My wife and I visited this store to enjoy the fun experience of getting her some new clothes, and…read moresadly it was not enjoyable at all because of the awful treatment we were subjected to by the three staff members present that day. Some brief context: the store closes at 7pm on Sundays, and we arrived at 6pm. My wife excitedly picked out over 30 items to try on (17 of which we purchased). She was in the fitting rooms by 6:30 pm.
Now, future customers deserve to know the details of this visit: The sales associate, Daniella, was semi-patient at best and lazy and 'inconvenienced' at worst. Whenever my lovely, polite and respectful wife asked for a different size, Daniella either said they didn't have it or would take a short walk to nowhere and return with a "no" answer, and this was the majority of the time. On one occasion, I said I would go look for the item myself since she wouldn't, and guess what, I returned with a smaller size that did fit and that we added to our purchase. By 7:20 pm it was obvious Daniella was frustrated that we were still in the store, even though my wife's "Yes" rack far outnumbered the no's, and all while she folded and sorted clothes. It wasn't as if she was standing at my wife's side, not at all. By 7:25 pm, after a shared look and an "omg" gesture with Daniella, Dalton, the cashier, came back to the fitting rooms and asked if we needed him to carry our purchase to the register, stating they were closed. My wife was visibly stressed from their urgency to get her out of the store, and she only had three items left to try on. I was furious. I reminded them not even restaurants worth a second visit force customers from their table and kick them out with to-go bags in hand. They allow them to finish. While my wife was completing her selections, Daniella, Dalton, and a woman named Rita performed what appeared to be their usual closing duties, like folding and re-racking clothes, and straightening up. They clearly had things to do while my wife finished choosing the items she wanted. Our presence was not preventing them from doing so. Once I politely but sternly told them their behavior was upsetting to us, their behavior became even worse. With exchanges of sarcastic glances between Daniella, Dalton, and now Rita, Rita stormed into the fitting rooms and demanded we go to the front to make our purchase. This is not an exaggeration on my part. Rita was spastic. This is EXACTLY what Rita did. The frustrated look on my wife's face was heartbreaking. I said to Rita "YOU HAVE NO GRACE" and "SHAME ON YOU" and walked away from her. Shockingly, Rita walked behind me and spewed her arrogant verbal vomit at me as if she was in her own living room, which clearly is her usual self outside of the workplace. I turned around to face her and said "Do not make this worse, do not speak to me another word." The final touch of this horribly failing team of three was Dalton's denying the likelihood of our being able to have a $200 blazer steamed to remove the wrinkles if we were to bring it in the following day, as I suggested, when they were "open" again. He said it wasn't likely possible, despite my mentioning the electrical outlet marked "Steamer" in red letters at the entrance to the fitting rooms. I saw it.
We were at the register by 7:39pm to begin our $700 purchase, while Daniella and Rita continued their usual after closing duties. It became clear to me at this time that the three of them were doing the same thing the whole time we were there. In other words, they had already began "closing" before we even walked in the door. We didn't delay them whatsoever. The three of them did this while we were left to help ourselves, which we did.
In summary, this was, by far, no comparison, the worst retail experience we have ever encountered, ever, anywhere, by any type of business. This Ann Taylor store is one to be avoided. The lack of regard for customers here is at a systemic level that can only stem from it being inherent within the people managing the place. Grade: Epic F. Stay away from this one.