Highly unprofessional and extremely rude female co-owner.
Several years ago I asked if I might place a small donation jar in their store to help with my wildlife rehabilitation expenses. The male owner said yes. But then, whenever I found time to check on my little jar, it was never on the counter. They had stuck it either under the counter or way in the back of the 7 foot high refrigerator because "it was in the way." Since this was a voluntary gesture I eventually gave up.
Then a woman who brought me an animal claimed that I should check on my jar, it was brimming full with bills and there had to be hundreds of dollars in it. Come again? Mine is just a small spaghetti sauce jar... So I drove over and saw a monster glass jar filled with bills taking up over half their counter space. Looking more closely I recognzed it to belong to someone who takes in a mere handful of skunks unless something unusual is of interest to her.
I asked the staff behind the counter if they knew what might have happened to my little donation jar. I wanted to take it home since I had spent a lot of time decorating it with pictures of the well over 100 wildlife that arrive at my door every year.
The female owner rummaged around under the counter and came up with my little jar, all dirty and dusty, and with a few coins inside. She tossed it at me and got my shirt all dirty as she shouted to get out, they do not sponsor people who do not shop at their store. There were customers waiting to check out who looked at me like I was some kind of gypsy due to her exceptional rudeness, so I quietly said "I was not told that putting up my jar was conditional upon how much money I would spend here. So let me ask you, do you sell specialty formula for willdlife?" "No" "Specialty feeding utensils?" "No" "Specialty medications, foods other than regular birdseed?" "No" "Then how can I shop here when you do not carry what I need? I do not breed expensive hunting dogs and do not have expensive horses, I am just a licensed wildlife rehabilitator who helps hundreds of wildlife in need and not just a select few."
I have NEVER encountered such unwarranted and incredible rudeness and will never shop that Gardner Agway again!
To top it off, the bale of pine shavings that I had bought and already paid for before that woman got in my face was infested with little moths. And once those are in your house they are almost impossible to get rid off. Thank you, Gardner Agway, for the bugs, and no thank you, never again! read more