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| - Against my better judgment, I decided to give this place a try a few weeks ago. I normally wouldn't be caught dead in one of these places, having had so many bad experiences in the past, but it has been in the neighborhood for quite some time, having long since replaced a derelict grocery store (formerly a Safeway) and curiosity got the better of me.
If I had to sum up the experience as succinctly as possible, I would probably just say it was a shithole. And no, I'm not trying to be funny or profane for the shock value, either. While that phrasing is true in a figurative sense, sure, the fact is that there's a literal component as well, namely that this place literally stinks inside. It's not quite the stink you get in a Harbor Freight store, nor what you'd encounter at a public bathroom somewhere on the highway. Instead, I would argue, it is somewhere between, neither worse nor better than either of the two extremes, but equally unpalatable. For the few minutes I was in the store, all I could think about was getting out and away from that stench. Just... wrong.
As for the employees working there, not much to say. There was a pack of maybe half a dozen, clustered near the front and shooting the breeze. No greeting when customers enter, nor when they shortly thereafter walk out in disgust. I am guessing this is the only part of the store with occasional gusts of fresh, breathable air, so perhaps I shouldn't fault them, but still at least act like you give a shit, right?
Merchandise wise, the place was just literally piles upon piles of other people's used crap. And not gently used either, but used until whatever trailer trash previous owner decided it was no longer fit to occupy his double-wide. Electronics with no remote, sticky keyboards, dirty kitchen appliances, this stuff was several pegs down from what you'd expect at a yard sale in the most ghetto trailer park in Phoenix.
Finally, I would be remiss without mentioning the other customers. I'd say people, but that seems to give them too much credit. Right as we came in the door, you had some people with her misbehaving kids nearly mowing us down in their zeal to flee the place. I guess even they were smart enough to realize that 111 degree heat was preferable to air conditioning that stank of whatever the hell it was in there. The other folks we saw inside were no better.
I actually feel like I need to take a shower, and I didn't even touch anything in there except the door handle. To sum up, as I said before, a total shithole.
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