I grew up going into this small town store as a kid when Charles Barnes himself ran the store and then moved away when I was a young adult. I have recently moved back to this area and went by there this afternoon to fill a gas can and grab a couple cold drinks. The pump wouldn't turn on to fill my can so I went inside to inform the gentleman, now known as Josh Barnes, that I wasn't sure how much the can would take but needed to fill up. To my surprise, he had the worst attitude for being the business owner and also the person working the store at the time that I have ever come across. I have never been talked to in such a manner in all my life, and he had a teenage boy in the store with him that I can only assume was his child...what a wonderful example of the way your supposed to treat customers he was setting in front of this kid. I live 2 minutes from this store now and quite possibly could have been a frequent shopper, since this incident I will never step foot in that store again! It was 4:00 in the afternoon on a Saturday and the only thing he kept repeating was that I needed to get my crap and give him money and get out so he could close his store, along with other sarcastic remarks in between. I decided to take my money and business elsewhere and the minute I walked out of the door, he slammed it shut behind me. Please don't waste your time coming here, you could possibly be his next victim and quite frankly I wouldn't spend my money there if it was the last gas station in 10 miles. Go down a little further to The Home place, they were smiling and friendly and everything your looking for in a quaint, small town store that actually cares about the people in the community. read more