In article >,
hahabogus > wrote:

> "jmcquown" > wrote in
> :
>
> > sf wrote:
> >> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:54:59 GMT, hahabogus >
> >> wrote:

> >>> I prefer the smaller cooking stores myself....Surly T always feels
> >>> too snobbish for me. But that could be their web-site, as I've
> >>> shopped in their stores.
> >>
> >> Haven't looked at their web site, but I've been to several stores and
> >> none of them strike me as snobbish.
> >
> > I've never been to one. But the fact that they ignored Barb when they
> > didn't have her particular style of butter curler, to the point of not
> > even knowing she was still in the store at closing, strikes me as
> > possibly snobbish. As if to say, "We know she won't buy anything so
> > let's don't waste our time." Granted, I hate when salespeople hover
> > over me but I do like to be acknowledged from time to time.
> >
> > Jill
>
> that and the fact they close at 8pm while all around them, stores stay
> open till 9pm...seems snobbish to me.

Thing is, apparently many of the stores around them don't stay open
until 9:00. I was told that, in fact, many close at 6:00, most by 7:00.
Seems strange to me because it is an upscale area (not a mall) and I
think they'd want as many customers in the evening as they could get and
would have hours that reflect that. OTOH, maybe their customer base is
wealthy suburban women who don't work outside their home and can readily
shop during the day. There weren't many customers in the place at 7:40
p.m. Dunno.

Inasmuch as the store had been open for only four days, I'm willing to
cut them some slack as far as knowing their stock, etc. I do think it's
funny that they didn't know I was there. I wasn't skulking around.
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