I have been a shopper here for a while. I used to have a very amazing experience but for the last year or so not so much. I interviewed here in the past and declined, I let them know kindly and professionally that it wasn't ideal for me but I appreciated the offer. I continued shopping after that. It was a little awkward at first but started to be fine after a while until I started to notice that their care for their chinchillas was a little off. I have multiple chinchillas and am very knowledgeable in caring for them. I knew that they probably didn't even know that they were caring for them improperly so I would give them advice everytime I came in and saw something was off. I always gave advice kindly and the team members were always like "Oh my gosh, we had no idea I will let the manager know." The stuff I would give them tips about were simple like: chinchillas shouldn't have fresh fruit or vegetables because it contains too much sugar and they cant properly digest it, it can cause bloat and/or sepsis, they can die from it. Another thing was that they cant have plastic huts because plastic is toxic to them, which can also kill them. One thing that made me the most upset was that I mentioned multiple times that they shouldn't have paper bedding because it can impact them when ingested and the best bedding for them would be aspen or pine shavings. I came in one day and EVERY other animal except the chinchillas had pine or aspen bedding. Why? This happened after I had told them the first time about the bedding and how it can impact them. If you can give everyone else pine then why not chinchillas too? I noticed weeks of no change. I never once gave them advice in a rude way and I know it can come off as condescending but I always tried my best to be very kind and let them know I am not trying to be mean I am just trying to help the chinchillas and that being a "karen" about it was never my intention. These animals are fragile especially when young and they can develop bad health issues if this were to be continued for the weeks that the chinchillas are there until they get adopted. We contacted the store before and got yelled at on the phone by the manager, I assume, saying "I know what I'm talking about" and then hung up on us. I bring all of this up because this is what led to me being treated poorly for the rest of the year everytime I came in. I am never greeted by the manager and she is always so cold towards me. It isn't ever by the team members, no, it is only the lady with the long brown hair. I am just assuming she is the manager because she is the one who interviewed me a while back. Today was my final straw. I come in pretty much weekly and price match every single item I get because the prices here are quite high and I have a lot of animals to take care of. Who doesn't want to save money? When I get to the checkout I am greeted by a sweet blonde girl, I let her know that I will be price matching everything and I always apologize because I know it is inconvenient and annoying and it makes it easier if I warn them before they ring everything up. As I am talking to the blonde girl, the long brown haired girl immediately stops checking out a lady next to us and jumps over to help the girl check me out, I guess. As I pull up all of my items that I am price matching on chewy to show them prices, Miss brunette lady with the bad attitude tells me i need to add it to my cart and show her the price PLUS shipping and that they will only price match it to that. Mind you I was here two days ago and that wasn't a policy then... AND I have been price matching every item I buy for over a year and this has never ever been something done. Nor has it ever been done at any other store. I say "Plus shipping? Why?", she says "Store policy, because we ship too" WHAT? That makes absolutely no sense at all. Why would I pay shipping on something I am price matching in store. I'm not getting it shipped so why? What in the world? I KNOW this isn't a policy because it makes no sense whatsoever and if it were policy it would've been in place when I came in earlier this week, month, or year to price match before. After I questioned her about it I guess she realized how dumb her made up policy sounded because she let me price match without the additional shipping price. LOL What a joke.. Like are you forreal? This lady needs to be retrained and take some time off to get herself together. Everyone else is delightful EXCEPT her. Like seriously girl, take some time off, decompress, do some yoga, find your zen. You get paid hourly, my price matching does not affect your pay. Chill out! I don't want her fired or anything I just want her to be nicer to customers and trained properly. Other than that I really don't have any complaints, the store is always clean, tidy, and pretty nicely stocked. The rest of the staff is great, Brunette just needs to work on some things & then the store will be back to how great it used to be! read more