June 2010 by Grace M.
I HAAAATEEEE this place. My husband and I live down the street from here and for two years, we've gone off and on to buy sodas, candy, stuff like that... Then a few days ago, my husband was in there by himself, browsing, when the owner and cashier accused him of stealing some gum! They supposedly saw him put it in his pocket (even though he wasn't even looking at the gum!), so he flipped his pockets inside-out to show them there was nothing in there. Then, they said he stuffed it down his pants (he was wearing sweatpants), so my husband shook his pants all around to show that nothing fell out. He tried to reason with them, mentioning that he's in there all the time, but they made a fuss and told him to get out of the store and never come back! When he came home and told me this story, we were both upset, so I went down there with him to get to the bottom of it.. I wanted an apology for the misunderstanding, for the guy to take back what he said and if all else failed, to file some kind of complaint with the Better Business Bureau or whatever. Well, when the guy saw my husband, he pointed at him and said, "HEY! I told you not to come back!!" -- so I yelled and said I wanted to talk and get to the bottom of it. Turns out, there was NO reasoning with this guy- he was going nuts...He said he caught it on tape, so I said I wanted him to show us the tape to prove it. At that point, the story kept changing-- first, he said my husband stole the gum, then he just attempted it, and he put it in his pockets, then no, IN HIS UNDERWEAR! (he was wearing boxers anyway, so not like that would have worked) Anyway, it was RIDICULOUS, so, I called the police to help resolve the dispute. Basically, they just told us there's not much we can do. One of them said not to worry about it because the guy gets kind of crazy sometimes, so that somewhat consoled me to know it wasn't just our bizarre and absurd situation and that it really was him being a douche. He's Vietnamese, pale, thin, and has kind of spiky, gelled hair, I think-- he's the only person I've ever seen working there (or at least whenever I've been).. and he is a freaking IDIOT. Bottom line: I HATE THAT STUPID MAN
