My wife and I had been looking forward all week to going to the Grower’s Outlet in Loganville, Georgia that she had heard so much about from her friends.
When we arrived Saturday morning we stopped at the Quicktrip next door to relieve ourselves. We observed all the cars coming in; it was a mob with limited parking. We were relieved when we saw a cop directing traffic. There was a couple coming out and loading up across the fence from where we parked at the station. I asked the gentleman would he mind holding the parking spot for me. He said he would. By the time I pulled up to the parking spot there was a gentleman with a large SUV who stopped right in front of us and began to load right in the aisle. I was patience, the cop was not. He started yelling at me and made statements like, “You have a problem with authority!” and ordered me to circle around. I did not respond, but everybody in front of me put the rush on, they could see the Loganville police officer become very agitated. After parking and exiting our vehicle we observed the same officer politely and patiently allowing cars to pull out of parking spaces and halting traffic as they did. I am not sure whether his agitation came from the fact that I happen to be a man or just a person of color. The excitement diminished. Just prior to purchasing several items my wife asked the cashier for a re-count of the items. The way this works a person counts your items and writes the total down on a slip of paper and you pay a cashier. The original counter seemed to look at us with some irritation when asked for a second count from the cashier. When you go there bring a pad and pencil to write down your purchases as they have no formal accounting. They admitted to having made mistakes when I humbled myself stating this is a new experience for us.
I tried to call the office this morning and all I got was a voice mail. It said if you need to contact them you could do so through email. The prices were great. The atmosphere is very pushy and mob like.
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