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So after I got off work I decided to do my weekly visit to Petcetera and IPU. I went to Petcetera first. When I walked in the door , no-one was at a register but as I walked to the the fish supplies I heard someone say HI & you'll have to leave your "BAG" up front. Thought to myself, first off it's a backpack like the other million people here wear, not a bag you moron. I don't even take it off in stores until I pay for whatever and then put it in there to carry home and not have to waste a plastic bag as well. I looked around the corner and said "reallly"? as I noticed the person he was helping at the time was wearing a backpack. I was pretty steamed as I felt centered out from others and seen as a possible thief in front of other people. At any rate I said to myself whatever & asked where he would like me to put it since no one was even at a register. As he started walking toward me and telling me to just put it on top, my aggravation level went up, since he was so worried about me stealing something yet was ok to leave MY backpack in plain view for someone to just take. At that point I said "screw it, I don't need that kind of treatment considering the cash I have spent in there. I then walked out the door hung my backpack on my bike (which I ride to the skytrain everyday to go to work) and went back in just to buy 1 last thing as I am pretty sure they just lost me as a customer permanently. I got what I went there for, which was a 1/4" check valve. Which if I was a thief, I'm pretty sure if I was going to steal it, it would have went into my pocket as opposed to a backpack that I would have to take off to do. As I went to that isle, I heard the front door open and 2 more people walked in with backpacks and not said one word to. I decided to walk around the store and have a look, guess what? 6 backpacks were being worn or carried. Least to say frustration level went thru the roof. I went to go pay for my part and the lady in front of me had a backpack on. SO here I am standing in line without my backpack because I felt humiliated and went and put it on my bike cause of the jerkoff dude who was about to ring me out and get a good piece of my mind. I let him know that that they just lost a good customer. I'm sure when he punched my name in the computer and seen all I have bought there he just may have misjudged me. Granted I just got off work and didn't have my 3 piece suit on due to they are a little uncomfortable to wear in my line of work(laminate floor installation) but regardless of that & no matter how I looked, if you ask one person to do that, you damn well better make it a policy, being as the next few people (within minutes of him doing that) walked in and around the store freely with theirs on. Sorry to rant here about this but wow I'm mad . Friggin judgmental people just piss me off!! I'm glad nobody form this site is that way,that I know of anyway. I read a thing in the 24 this morning about some gal was walking to work downtown somewhere, she seen a guy laying in the middle of the sidewalk and asked him if he was ok. Turns out he just had a seizure and was in need of medical attention. So she called 911. Cheers to her !! She made a comment about all the people who just walked by and did nothing. Probably cause they simply thought he was an addict or homeless or something. No matter what his deal was he was in need of help, less than 2 minutes was all it took to ask if he needed help and call 911 for him. WTH is wrong with people?? My fish have better judgment and more class than some of the Idiots on this planet.
ps: IPU Rocks!! Never have had a problem there. Great , knowledgeable staff that actually remember the people they see in there atleast once a week lol almost feel more like friends than a customer there. Felt better just walking in the door, felt even better when I left with my first Pleco
ps: IPU Rocks!! Never have had a problem there. Great , knowledgeable staff that actually remember the people they see in there atleast once a week lol almost feel more like friends than a customer there. Felt better just walking in the door, felt even better when I left with my first Pleco