I am writing this message almost in disbelief. My partner and I went to Shane Co, KS this weekend. The store was pretty busy when we walked in, so we were patiently waiting for someone to approach us. When no one seemed interested, we walked closer to another couple that was being helped just to make ourselves more visible. However, we were passed over again for a could BEHIND us. At this point, I was wondering if we were invisible. Finally, the sales attendant acknowledged us and said that hopefully someone would be with us soon, but if not, she would help us as soon as she was done with her couple. Fair enough. So we looked, and we waited, and we waited some more. Finally Keith approached us. I said we needed to look at engagement rings. He asked if the guys had sent us out looking for rings. I was confused at first but then realized he was missing the point. I pointed to my girlfriend/partner and said, "No, we are together." He said, "Oh OK." After a few minutes goes by, he tried again. Looking at my girlfriend, he said, "So are you going to come back with him later to get her ring?" Implying that she was just with me as a friend and she would return with my boyfriend to get my ring. At this point I was really confused. How could you have missed that twice already? So I made it a little more obvious. I grabbed my girlfriend around the waist and pointed between us several times and said, "No. WE are T O G E T H E R." At this point, he was embarrassed and apologized.
However, shortly after that, he asked a couple behind us if they had been helped. They said no and he told us to "Wait just one second. I'm going to pop over here for a minute." At this point, we had three rings sitting out in front of us and I was really hoping to look at more. But we waited patiently. I assumed he would get them set up somewhere briefly and return to help us. He did return after a few minutes and I started to say something about one of the rings we he but me off in mid-sentence with, "Yeah, wait just one minute. I'm just gonna pop over here for a minute." At this point, I was done. I thought the whole experience at this point had been completely rude and unfriendly. We wanted to leave, but remember, we were stuck with three rings sitting in front of us that we didn't want to be liable for. So we waited. And waited. We he didn't return after 5 minutes (the second time he left us), I finally had to interrupt a couple beside us and get their sales associate's attention. I pushed the rings toward her and said, "I'm going to leave these with you and we're going to go." She looked worried but said, "OK." As we were walking out, we noticed Keith, supposedly our sales associate, actively pulling rings out of the case for another couple. They already had several out. It was obvious he was not coming back to us quickly. He literally left us to start helping someone else!
I was very offended, appalled, and disappointed. I had heard so many great commercials about this place and I was really looking forward to visiting the store. But I have never been treated so rudely in a jewelry store before. I don't know if it's because we are gay and they just couldn't fathom that possibility, or if they didn't think we were worth their precious time, or if they randomly could treat any customer this badly. One thing I do know, I will not be back. And I will share my story with friends and family
0 comments