I absolutely loved this store until today. I was initially so excited to find a set of glasses and 8 beautiful dinner plates that I was going to set my table with for a Nonprofit, Board, dinner tomorrow night that I am hosting. I also found a few more items that I loved. I actually was multitasking and needed to use my phone to make arrangements with the President of one of the 4 nonprofit Boards I serve on the EastEnd of Long Island. The time was around 1:30 PM and there were about 8 customers in the store along with 3 dogs with their owners. My basket was full with around $200.00-$240.00 worth of merchandise and there were only two customers and two cashiers at checkout. As I waited my turn and finishing up my conversation, one of the cashiers says, "Take it outside. No one wants to hear your conversation." Meanwhile I'm next in line and about to check out. I wasn't saying anything offensive, nor using profanity while speaking on the phone nor addressing this extremely rude cashier. If I had, I might expect a reaction like that, but not from an employee of the store. I then proceeded to ask her if talking on cell phones were against store policy. She said no, but ALL the customers were complaining and it is rude. There were maybe two or three others around so I asked who is complaining and that I'd like to speak with them. Then the customer at the counter who made the complaint was almost apologetic by saying, "Everyone does that, including myself. It's just annoying" The cashier further commented, You should hear the conversations people have it here! Ugh. The complainer happily l left, but it wasn't over for me. I asked the cashier for the store manager and she went she finally arrived was very nice and apologetic. She said she'd speak to the cashier because there is no policy against the use of cell phones, but there is a policy against employees speaking on behalf of customer's complaints to another customer. Even though I loved each and every item I carefully selected, I decided to leave everything in the wagon. The manager tried twice to check me out personally. I said, "No thanks. If I brought any of these beautiful items into my home, they'd remind me of the disrespect and humiliation I felt from that horrible woman working as a cashier." I will never shop at that Home Goods again at the Wainscott Store, Montauk Highway. read more