It breaks my heart to have to give such a bad review because I love to help the little independent…read morelocal businesses, but the way I was treated by one person here (every time I come in over many days) is just inexcusable. And I fear he may be the owner which is a shame because the only consequences he will have to experience are some bad reviews and loss of business.
First of all, there are other guys that work here who are wonderful and are helpful. One guy has long gray hair and is helpful. Another older gentlemen who has more gray hair, and genuinely likes to help. Then there there is an awful guy with salt and pepper hair, not as much gray as the other guy. You can't miss him because of the scowl on his face and cloud of negative energy that surrounds him. He seems to truly hate his customers!
A few day ago I came in to get some screws & I didn't know what I was looking for & needed some help. He pointed to an aisle with hundreds of drawers with various nuts bolts and sizes and said "It's over there". We were literally the only 2 people in the store. I went over and was immediately overwhelmed and confused and asked him to help me. With all the passive aggressive energy inside him he came over, pointed to a couple of drawers and said "you can find it in these drawers. This is why I set this up so you can find it yourself" (there were 8 different sized screws in each drawer) He didn't even look at me to see if I was okay or still needed help but immediately turned around and almost made an exclamation as he blew me off and walked away without ever looking back at me. I also didn't have my glasses because I'm used to the guys who help me grab exactly what I'm asking for without me having to check them. Needless to say, I had a challenging time finding what I needed.
After struggling for about 10 minutes I found the very small nut and screw and took them up to him at the counter. I later found out that these run about .35 cents apiece, but he rang nothing up and said "that will be $2". I didn't say anything, but I was astonished and thinking "Wow! a dollar apiece for this tiny screw and nut - they don't need a gun to rob you these days." I got no receipt either.
A few days later I came back because I was installing a ceiling fan and didn't know what size a few of the screws were, so I had to get multiple sizes to see which size worked. The gentleman with long gray hair helped me grab 5 bags of different sized screws. (and surprising, the receipt verified that they were, in fact $.35 cents each - I knew it!)
I called before coming in and asked and then asked again but I explained my situation and asked if I could return the screws I didn't need and both times it was confirmed that I could. So later I brought back the ones I didn't need and wanted to grab a few more of a different size to try.
The other older gentleman with mostly white hair was about to help me when the angry man said "I can help you, it's over here". So he never once looked at me, led me back to the same aisle, opened a drawer, turned and walked away from me without saying a word or giving me the help he offered. And then I went to the counter to check out and I set my bags of screws down and said I needed to return these and in a very snarky and condescending tone he snapped "We do do partial returns!!" I said, "What? You don't do returns?" And he said "NO - you can't return these" and then smirked. I then said "I was told twice, that if I got these to see which ones work that I could return the rest. I called, and I think I actually talked to you. And then I was told again when I bought these." He shook his head with smug anger and disbelief, never looked me in the eye after that and didn't say another word as if to silently scorn me and shame me for having the audacity to challenge him. He set my money down without ever looking up at me, turned and again walked away as if to say "I'm not even gonna look at you".
Ok, first of all sir, I come here to your store because I believe in supporting small local businesses. I also come because of the friendly, helpful service of the guys who have been working here for so many decades and genuinely want to help people! I can go to Home Depot and get ignored or helped by people who have no knowledge of what I'm asking about just as easy as I can here in your store. But at Home Depot, I won't pay near as much as you're charging and they will at least treat me with respect, dignity and at least pretend to care about me and what I need. So if you wonder why your business is dwindling? It is because of your seething anger at the world in general and your sour demeanor, your inflated prices and your propensity to gouge people who look like they don't know any better. But is especially because of your arrogant, condescending lack of care and compassion, and for trying to make people feel stupid and insignificant.
NO THANK YOU!! - I'd take Home Depot any day of the week over your abuse!!!!!
