My first review of a Jo-Ann franchise. Let's get this nostalgic exhaustion out of the way!
My mother and aunt would ALWAYS drag me to a Jo-Ann's when I was a half-pint kiddo. The "hours and hours and hours" spent, combined with the smell of the store makes me instantly exhausted this day in age. Therefore, I try to make things quick. I always find yarn for knitting projects, no problem. Easy in, easy out. I stop once every few months with a friend to look at baking supply items...and then I beg them to shop locally. With mild success.
If you've been to Jo-Ann's before...you know what you're getting...and you know what you're getting yourself into!
Anyway, staff is hit or miss, but with my friendly demeanor ;) it's usually a hit. Like a Starbucks, a Barnes & Noble, a Target, any general chain, it will take a lot to up-sell or downgrade a Jo-Ann's Fabrics in my most humble of opinions!