I've been in many dance shops in my life, and have NEVER received treatment more rude and unhelpful…read morethan this man. First off, he insisted on speaking only in Spanish, even though he said he spoke English too. I was looking for a pair of comfortable beginning flamenco shoes, and he brought me out one pair and informed me of their price, €65, but as I put them on, I realized that they were too narrow for my feet. I then asked (in Spanish) if he had any that were between price points, and looked a little more like the ones in the window. He said absolutely not, that I could either buy the beginner ones or the €200 ones. In a store filled floor to ceiling with shoeboxes, I find that extremely hard to believe.
I asked to see a practice skirt, and since I like to see my feet when I practice (in every style of dance), I asked if he had a calf length one. Absolutely not he said, the only length of skirt for practicing flamenco is floor length. I asked the price, and he said €45, so I said truthfully that that was out of my price range for a skirt. I was going to leave it there and thank him for the help, but he then proceeded to LECTURE and yell at me about the quality of his items and how if I wanted quality then I needed to pay for it, and if I wanted cheap items I should get stuff from China.
After that he practically slammed the door on my ass and muttered stuff behind my back while I was walking away. I have NEVER been treated with more disrespect in a dance shop, It seems like he's only interested in selling to people with cash to blow, and not interested at all at helping someone who is just a beginner. I came in really excited and I wasn't trying to hustle him or be a cheapskate in ANY way, and yet he still treated me like total shit! Unbelievable.
