This is a beautiful shop with many wonderful medicines in it.
Today was the second time I have ever been inside, and it is for sure the last time I will ever shop here.
While shopping today, I naively acted effervescent and bubbly and had very little boundaries up because i was the only person in the store. I shared all my insight about herbs crystals and life with the employees who worked here, listening to them talk about their recent break-ups and life experiences following a full moon and then responding with supportive phrases like, " wow!"
"You are bringing in new amazing things with the space you've created in your life."
I recently got structured water at my house ( a kagen) and have been feeling so vital and healthy and it really makes me feel grateful for being alive because life is easier for me then it was when I full of toxins.
I sang to myself while walking around the store, exclaimed things like, " wow how beautiful!" "And ah this makes sense. I didn't need to stop at another store because this one has everything"
I was taking to myself. Playfully... I love myself and my life. I did do that.
But not in a way that appears mentally ill...
to someone who isn't super afraid of their environment....
Certainly a grounded shop keeper of spiritual herbs and crystals and medicines... wouldn't be someone in there who is competitive, angry, dense, judgmental or terrified, right?
While checking out with my 343$ order, they called the cops on me.
For no reason.
Literally.
This has never happened to me in my life.
I paid for the order, and In shock, tears gushing down my face asked them why they called the authorities and what i did that made them feel unsafe.
They literally told me that they were concerned for my well being because nothing I said made sense that I am "just crazy" and that I am manic and seemed very intoxicated.
The cops laughed at this.
while I spoke to the employees... they engaged in conversation with me, and fakely asked me many questions and pretended to think highly of me while literally calling the cops on me at the same time. ????
No warning, no argument at all, they called secretly and sneakily because and I quote "Theh thought I was on drugs".
Clearly they haven't had very much experience with real drug addicts lol!!!!!!
they asked me questions to try to control me and keep me in the shop. For 30 fricken minutes. So they cops could arrest me.. which they didn't...
I was late for all my evening sessions. I tried to cram Whole Foods in before working with my clients later in the day because I spent so long at this store.
this felt like a personal problem with me and I didn't know them.
at all.
Assuming makes an ass outta everyone. They assumed I was a danger to myself and others because I was different from them.
I assumed I could trust people because I'm trustworthy, but ya know you can't expect others to be like you or even to accept themselves or accept others. *shrugs*
The cops spoke to me and told me they were probably insecure and assumed I was homless or something, which I'm not.
Here's the deal though guys.
Yelp. America/ lol.
Even if I was... homeless or whatever, if I paid for my order, why call the authorities on me? If I didn't threaten or argue or steal from anyone, why call the cops on me?
And what does this represent in our society? Tattle telling?
Rumor starting?
I'm truly embarrassed by this behavior. Witch hunting?
Racism?
Like seriously this is the rudest thing that's ever happened to me from strangers.
Maybe it was because I had tattoos, or they were just too unresolved emotionally to understand their own fears and chose to take it out on me but I had them refund Me. Lol.
The French broad co-op has most everything this shop has for cheaper, and with humans that are adults with integrity and emotional maturity. I recommend skipping this small business and supporting inclusiveness.
The ego is a wild ride man.
I search for the part of them that is me.. I search for a time in my life I would have been out of touch enough to do this to someone and I cannot find a time that comes to mind.
The truth is...
fear is a disease...
and I have never had a worse shopping experience anywhere in my whole life then this store. My nervous system was messed all day feeling.. like wow am I that weird? I thought I was in a safe environment lol. I'm from Cali and I've seen people treat others like this there, but never me personally. This was Deeply humbling. Thank you guys for showing me everything I do not want in my community or life investments. This is the only review I have ever posted that wasn't 5 stars in my history on Yelp, or in my entire life..this isn't the only 1 star Review. read more
