June 2015 by DawnMarie R.
The new management at this location has no heart, no empathy, and doesn't care about their customers. - for the last 7 - 8 months, there's been a young man and his dog that go to this store for an hour to 2 a night ... he would sit between the red box and the propone cage. He had a small sign that said "homeless, please help". He never bothered anyone, never even looked up unless someone spoke to him. He was extremely grateful for anything anyone would give him. He actually had quite a following ... many people came to see him and his dog - making sure they had food. The store actually made quite a bit of money with people going there specifically to see Jay and Guinness. Recently the store came under new management and the assistant manager started harrassing Jay. I went in one night and told him about Jay and how many people spent money in the store on behalf of Jay and the asst. manager was rude to me with regards to the situation. I wrote corporate and 2 days later, this ASSt. manager called the police on Jay and tried to push the officer to write up a trespass warrant and arrest him. The officer refused to do this without first giving Jay a warning -- so at least he didn't get arrested and Guinness didn't end up at animal control (where he could possibly have been euthanized). Now Jay has no where to go and the people who help him have no way to help. This ASSt. manager even ran out of the store the day Jay went to the PUBLIC pay phone which is on the corner of the street where the 7-11 is. (I know this because Jay does have a couple phone numbers of people who have befriended him over the last year ... and myself and two of my friends are counted among those). I, personally, am boycotting this store and all 7-11's since corporate didn't care enough to even respond to my email. My friends (and other animal rescue workers I know) are also boycotting this store ... some, like me, are also boycottting all 7-11s. There are plenty of convenience stores around .... a store without a heart doesn't deserve our money.
