I was sexually assaulted at this location today, 1/24/26, at about 4 pm by an old white man. He…read morebrushed up against me, I thought accidentally, but when he said "scuse me" , he reached down and cupped my butt and gave it two grope-pats ( I don't really know how else to describe that). I was shocked, and turned to him and said "sir, you just touched my butt". He replied with "I know, I was trying to get by you". First of all, I am by no means a big girl. I'm about 5'6, size 4, and not taking up enough space for him to need to even come close to touching me to get by. Secondly, this man was probably 6'2 and skinny. He did what he did intentionally.
I called him out after he said that to me, and said loudly "this strange man just grabbed my a**!" He came towards me aggressively, and at that point my husband, who'd been several aisles away, had come to see what was happening. The weirdo who grabbed me started to back up the second there was another man involved, and my husband told him something along the lines of he needs to keep his hands to himself. The man told my husband to suck his you know what, and then called me the B word. Up to this point, Goodwill as a business had nothing to do with what that pervert was up to.
A worker at the store (a lady who looked to be early thirties at most, with auburn hair and fair skin) approached and asked if everything was alright, and I told her exactly what happened. I asked her if they were going to have the man leave, and was told they couldn't do that or they might get sued . I told her that wasn't right- a man had just assaulted me, and he didn't get any repercussions?? She said, well he walked away so just try to stay away from him. She refused to ask him to leave because "I didn't actually see him grab your butt, but I believe you".
So, if you want to go sexually assault people with zero consequences, head to the Olympia goodwill. They'll let you do whatever, as long as you walk away from whoever you assaulted. And, they'll make your victim feel like they're in the wrong, guaranteeing they'll leave and you can continue through life, groping strangers consequence free. Goodwill doesn't care about the safety of their customers, especially women.