Hello,
First off, I apologize for the length of this review, but I feel it is necessary.
I was in your Chicopee, MA store this morning around 10am buying groceries before the impending snow storm in Western Mass. It was busier than usual for a Tuesday morning, as expected. When I went to check out there were long lines at every register. I picked one and waited. At one point I saw a cashier at one of the registers ringing people up, but her light was off. I had a man with a full shopping cart behind me that kept inching closer and closer to me so I started to veer toward the cashier to ask if she was open. Just before I got to her I noticed Register 5 next to me that I was waiting in line at was being opened. I started to move my cart to begin unloading on her belt when the man behind me mumbled something about cutting in line. It caught me off guard since I hadn't really moved much so I asked him if I had cut him and offered for him to go first if I had, as I didn't want to make anyone upset. He replied, "No. Go ahead you bitch." I said, "Excuse me? Did you just call me a bitch?" I was so caught off guard. He then proceeded to tell me that I'm a "typical entitled bitch, spending other people's money". Confused, I asked him whose money that I was spending since I was standing there with my credit card in hand. He replied that I "was on welfare spending other people's money."
I then thought okay, this guy is judging me by my stay at home mom active-wear attire and laughed it off. I do not like confrontation and did not want this to escalate for no real reason. He had other ideas though as he continued dog cussing at me, calling me an effing bitch, a c***, and other obscenities. I finally told him that he was disgusting and I felt bad for his wife, who was standing right next to him staring off into space as if she couldn't hear a word he was saying. I think this angered him further as he got louder and more repetitive with the names. I told him again how disgusting he was and that he should never talk to a woman the way he was talking to me. I just wanted him to stop and didn't know what else to do. No one was interjecting or helping diffuse this man's attacks. Again, more name calling and screaming...all over a place in line that I had offered up.
At this point, I told him that I was not going to engage him anymore and he was gross the way he was talking. Here is where I am I extremely disappointed in the employees at the store. After I burst into tears, mortified at how I had just gotten treated by this man, screaming and berating me in front of dozens of people, my cashier (cashier #324149 from the receipt) kept mouthing "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry" but did nothing else. All she had to do was take a second to flip her register light to flicker to draw attention to a manager to come over and save me, a female, alone, getting torn to shreds by an overly aggressive male two feet away. The cashier at the line he was in could have done the same thing or at least diverted his attention. But no one did. Nobody said a word. All of the other customers stood in shock at what was happening, not saying anything. Just sad, pained, sincerely mortified looks from the other (coincidentally) women wanting trying to pay for their items and go about their day. My main point is that this is 2019, and I think there should be some training as to what to do if a BJs customer is bullying other another customer. If you see something, SAY SOMETHING. My family has been loyal customers for years, and I shouldn't have to worry about my safety when I am shopping in a BJs store. I hope that the security camera footage of this incident is reviewed and used as a learning tool so that this doesn't happen to another customer without an employee stepping in. No one deserves to be treated like I was today, and as it is now, I will have a hard time going back to BJs again anytime soon. read more