Manda Evelyn Store

Oh my, what a terrible store. I went there for supplies for Christmas crafts, I awkwardly got followed for about 5 minutes then the lady working says can I help you with anything? I nicely replied and said Nope I'm doing OK, however do you guys carry any more stencils other than these 2? She replied no that's all we have in stock. I said okay no problem. We both carry on, then again I feel someone uncomfortably staring at my every move, so I brushed it off and kept looking at the acrylic paints that I was planning to purchase. Suddenly, I feel someone right behind me. The ignorant worker says 'um do you mind if I take your purse and place it at the front desk? We normally don't allow people to bring medium-large sized purses inside the store!' (Which essentially makes zero sense because there was numerous people who came in with just as big or even bigger purses than me) I'll add in that this was around 7 at night so I was already in my 'art clothes' on which consists of old jogging pants and an old shirt . So what I got from this whole situation ; do NOT wear any baggy clothing, nor bring any type of purses except small wallets. And by the way, instead of purchasing all of the craft supplies in my hands, I left it all there and told her " no, I'd rather not leave my purse unsupervised at the front desk considering I haven't seen you once at the desk yet because you've been uncomfortably following me and making me feel like a weirdo" and left. It even says all over the store "smile you're on camera!!!" But yet, this lady follows you till no end making your experience uncomfortable, which I've never experienced any type of uncomfortability while browsing and purchasing craft supplies, its always been relaxing and fun for me. I wouldn't advise anyone to spend a dollar at this strange store, and I'm not one to go against smaller local stores, I try to spend more at those stores such as wal mart and such places to support our local businesses but that lady made it impossible. I wish I could write a good review, but I honestly have nothing good to say about the store itself(its super out of date, and pricey) nor the management (because if I was the owner of THAT store, that employee would be fired for making customers experiences awkward due to the clothing they're wearing)
9 years ago (03-12-2017)