Drove here 1/2 hour drive to return packages to amazon that needed to be in the mail today. The "manager" (said he was Zachary Leon Sullivan, no name tag) told me that he couldnt take the return. He couldn't print more than one label for it. Amazon sent this stuff in multiple boxes and the return should have issued multiple labels. Ugh. Not UPS's fault. But trying to remedy the situation quick I asked how much it would be for a box and tape. $25!!! for him to package it for me. I've got a family to feed, that's food for my kids. Nope, Next option. My husband ran next door for a cardboard box then ran back. manager was busy, I asked another employee which roll of tape is cheapest. $3.18. Deal!,That employee was helpful and even asked if we needto borrow scissors! Almost done transferring the few items into the larger box when manager suddenly starts berating us that we can't "package" things in the store and that we have to leave the store with our boxes that we are about to tape closed.
I told him that we were nearly done, and proceeded to finish the last piece of tape. We were over to the side of the store and not in the way of any other customers. He kept yelling at us that it is store policy that we can't "package" anything in the store... even with their tape?!? Um... Why on earth do they sell tape and packaging supplies then?! It was cold as heck outside and we literally just had to stick a piece of tape. Plus at that point it was just about closing time/6:00 (there were several other customers in the store still too so it's not as if we were holding them up from closing) And by his behavior it seemed likely that he would lock the door on us if we stepped outside. He became really angry and started telling us loudly that he wasn't going to accept our package now since we "disobeyed" him. Holy cow this guy had a "little guy with a bit of authority" complex. At this point I started filming because he was clearly an angry person and things were already escalating quickly just because we put a piece of tape that we were buying from the store, on a box that we were trying to mail.
We brought the box up to the counter where he not only wouldn't take it but he also told the two other employees not to. I felt bad for them, it was clear by their looks that they knew he was being a jerk, but he's the "boss". I asked him to see the store policy that says that Customers can't use the tape that they purchased in the store to tape their package closed, he yelled that he doesn't "have to do anything for me".
To summarize, he spent the next 20 minutes screaming at me.
He accused me (I can only assume because I was filming and he was trying to justify berating a customer) of calling him a "retard" which I didn't, and would NEVER do. I haven't used that word since I was 12 years old. I also have many friends with neurodiverse children there is no way in hell I would say that. Not to mention that I had no reason to insult him at that point even if I WAS that kind of person, I was taping a box and minding my own business and had responded to his demands that we take the box outside by saying that I would prefer not to.
He threatened to call the police on me for "trespassing". Even had the phone in his hand at one point to which I told him to "go ahead". I told him that I would leave happily once I got his manager/the proprietors name. I'm not usually the "talk to your manager" type but the way this guy was treating us over TAPING A BOX was insane! This ordeal cost me gas driving 1/2 hour each way, and a couple hundred dollars worth of stuff I was returning to amazon and now missed the deadline. So I asked for the name of his boss. Anyone in the customer service industry is familiar with such a request. Initially he said "Craig" but wouldn't give a last name. When asked a minute later for the name he made several sarcastic remarks implying that I was stupid for not remembering the "simple name" he had already said. Told me I was "full of shit". When I asked him if he would please scan my barcode so that this could be done and neither of us would hold up the other any further he said "I don't think a chair would hold you up". Which he then confirmed was a "fat joke". He wouldnt give me the owner's name despite asking him as polite as I could many times. He wouldn't even take my money for the tape so that we wouldn't be stealing it from his company.
I am still in shock that someone would treat a customer this way. He was possibly the nastiest person I have encountered in a business. I finally noticed a blank card in the bottom of the plastic tray on the side of the counter that holds the scissors. It was a card for, Craig, the proprietor. I will be calling him tomorrow to let him know what kind of employee he has representing him and his business. read more