This was my favorite place for years, but service has been horrible lately. Like my visit today: They have some trinkets that they keep at the front by the registers; I stopped to get a couple for stocking stuffers. There was no one else in line when I stepped up. Had been at the register for no longer than 10 seconds when the cashier told me to step aside because I was "holding up the line." I turned to see that one person had walked up behind me. I stepped aside to the empty cash register so that she could check the person out. Again, she told me to leave because I was "holding people up," even though there was no one else in line and another station completely open.
Sorry, but if you don't want people to pick up stocking stuffers from next to your registers, then put them somewhere else.