Costco Probably Shouldn't Put Lavishly Comfortable Couches On Display If They Don't Want Customers Eating Hot Dogs On Them
This may come as a surprise to many of you, but I actually didn't go to law school. But while I may not be fully up to date on every law in the book, I can tell you right now that this is a classic case of entrapment.
Entrapment is "the action of luring an individual into committing a crime in order to prosecute the person for it". If Costco didn't want costumers to crush some meat missiles while just chilling on the display couches, then they wouldn't make dogs a dollar fifty, and they wouldn't put these couches out on display.
Honestly, what else do they expect people to do? That right there is a man who barely gets any time to himself. Either he's at work all day, or he's dealing with the wife and kids at home. He just wants a little "me time". Some time to decompress and get himself back to level before he completely loses it. So he loads up on a few grease rockets, tells his wife to go nuts while doing a little bit of shopping, and just gets to relax on the display couch for however long that trip lasts. If that's considered illegal nowadays, then this isn't the America we all knew and loved.
Sidenote: I know this isn't a new or revolutionary idea at all, but stores really ought to have a designated space for dads to hang out. Make it a speakeasy or a BYO so you don't have to deal with liquor licensing. But just a few couches, a fridge to keep some beers cold, and a couple of TVs. You'd save so many marriages per year that way.