy altogether. She said:

"The solution has to be to change a policy that the president won't change. The policy announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which was 100% prosecutions at the border — that's a ridiculous thing to say.

"Any border is going to have different levels of people coming through, different levels of crimes related to those people coming through. There are going to be child traffickers and drug dealers and murderers — those are the kind of people you want to prosecute immediately ...

"What every administration, Republican or Democrat, has done in the past is prioritize the prosecutions. You want to keep bad people out, [so] the people who deserve legal protection, like asylum seekers, actually have a path forward. It's not perfect, but it's certainly better than this alternative."

The Trump administration could run into challenges even carrying out the executive order, which contradicts a decree known as the Flores settlement that prohibits children from being detained for longer than 20 days.

Business Insider has contacted the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and Health and Human Services, and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to seek more information but has not heard back.

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• A new study has found a link between loneliness and increased risk of death from heart problems.
• Researchers found people with heart diseases were more likely to die if they had poor social connections.
• Loneliness can have a detrimental impact on both our minds and bodies.
• And going through tough moments in life, including disease, can be even harder without a support network.

Our hearts can sometimes respond dramatically to our emotional state. For example, Broken Heart Syndrome is when heartbreak triggers sudden, intense chest pain, which can lead to severe heart muscle failure — despite the heart being otherwise healthy.

According to a new study, presented last weekend at EuroHeartCare 2018, the European Society of Cardiology's annual nursing congress, loneliness can be a strong predictor of dying too soon.

The research, led by Anne Vinggaard Christensen, a PhD student at The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, investigated whether loneliness was associated with worse health in 13,463 people with various heart problems. Researchers used data from questionnaires the patients had filled out about their physical and mental health, lifestyle, smoking habits, and friendships.

Specifically, friendship questions were based around living alone, whether they felt lonely, and whether they felt they had someone to talk to. It was important to collect a wide range of information, because being lonely and being alone are not the same thing.

"Loneliness is more common today than ever before, and more people live alone," said Vinggaard Christensen. "Loneliness is a strong predictor of premature death, worse mental health, and lower quality of life in patients with cardiovascular disease, and a much stronger predictor than living alone, in both men and women."

This was true regardless of the type of heart disease, and even when the results were adjusted to take into account the patient's age, level of education, other health problems and diseases, BMI, smoking, and alcohol intake. Overall, loneliness was associated with a doubled risk of death for women, and nearly double for men.

Both men and women who felt lonely were three times more likely to report being anxious or depressed, and their quality of life was significantly lower. Vinggaard Christensen said it could be because people with poor social support could look after themselves less, in terms of taking their medicine and their lifestyle, but the results strongly support the hypothesis that loneliness is to blame.

"We live in a time when loneliness is more present and health providers should take this into account when assessing risk," she said.

The new study supports previous research that has shown how loneliness can impact our health in a serious way. For example, one study found how scoring low on social support can carry a similar health risk as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Another showed how it can increase inflammation, because our bodies may still perceive being alone as a threat — dating back to our caveman days.

Whatever the physiological reasons, it is clear loneliness is detrimental to our physical and mental health. We are social animals, and if our social lives aren't fulfilling us to the level we desire, the tough moments in life can feel even harder.

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• Social isolation, which happens when a person has little or no contact with others, is a dangerous condition.
• The form of extreme self-exile has been linked to a host of debilitating health problems, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking. 
• New research suggests social isolation can make heart failure patients three and a half times more likely to die than their well-connected peers.
• There's growing evidence that a simple, intuitive way to combat social isolation could also make just about anyone happier.

Going without human contact for too long can literally break your heart. 

That's according to a new study of social isolation published in the Journal of the American Heart Association in May, which tracked more than 1,600 people living with heart failure. 

We've known for a while that being alone is a deadly dangerous condition. Other scholars have estimated that regardless of your heart health, social isolation can increase risk of death anywhere from 50-90%. Being socially disconnected can also up your risk of developing high blood pressure or inflammation, and make people more aggressive. 

But for the new study, researchers looked at a group of patients from rural parts of Minnesota, all dealing with heart failure. They found that those Minnesotans who described their lives as highly socially isolated, seeing virtually no one else on a daily basis, were three and a half times more likely to die than people who were suffering from some of the exact same heart problems, but who reported having enough social support and connections to others.

People who didn't have any regular human contact were also more likely to be hospitalized, made more frequent visits to their doctors, and were more likely to be rushed to the emergency room than their peers.

"It's becoming increasingly clear that socially isolated people face serious health risks," NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg, who was not affiliated with the new study, told Business Insider. 

"We need to take their situation seriously," he said, though he cautioned there's no evidence yet that the sheer volume of socially isolated people in the US is going up.

"Americans are just about as isolated as we've always been," he said.

His own research suggests that in the US, elderly people and adult men are the two most at-risk populations for social isolation, in part, because they tend to have smaller social networks to begin with.

In addition to being more at-risk physically, there's also budding evidence that socially isolated people are changing their brain chemistry in dangerous ways. One recent study in mice found that just two weeks of "social isolation stress" caused negative behavioral changes and shifts in their brain chemistry. The finding hasn't been replicated in humans yet, but it made the mouse-studying scientists wonder if they might be able to some day use drugs to help human patients cope with the mental aspects of social isolation, and decrease their isolation-fueled aggression chemically. 

Loneliness is not the same as social isolation, but it's dangerous too

Being alone (social isolation) and feeling alone (loneliness) are not the same issue. Besides, generally speaking, people who live alone, whether they be 20 years old or 80, tend to have more social connections with others, not less, as Klinenberg has reported in the past. Loneliness isn't about how physically close we are to other people, and a person can be surrounded by others, and still feel completely alone in the world; that's loneliness at work. Like social isolation, long-term feelings of this emotional going-it-alone can make people more likely to die an early death, and research suggests the risks are on par with smoking. 

The rural Minnesotan study also measured some aspects of loneliness in socially isolated heart failure patients, by asking them how often they identified with statements like "I feel left out," and "I feel that people are around me, but not with me."

Coping with loneliness and social isolation

Klinenberg says it's important to remember that not all these feelings of loneliness are necessarily bad. Unlike a chemically-disturbed state of social isolation, or a debilitating loneliness that can last for weeks on end, a short bout of temporary loneliness won't kill you. In fact, he says it "can be a productive and healthy thing."

"It's your body's signal that you need to get off your couch and get into the world and try to build better, more meaningful social ties," he said. 

That's isolation-busting advice more scientists are getting behind.

In May a group of German researchers revealed that connecting more with others can boost how people rate their own satisfaction with life. In a study, people who spent a year making a renewed effort to help others, or spent more time with friends and family, were the only participants who measurably increased how they rated their own life satisfaction.

Other participants who focused on more self-centered life-improvement hacks, like quitting their own bad habits, showed no major change in how happy they rated their lives after a year, suggesting that adding in more time with others might be a kind of secret sauce for improving happiness.

To break out of social isolation, you have to be healthy enough to get out more in the first place — a tricky paradox for patients dealing with conditions like heart failure. Researchers in the new study suggest doctors can also be first responders in the fight against social isolation, looking for tell-tale signs by reaching out and asking a few simple questions of patients when they visit.

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• Police arrested 22-year-old Dedrick D. Williams on Wednesday on suspicion of the first-degree murder of rapper XXXTentatcion. 
• The rapper, whose real name was Jasheh Onfroy, was shot and killed in his car outside of a motorsports store in Deerfield Beach, Florida on Monday, at the age of 20.
• TMZ reported that a judge signed arrest warrants for two other suspects on Thursday.

A suspect has been arrested in connection to the death of rapper XXXTentacion, TMZ and The New York Daily News reported. 

Police took 22-year-old Dedrick D. Williams into custody on Wednesday evening on suspicion of first-degree murder, both outlets reported, citing local police. 

The arrest came two days after XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed in his car outside of a motorsports store in Deerfield Beach, Florida. 

The Broward County sheriff's department said on Monday that Onfroy, 20, was approached and shot by two men in an apparent robbery. The men then allegedly fled in a dark colored SUV. 

Charges against Williams include first-degree murder, a probation violation for theft of a car motor vehicle, and driving without a valid license, Broward County sheriff’s office captain Robert Schakenberg told the New York Daily News.

According to TMZ, a judge signed arrest warrants for two other suspects in the case on Thursday. Those suspects have not yet been apprehended. 

At the time of his death, Onfroy was awaiting trial for a 2016 domestic-abuse case. He faced charges of aggravated battery of his pregnant girlfriend, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, and witness tampering.

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• A majority of Americans are opposed to building a wall along the southern border, but are in support of giving "Dreamers" citizenship, according to a new Gallup poll.
• While 57% disapprove of building a wall across the US-Mexico border, 83% support granting  allowing of DACA immigrants to be citizens.
• The poll didn't ask about President Donald Trump's controversial "zero tolerance" policy, which was separating families at the US-Mexico border until he signed an executive order on Wednesday.

A majority of Americans are opposed to building a wall along the southern border, but support a deal for the "Dreamers", according to a new Gallup poll.

President Donald Trump made building a border wall a hallmark of his presidential campaign, and has continuously pushed Congress to give him funding to build it since taking office. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has shielded hundreds of thousands of young, unauthorized immigrants from deportation since 2012.

While 57% of Americans disapprove of building a wall across the US-Mexico border, 41% of Americans approve of it. Meanwhile, 83% of Americans support allowing Dreamers to become citizens in comparison to only 15% who oppose it.

When it comes to programs that allow legal residents to sponsor relatives living abroad to the move to the United States — a practice conservatives disparagingly call "chain migration" — 52% of Americans don't want to end these programs while 45% are in favor of getting rid of them.

About 50% of Americans favor the policy of banning sanctuary cities, while 46% are opposed to such a measure.

Gallup also broke down the questions by party. While Republicans and Democrats differ greatly on the border wall and sanctuary cities, both parties are closely aligned on handling DACA and family-based immigration.

While 77% of Republicans support the banning of sanctuary cities, only 29% of Democrats are in favor of it. Meanwhile, 73% of Republicans are in favor of expanding the border wall in comparison to only 13% of Democrats.

Getting a deal done on DACA garners support from 92% of Democrats and 75% of Republicans, while ending family-based immigration earned support from only 47% of Democrats and 43% of Republicans.

The release of Gallup's new poll comes amid the Republicans' push to pass an immigration bill through Congress this week and, the uproar over Trump's "zero tolerance" policy that separated migrant families at the border.

Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to end the practice of family separation — instead keeping families detained together. The Gallup poll didn't ask about the zero-tolerance policy or family separation.

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• MoviePass' parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics, said Thursday that MoviePass' monthly losses ramped up to $40 million in May due to rapid increases in subscriber growth.
• The company said it expects its cash deficit to reach $45 million in June. 
• Helios and Matheson said it will "require a significant amount of additional capital for MoviePass" that could potentially exceed $1.2 billion.

MoviePass has been hemorrhaging cash since it initiated a $9.95-a-month service for seeing one movie per day in theaters, but the bleeding is getting worse as its popularity increases.

MoviePass' parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics, said in an SEC filing on Thursday that MoviePass' monthly losses ramped up to $40 million in May due to rapid increases in subscriber growth. The company also said it expects its cash deficit to reach $45 million in June. That's up from nearly $23 million per month in the first quarter of this year.

"As the MoviePass subscriber base increases rapidly, and as we increase our investments in movies through MoviePass Ventures and MoviePass Films, and make other acquisitions, our monthly cash deficit will continue to increase in the coming months," the company said in the filing. 

The company said that between May 1 and June 15, it acquired approximately 545,000 new paying subscribers.

In describing MoviePass as a "hypergrowth company" in the filing — citing its acquisition of over 3 million paying subscribers since it lowered its prices in August 2017 — Helios and Matheson said that it will "require a significant amount of additional capital for MoviePass" that could potentially exceed $1.2 billion.

"We expect to continue raising debt or equity capital to achieve our objectives, as and when available. If we maintain our access to capital, we expect the rapid growth of MoviePass to continue for the foreseeable future," the company said in the filling. "To maintain our growth and continue to fundamentally transform the movie industry, for the benefit of the entire movie ecosystem, we will continue to incur a significant monthly cash deficit, until or unless we achieve positive cash flow or profitability, of which there is no assurance."

Helios and Matheson was trading at 34 cents per share on Thursday. It has crashed over 98% from its 52-week high.

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For the second year in a row, Bell's Brewery in Comstock, Michigan, is home to the No. 1 beer in the United States, as chosen by beer enthusiasts. 

Each year Zymurgy Magazine, the official magazine of the American Homebrewers Association, asks the group's tens of thousands of members to cast their votes for the best beers in the country. Because Zymurgy readers are homebrewers, the idea is that they have more refined palates than most and can most accurately call the winners. 

While some beers managed to cling on to their spots in the ranking from last year, others have climbed ahead or fallen off the list. Here's the full top 10:

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10. Founders Brewing Co. All Day IPA (TIE)

Grand Rapids, Michigan

The All Day IPA is a light and crisp session IPA that's bursting with grapefruit, tangerine, orange, lemongrass, and pine. The light and refreshing beer features a complex array of malts, grains, and hops for optimal aromatics and a clean finish.

10. WeldWerks Brewing Juicy Bits (TIE)

Greeley, Colorado

Weldwerks Brewing's take on the New England-style IPA climbs into the top 10 this year. The aptly named Juicy Bits packs a whopping citrus and tropical-fruit hops character that's like drinking juice with extra pulp. It's made with Mosaic, Citra, and El Dorado hops and has a softer mouthfeel thanks to its adjusted water chemistry.

9. Founders Brewing Co. Breakfast Stout

Grand Rapids, Michigan

The Breakfast Stout is a wake-up call you don't want to miss. A harmonious blend of flaked oats, bitter and imported chocolates, and coffee, this imperial stout offers a fresh-pot-of-coffee nose and a creamy, luscious taste.

• Your everyday habits can make or break your mood and mindset. 
• There's a number of small things you can do every day to maintain a happy, productive, and successful life— and they're different for everyone.
• Here's what 18 people do every single day to make their lives better.

You have the power to put a positive spin on each and every day. Happy thoughts and actions create happy emotions. Ditto for expressing gratitude. If  you spend five minutes each morning when you wake up thinking about what you’re grateful for, it can shift your entire mindset for the day. Northeastern University researchers found that people who felt grateful for little, everyday things were more patient and able to make better decisions.

I carve out 20 minutes everyday for self care. I turn off my phone, step away from the computer, and do something that brings me calm — whether it's meditating, taking a nap, or sitting in the sun.

Business Insider spoke with 18 people to figure what they do to make their lives better every day. Their responses have been condensed and edited for clarity.

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1. Work out to rap music

The one thing I do every day that makes my life better is working out to rap music. It reminds me that age is a state of mind. I may be 40 and a dad, but I can still be young at heart.

— Marc Anidjar, attorney

2. Do nothing

I carve out intentional "do nothing" time, free from guilt for not doing other things.

— Shanna Sawatzki, life sciences account manager

3. Dance

I literally try and dance every day. Whether it's a moonwalk into the kitchen or a death drop for a drag queen, it always instantly makes the day better.

— John Beck, marketing strategist

• MoviePass is planning to add a "high demand" charge beginning in July for movies the app deems popular.
• By the end of August, it is also planning to launch a bring-a-friend option and a premium option to see movies in Imax or Real 3D.
• MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe told Business Insider that AMC's recently announced monthly subscription plan was funny because the president of AMC told "everybody that our subscription was not sustainable, and then he comes out with a program that essentially could cost him $60 or $80 a month to pay the studios their minimums."

By the end of the summer, you'll see some major changes to your MoviePass subscription — and you're not going to like them all.

The movie-theater subscription service told Business Insider that by August members of the service would be able to add a friend when buying tickets through the app and would have the option, at an added price, to order tickets to Imax and Real 3D movies.

But the first change to the service will happen in the coming weeks, when MoviePass will start charging members what CEO Mitch Lowe calls "high demand" pricing.

The added charge will start at $2 for titles the app deems very popular with MoviePass subscribers, according to Lowe.

"At certain times for certain films — on opening weekend — there could be an additional charge for films," Lowe told Business Insider.

So don't be surprised if you have to pay a few dollars more for that next Marvel movie. Lowe said this decision was intended to let MoviePass' theater partners attract more traffic for big blockbusters in the middle of the week and on weekends after the movie's opening weekend. It was also designed to "make sure that we can continue to offer a valuable service and support the whole enterprise," Lowe added.

The company is also planning to roll out two new features later in the summer: a bring-a-friend option, which the company has been toying with for some time, and a premium price option to see movies in Imax or Real 3D.

With bring-a-friend, there will be an option on the app for MoviePass subscribers to add a ticket for a moviegoer who doesn't have MoviePass. That added ticket will cost "somewhere near the retail price of the ticket," Lowe said. The app will allow the MoviePass user to choose a seat for both people if assigned seating is available in a theater.

For the premium price, subscribers will be given the option to pay a fee to see a movie in Imax or Real 3D. Today, MoviePass offers subscribers only the option to see standard 2D movies. Lowe said the added price would range from $2 to $6.

Lowe said subscribers would eventually be able to use both the premium and bring-a-friend options for the same movie, but for the launch they would have to choose between the two. He added that both features would be available on the app by the end of August.

Lowe also said subscribers who signed up for the annual plan would not be subject to "high demand" pricing and could opt out of the bring-a-friend or premium-price features.

MoviePass' announcement comes on the heels of the news Wednesday that AMC Theatres, the largest theater chain in the world, was launching its own monthly subscription plan, AMC Stubs A-List, that for $20 a month would let subscribers see three movies a week, including Imax or Real 3D titles.

Lowe said the news "validates that subscription is really here to stay."

Though Lowe had a positive tone, MoviePass' Twitter handle didn't seem so welcoming that AMC was "jumping on board the movie subscription train." "We want to make movies more accessible, they want more profit," a tweet said.

"It's been tough when you have the president of AMC essentially for eight or nine months telling everybody that our subscription was not sustainable, and then he comes out with a program that essentially could cost him $60 or $80 a month to pay the studios their minimums and collecting $19.95," Lowe said, referring to AMC CEO Adam Aron. "So it is a little bit kind of funny that it's pretty clear what he wanted to do — clear the way for his own subscription program and not have competition."

At the same time, MoviePass' financial woes continue. Its parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday that MoviePass' monthly losses soared to $40 million in May because of its subscriber growth (it passed 3 million this month). The company also said it expected its cash deficit to reach $45 million in June. That's up from nearly $23 million a month in the first quarter of this year.

Have a tip about MoviePass or anything else? Email jguerrasio@businessinsider.com.

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• A Japanese employee got in trouble after leaving for his lunch break at 11:57 a.m., instead of midday, multiple times within six months.
• His company docked his pay and hosted a televised press conference to apologise.
• Japan has a toxic overwork culture and is also obsessive about punctuality.

A Japanese company has docked an employee's wages and issued a public apology after the worker left his desk three minutes early for his lunch break on multiple occasions.

The unnamed 64-year-old, who works at the public waterworks bureau in the southwestern city of Kobe, had consistently left his desk early to buy his lunch, Japan's Asahi Broadcasting Corporation reported last week.

A spokesman for the waterworks bureau told Agence France-Presse on Thursday: "The lunch break is from noon to 1 p.m. He left his desk before the break."

This happened 26 times between September 2017 and March 2018, meaning a total of 78 minutes was lost to early breaks.

The man was discovered after a colleague looked out the window one day and spotted him leaving the building early, Asahi said.

The 64-year-old reportedly wanted a "change of pace" from the Japan's workplace norms.

Workers are typically expected to eat lunch at their desks, stay in the office until after the boss leaves, and go to work even if they don't feel well, according to Sora News 24, a news site focused on Japan. It is not clear what time the man returned from those lunch breaks.

Regardless, the waterworks bureau has refused to let the lost 78 minutes slide. They docked him half a day's pay, and held a televised press conference to apologise for the employee's behaviour.

The press conference included four city officials delivering their apologies and bowing deeply for at least four seconds, a traditional sign of apology in Japanese culture.

Here's a video:

One official at the conference said, according to Sora News 24: "It's immensely regrettable that such a scandal took place, and we wish to express our sincere apologies."

There is no indication that the public in Kobe had demanded the apology.

Many workers in Japan are under extraordinary pressure to work long hours, and hundreds of people have died of organ failures or from taking their own life as a result of overwork.

Karoshi, a Japanese word that literally means "death by overwork," is recognised by the Japanese government as an official cause of death.

Japanese society is also fixated on punctuality. Last month a railway company issued an official apology after leaving the station 25 seconds early, departing at 7:11:35 a.m. instead of the scheduled 7:12 a.m.

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• Delta has updated their support animal policy and is now banning "pit bull type dogs" from traveling with customers. 
• The decision comes on the heels of several incidents involving the dog breed and other animals. The airline cited "safety and security" of Delta employees and customers as their main motivations behind the decision.
• Pet owners took to Twitter to express their disappointment.  

Delta Airlines added further restrictions to its updated support animal policy when it announced on Wednesday that "pit bull type dogs" will no longer be accepted as service or emotional support animals to accompany owners on flights. The policy change includes limiting one emotional support animal per customer. The changes go into effect July 10.  

The announcement comes on the heels of a number of incidents regarding defecation and urination by animals on Delta planes, and complaints by Delta flight attendants of being bitten by pit bulls. According to Delta, there has been an 84 percent increase in such incidents involving emotional support dogs since June 2016. Last June, a passenger was mauled by another passenger’s 70-pound pit bull while trapped in a window seat and required 28 stitches across his face. 

"The safety and security of Delta people and our customers is always our top priority," said Gil West, Chief Operating Officer said in a statement released to the publicon Wednesday. "We will always review and enhance our policies and procedures to ensure that Delta remains a leader in safety."

Service animals are trained to assist people with disabilities — such as blindness or hearing loss — while emotional-support animals are companions that a mental health professional has determined benefits a person with a disability. Both animals fly for free on Delta.

The airline now requires passengers to submit fully completed Trained Service Animal documentation 48 hours before the flight. The documentation must be no more than a year old and include the certification from a mental health professional indicating the need for animal support on the flight. It must also include the animal’s vaccination records.

In a statement to Business Insider, Delta defended its new policy: "During the boarding process for Delta flight 295 from Atlanta to Narita, two employees were bitten by a customer’s emotional support animal. One employee received medical treatment onsite and the customer and animal were removed from the flight. The safety of our customers and employees is always our top priority."

Delta spokesperson, Ashton Kang, confirmed the animal referenced in the above statement was a pit bull.

Delta had previously changed its animal support policy in March, on the heels of a passenger’s dog dying in a United Airline overhead compartment.

But the new rules excluding pit bulls from being considered service or emotional support animals has rubbed some pet owners the wrong way an they have taken to social media to vent. 

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• Things to do by 40 include learning to make small talk and developing hobbies.
• We put together a list of 20 skills you should master by the time you enter your 40s, based on science, expert opinion, and other sources.
• Each one will help you get closer to success, happiness, and fulfillment.

No one ever really feels like a "grown-up." But if you're approaching 40, well, you are one.

And it's high time you refined some crucial life skills, from staying healthy to saving money.

Below, we've listed 20 skills you should master before you enter your 40s.

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Negotiating

If the thought of getting into a debate with your boss over how much money you deserve makes you nauseated, you're not alone. It helps to both research and practice, as much as you can stand.

If you're negotiating your salary, the best strategy both for getting what you want and still coming off as friendly is to ask for a range including and above your target number. For example, if you're aiming for a $100,000 salary, you'd suggest a $100,000 to $120,000 salary.

Another trick is to frame your proposal in terms of what you're giving the other person as opposed to what they're losing. So instead of saying, "I want $10,000 for my car," you'd say, "I'll give you my car for $10,000."

Establishing a regular sleep schedule

We know it's hard to hear, but it's helpful to wake up at the same time every day — even on weekends. If you oversleep for even a few days, experts say you risk resetting your body clock to a different cycle, so you'll start getting tired later in the day.

On a related note: Experts also advise against hitting "snooze" and going back to sleep when your alarm goes off in the morning. Instead, hit the snooze button once and use the time until your alarm goes off again to turn on a lamp and do some light stretching.

Making small talk at parties

Chances are good that, if you're feeling awkward about chatting with a bunch of impressive people you've never met, other people are feeling the same way.

But as Marjorie Gubelmann, CEO of Vie Luxe, told Oprah.com: "Even if you won't know anyone and you're feeling intimidated, you must go. Do not stay home. So many people are afraid that no one will talk to them and they'll leave feeling awful — but has that ever happened to you?"

One solid way to improve your small-talk skills— and alleviate some of the pressure you feel — is simply to demonstrate interest in your conversation partner. Ask the person questions, let them talk about themselves, and allow them to teach you something.

• First lady Melania Trump made a surprise trip to the southern US border on Thursday amid the firestorm over her husband's family-separation policy with migrants.
• The purpose of the visit was "to take part in briefings and tours at a nonprofit social services center for children who have entered the United States illegally and a customs and border patrol processing center," according to a statement.
• President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday designed to stop migrant family separations.

First lady Melania Trump made a surprise trip to the southern border on Thursday amid the firestorm over the Trump administration's separation of migrant families.

The purpose of the visit to McAllen, Texas, was "to take part in briefings and tours at a nonprofit social services center for children who have entered the United States illegally and a customs and border patrol processing center," according to a statement released by the White House. 

She planned to tour a children's shelter in McAllen that houses about 60 children ages 5-17 from Honduras and El Salvador, and a border patrol processing center, but had to skip the latter because of flooding.

The statement went on to say that Trump's goals were "to thank law enforcement and social services providers for their hard work, lend support and hear more on how the administration can build upon the already existing efforts to reunite children with their families."

Melania's visit comes just one day after her husband, President Donald Trump, signed an executive order designed to end the family-separation policy.

"We all know that [the children] are here without their families, and thank you for your hard work, your compassion, and your kindness you're giving them during these difficult times," the first lady said during a roundtable discussion at the children's shelter.

She continued: "I'm here to learn about your facility in which I know you house children on a long term basis. And I also like to ask you how I can help to these children to reunite with their families as quickly as possible."

Boarding the plane to Texas, Melania was wearing a jacket that said, "I really don't care, do u?" on the back, prompting an outcry on social media.

The trip to the border was "100% her idea," spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said, adding that Melania "wanted to see everything for herself" and that her husband supported the trip.

When asked if the first lady supported the executive order, Grisham said Trump supports family reunification and will continue to "give her husband opinions on what she's thinking should happen."

Grisham also stated that the first lady believes that "the law should be followed" and "feels that everybody should enter the country legally."

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar joined Trump on her visit to McAllen.

Despite all five living first ladies coming out against Trump's family-separation policy, Grisham said the first lady has not spoken with any of them.

On Wednesday, Trump said his wife had urged him to stop separating families.

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• We use acronyms all the time, and in some cases, we don't even realize we're using them.
• You may not know, for example, that Taser stands for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle."
• Other examples include "radar" and "snafu."

Acronyms show up everywhere in our everyday language, from ASAP to BYOB, JFK to ROY G. BIV.

But sometimes, an acronym is so natural-sounding that we forget it even stands for anything in the first place.

That's certainly the case for Taser — invented in 1974, Taser stands for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle," an homage to a fictional character from the early 1900s. The word caught on and eventually gave us the verb "tase," meaning to fire a Taser at someone.

Read on for 11 words most people have no idea actually stand for something.

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Laser is an acronym describing how the technology works.

Laser stands for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation."

Lasers were invented in 1960, but the first use of the term came one year earlier, when physicist Gordon Gould coined it for a paper about the technology.

'Taser' comes from the name of a science-fiction book character.

Tasers sound like an invention taken from science fiction, and as it turns out, the name of the device actually was.

The weapon was invented in 1974 by NASA researcher Jack Cover, and when it was time to give his device a name, he found inspiration in Tom Swift, the title character from a series of adventure books about a teenage inventor from the early 1900s. In one of the books, Swift invented an "electric rifle" that could shoot bolts of electricity and was powerful enough to bring down an elephant.

Cover did have to employ some creativity with the word "Taser" — the books never actually reveal Tom Swift's middle name, but Cover added it to ease the pronunciation.

The 'BASE' in BASE jumping describes the objects people jump from.

For thrill-seekers, BASE jumping is one of the most adrenaline-filled activities out there.

"BASE" is an acronym describing the types of objects the risk-taking parachuters jump from: building, antenna, span (like a bridge or steel beam) and Earth (like a cliff).

• Signs you're a functioning adult include being able to say "no" and practicing self-compassion.
• These skills can be hard to develop, and they're crucial for living in the real world.
• This isn't a definitive list, but if you can recognize even some of these behaviors in your own life, you're off to a good start.

If you're waiting for a certificate from the government that says, "Congratulations: You are officially an adult," we are sorry to tell you that you will be waiting forever.

But fear not: There are plenty of ways to know if you're a real, live adult — beyond the fact that you've stopped growing and found a gray hair on your head. 

We've rounded up 19 non-obvious signs that you're no longer a kid, based on the Quora thread "What are some of the most useful skills to know?" as well as scientific research and expert opinion.

We can't promise we've outlined every sign that you've made the Great Transition, but if you've mastered most of these skills, you definitely deserve that certificate.

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You accept feedback gracefully

Remember when your teacher would comment on your report card, "Dan frequently calls out in class," or "Sally has difficulty sharing with classmates," and you'd read it and have the urge to shout back, "DO NOT"?

If you've managed to curb that impulse, good job! Because if you haven't, and you're in a performance review with your boss, you just might get fired.

"For most of us it is hard to hear how we made a mistake or could have done something better," writes Quora user Pedram Keyani.

"An amazing skill (which you can learn through practice) is to set aside your emotional response in the moment and focus on the information presented to you. Some of it will be valid and some of it invalid but let your brain decide that, not your ego."

Depending on what kind of feedback you're receiving, there are different strategies for responding with a cool head. For example, if your boss points out what she thinks is an error and you're not sure she's correct, you can say, "I hadn't thought of that, and I'm going to look into it right away."

You apologize sincerely

Owning up to your mistakes — without getting defensive — can be a sign of maturity.

The apology you give "needs to be sincere, not qualified, not quantified, and also needs to outline how X will not happen again," Keyani says.

According to one CEO, there's a six-step strategy for successfully saying you're sorry:

1. Act quickly.

2. Apologize in person.

3. Explain what happened.

4. Show how you are going to avoid the problem in the future.

5. Apologize.

6. Make restitution.

Keyani gives an example of what you might say if you were tardy for an appointment:

I'm sorry I was late for the meeting. It must have been frustrating because you spent a lot of time preparing and got up early. I did a poor job accounting for traffic and didn't give myself enough buffer. That is my bad and I'm going to give myself an extra 10 minutes instead of five moving forward.

You manage your time wisely

There will probably never be a time in your life when you aren't juggling multiple personal and professional priorities. Adulthood is about accepting that, and learning to cope with the burden through prioritization.

Perhaps the most important time-management lesson is that you should stick with one task at a time. Research suggests that multitasking is generally counterproductive because the brain expends energy as it readjusts its focus from one activity to another.

You'd be wise, too, to limit the hours you spend working. Decades ago, Henry Ford discovered that productivity started to decline after employees logged more than 40 hours per week. Other research suggests that, after three weeks, 60-hour workweeks become less productive.

• Confusion broke out on Thursday after a report said that Border Patrol was suspending prosecutions for migrant parents caught illegally crossing the border with their children.
• But the Justice Department shot down the report, saying President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy is still in effect.
• Then Trump said he was directing government agencies to reunite the migrant families that were separated under the policy.

Confusion broke out Thursday afternoon about the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy to criminally prosecute migrant families caught crossing the border illegally.

Border Patrol will no longer refer migrant parents for prosecution if they brought their children across the border with them, a senior Customs and Border Protection official told The Washington Post.

But the Justice Department immediately clarified that the zero tolerance policy was still in effect for all migrants who cross the border illegally — including parents.

Trump also said Thursday that he has directed government agencies to reunite the thousands of families his administration had separated, though he didn't clarify how that would be done. The children have been sent to shelters and foster families throughout the country while their parents remain detained, or in some cases deported.

The chaos erupted just one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to stop separating migrant children from their parents, though his administration insisted that the policy would still ensure all adult migrants were prosecuted.

Instead of separating the migrant children from their parents, the order sought instead to detain entire families as the adults' cases proceeded through the court system. The legality of that is up in the air, as the Justice Department pursues its challenge to an existing legal settlement on child detention.

In a court filing on Thursday afternoon, the Justice Department requested that a federal judge grant "limited emergency relief" to allow the Homeland Security department to detain migrant children in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities while their parents are being prosecuted.

Currently, under the 1997 Flores Settlement, children can be detained no longer than 20 days.

Detaining migrant families together

Border Patrol agents have apparently already been directed to stop sending migrant parents to federal courthouses, according to the Post. NBC News reported that the government dropped charges against 17 migrants, each of them parents.

The CBP official who spoke to The Post said the suspension in prosecution referrals was necessary because ICE doesn't have enough space to detain all of the migrant families together, so they'll likely be released from custody while they await court hearings. The White House hasn't yet commented on whether this will happen.

Since criminal prosecution required that adults be transferred into US Marshal custody, their children were transferred into the custody of the Health and Human Services department and placed on a completely separate legal track.

Since the policy's implementation, the family separations caused worldwide uproar after news outlets published countless stories about devastated and traumatized migrant children — some just months old — being placed in shelters across the country while their parents were detained separately or deported.

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• Costco jobs can be rough sometimes — especially when employees find themselves dealing with difficult members and annoying habits.

• Some customers are egregiously rude, while others have habits that are just quietly aggravating.

• Blocking the front entrance, leaving out perishables around the store, and trying to start fights over warehouse policies are all sure to annoy Costco employees.

Costco jobs aren't always a cakewalk.

Sometimes, that's due to the behaviors of Costco members.

A 2018 study from the University of British Columbia found that the promise of deals can "lead consumers away from fully recognizing the human qualities of employees."

The finding doesn't exactly bode well for workers at Costco, which is known for touting bargains through buying in bulk, as well as cheap eats.

While the retail chain made Glassdoor's list of best places to work in 2017, employees have still occasionally taken to social media to complain about bad behavior from shoppers.

"There are some really pleasant regulars that come in, but the negative ones outweigh the good for sure," wrote one seven-year Costco employee in a 2013 Reddit AMA.

"It's crazy how rude the American shopper is to people they don't know — who are helping them," a Costco employee from Utah told Business Insider.

However, one California-based Costco worker told Business Insider that they haven't had too many problems with members. "We get paid incredibly well to deal with the members, so unless they're being crazy — admitting to stalking you, being racist — we'll deal with it," the employee said.

Here are 24 annoying behaviors that are sure to irk Costco employees:

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Treating employees poorly — then expecting them to 'bend over backwards' for you

Rude customers are a problem that most retail workers come up against. Costco employees are no exception.

In a 2013 Reddit AMA, a Reddit user who said they'd worked at Costco for seven years estimated that they hated 80% of the members that visited the store.

"Because people pay a membership fee to shop there, they feel entitled to treat us like s--- and expect us to bend over backwards for them," the employee wrote.

A Costco food court employee wrote in a 2014 Reddit AMA, "I'm not some indentured servant. I'm a person that has lived a life just as full as yours. I just so happened to end up on the other side of the counter today."

A Costco employee based in Ontario told Business Insider that members "pay a small fee for amazing deals — not a bunch of slaves."

A Costco employee in Texas, as well as a Costco optical department employee, also reached out to Business Insider to say that they wished some customers would drop their "belittling" and "entitled" attitudes.

Trying to shop at Costco without a membership

Costco employees are sometimes forced to deal with non-members trying to shop at the warehouse.

In a 2016 Reddit thread, a Reddit user who said they'd worked at Costco for eight years wrote that their go-to response to indignant non-members was, "I do apologize, but it is Costco's policy. It is a membership-based warehouse, and if you are not a member then you cannot shop here."

Causing problems at the front of the store

Costco members can easily make life difficult for employees monitoring the front entrance of the store.

A Reddit user who said they'd worked at Costco for eight years as of 2016 wrote that annoying behaviors include customers failing to show their Costco member card, blocking the front entrance, and "pulling the 'but I've shopped here for year' excuse' in lieu of a card.

A California-based Costco employee told Business Insider that they wished members would stop "giving attitude when asked to see their membership card."

An Ontario-based employee told Business Insider that they wished members wouldn't get annoyed when asked to show their membership card at the front of the store.

"We don't do that because we're judging you or because we think everyone is a criminal," the employee told Business Insider. "If we let anyone in with or without membership, we'd have incidents where people will fill their buggy to the rim, proceed to check out, and, when the cashier asks for their membership, they act like they never knew that they needed one."