I have been coming to this location ever since I moved to Camarillo and have done hundreds of dollars in purchases. I haven't always liked the service but I make it a point to always greet the LP person in the entrance and be as nice the the cashiers as I can-they have a draining job.
Today was the worst experience and the turning point at which I decided never to come back. I am moving into a new place and was looking for new items for the house, to include new shower curtains. I was rummaging through the color options and then proceeded down the isle. I heard something fall down, I looked down and it was one of those plastic things stores put on items so they aren't stolen. Idk where it fell from but Idk how to even take one of those apart, much less put it back together. So about 10 mins later, I have found nothing on bathroom items I wanted and decided to pick up the Lucky Brand shoes I had been wanting. I'm turning lanes when a worker there briskly walks by and is flashes an item as he walks on by me and asks if I dropped it. I didn't know what it was because he was moving so quick but I always hear if something I'm carrying drops so I said no. As I find the shoes I want to try on, I notice the same guy post up in front of the aisle I'm in. I'm like, oh maybe he's looking at me bc I'm carrying a back sak (my Nike sak I use as a purse. Makes for a convenient way to carry with less risk of someone stealing it/opening it). So I continue to the next aisle, making eye contact with him and smiling as I go by. He also follows me to the next aisle. And I'm like, ok, idk why this guy is following me around but, clearly he can see the shoes are in the cart, and I'm just perusing. I now go to check the bedding to see if I can find a bed skirt. Once there I see this same dude come to this aisle too. Now I'm feeling super awkward but of course have nothing hide, So I ask if he's following me. He brazenly answers that that's exactly what he's doing and says that he was told that I dropped "this" showing me the metal detector or whatever it's called. Finally I realized what it was and that he's the loss prevention clerk, then it all made sense and I'm like, "oh yeah i heard that fall from the shower section" and he just interrupts me like "uh huh sure I'm just doing my job". Feeling rather insulted that he's questioning my integrity, I tried to give the benefit of the doubt since I understand that his job is preventing loss. I ask if he wants to check my bag and began taking it off. He said no and that I shouldn't take it personally he's doing his job. I said I understand that but now I feel awkward and feel like leaving the store. He said again not to take it personal and that he'll try to be less conspicuous and moved to another aisle. And he started walking away but I said to him, "I'm in the military, I would not do that kinduv thing," he interrupted again and said "I don't know you you don't know me I'm just doing my job". So I started to suggest that he review the cameras that are up in the ceiling all over the store to see that I did nothing. "You guys have cameras you can just look and see that" I said, but he interrupted again and said, "eh, not really". And I said "so what do you want me to do". He said "just keep shopping, I'll try and be less conspicuous." This conversation was very loud as we were each at opposite ends of the aisle, so everyone in ear shot could hear what he was saying to me. Essentially saying I was a suspect for theft. So in thinking to myself, "you want me to act like this isn't embarrassing as an innocent customer and you want me to give you my money when you're following me around like I did something wrong?? I think not!" So feeling completely insulted and upset, I put the shoes back in the aisle, put the cart back in its place and walked out.
I work in the United States Air Force for this Nation. I take personal pride in integrity first, and striving to never lie, cheat or steal. Besides that, I've worked at theme parks alongside security and loss prevention personnel. There's a proper way of doing things and it entails taking customer service into consideration. This LP guy didn't do it right. He didn't take the time to investigate properly and he insulted a customer. Additionally, he lost a sale that I had every intention of making today, and lost my business for the company entirely. I will not being going back.
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