5 /5 T: This store is my favorite. The gal who runs the store is on it because she has to be. Bad decisions made by people have forced her to be hyper aware of every movement that takes place in the shop. The people who have their goods in that store and that are paying for booth space rely on her to protect their antiques. She cant leave the store unattended and let suspicious activity go by the way side. If you dont believe me watch the video from an outside camera when I guy takes a meat clever to the door of the shop to break in and steals items from the store and destroyed part of the shop, glass. This woman is protecting those who are trying to sell their antiques! The stores antiques dont belong to her, shes the shop owner. So I say cut her a break, you have no idea what she has encountered and put up with and watched happened to the store. So if she comes to talk to you dont give her the cold shoulder be open, be kind, that goes a long ways. She does have signs posted about backpacks. Maybe go talk to her and if youre worried about your passport and tablet take them out of your bag....duh. If you just go have a conversation about keeping your bag with you she may surprise you by coming up with a solution that makes you and her comfortable. Again its not her fault that people have no integrity and do bad things. How is she suppose to know the intentions of every patron. I think she is great and I would be willing to sell my things in her shop because I know she is a good guard, she works hard, she is upstanding, honest and will communicate. Take time to realize youre just going in to shop, you arent being asked to be the new guard of the store. Youre needing to respect what is posted and remember 1 bad apple spoils the bunch, you need to be mad at the people who made really bad choices making all of us shoppers look suspicious too.
