I used to work for PLI.
I have kept quiet long enough but now that the store is closing, I figured for everyone's safety I needed to come out with the truth. I also hope his spouse sees this.
Yes he deletes negative reviews to start.
I worked for PLI since grand opening. Many people know me or know me from another arcade I used to work for. And I must say the owner of this establishment, is a horrible human being.
Ultimately, I was fired because i would not sleep with him or let him S.A. me and for defending the other young girl who used to work there to protect her from him. He stalked female customers and would take their names from the POS system and look them up online via Instagram. He would also then take screen shots of these women, and or photos of them in store, and send them to another business owner with very crude comments. He would constantly reach across my chest, make comments about going in the back room with me, or flat out ask me too. He told the other employee if her boyfriend died if he would have a chance. Now josh was 41 at the time, me 31, the other girl 21. He forced her to drink on the job. He constantly said he wanted to F her and say he wanted to me as well. He told someone we were off limits because we were his property. He constantly called his own wife fat, ugly and jiggly puff. Whenever a heavy set woman would walk by he would say he look it's my wife. He also S.H. two girls from another local business and told me i was C. Blocking him when they wanted nothing to do with him and were uncomfortable. He once told me to strip down and pose infront of baywatch specifically for customers to take photos, he would send me home for and I quote not being dressed slutty enough. When the other girl and I had issues with male clientele he told us it was our fault for how we were dressed. And another time he told us that we should be flattered men were being creepy or taking unsolicited photos of us. I had been told by 4 different sources he had a 'pinball girlfriend' he was taking photos of bent over machines and such. He is a predator, a womanizing jerk, and a creep.
One time a young girl was missing and he told the father that it was his fault and refused to help locate her. He had me clean up raw sewage in a dress and heels. He tried to make the other girl and me get on our hands and knees to scrub crusty vomit off the side walk on our hands and knees with windex and paper towels without gloves. I almost got fired then for refusing and not letting the other girl do it who was crying hysterically. Women and children are not safe around the owner.
He also would turn off customers games by unplugging them or hitting the power switch when they were about to beat his own grand champion scores.
He has banned almost the entire long island, NYC and surrounding areas pinball community from entering his establishment. Why, because they knew the story behind the pinball machines which are NOT his. They are 95% all someone else's game who inherited them. He would slowly selling them off for a high price, telling the family he sold them for lower and pocketing the extra cash. He had other people posting them for sale so people didnt know it was him.
He banned a wonderful family from coming to the tournaments as he claims because they kept winning, meanwhile the one who kept winning offered to omit his prize and take a free entry next time. Meanwhile after he banned them the same people kept winning anyway with no repercussions. I felt so bad for them and hope they're doing amazing.
The best thing to ever happen to this community is PLI closing. I couldn't imagine what would happen if they had a bar in there with more poor unsuspecting women.
I had contacted and filed a report at the precinct.
I also called the town of patchogue who didn't care that he was stalking women and taking photos of them.
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