i would get that clerks name and report her to management. if she was still there and up to her old tactics the next time i went in, i'd have her show me everything in the store before i left empty handed never to return again.
but without confirming that this practice is condoned, it's rather premature to boycott at this time IMHO.
It may very well be a premature decision, however there are many options available to me elsewhere in town that offer better selection for what is a reasonable price point.
My own motivation to enter the shop was more a nostalgia based thing than a real need to shop there. I had a few moments to spare and it was less than a block away.
We have by no real exact count, some 6 vendors in the area offering vaping related products as their main product line, and the number of shops that carry fluids and throwaways is nothing to laugh about. We have access to a good selection of equipment, supplies, juices, and some exceptional staff.
However this particular shop does not seem to have staff interested in being the best they can be, I go back to the old adage "Know yourself and seek self improvement". If you are unable to identify your own faults you will never become a better person at whatever it is you do. Granted, a shop and those who work there do not need to judge themselves against similar shops, they may well be happy at the level they are now. They may not have the same level of aspirations as others do to excel, and that is fine. I just feel no obligation to be a part of what propels them forward.
When hiring staff, it is the responsibility of management to select people who will best represent the goals and ideology of the company, and to ensure that the staff maintain that throughout employment. I surmise by my observation that this particular shop is not staffed with people who are interested in being leaders or innovators, more that they are looking to secure a substantial chunk of the money that is to be made out of the vaping community.
They seem to miss the point that the community still needs to be developed and that those who are established vapers will not support them because they do not in turn support the more advanced members of the vaping community.
For example, we have a DFW Vapor here in town. I have no problem forwarding them business, they are reasonable in pricing, a good selection of equipment at all levels, have wonderful staff, and support my needs from the standpoint of a local shop.
Another shop carries some of the gourmet juices I like, the staff I have run into are pleasant enough but it generally feels more like a business transaction than anything else (that's not a complaint just an observation).
We have koisks in the malls, they tend to be staffed by low key vapors and expensive, I've made a purchase or two from them when I ended up stuck without enough juice to make it through a girls day shopping at the mall.
I suppose I like the friendly lets do this together atmosphere of vaping, I think that is my main gripe with this situation. A friend turned me on to this, I sought out the stuff I wanted, and found this forum chock full of people who flooded me with a sense of welcome. Never a moment of pressure did I experience.
So there it is, me seeing a moment of high pressure sales in a vape shop that triggered me to form a lasting impression about them.
I know we all have to make the currency to support ourselves and our families, I just can't support doing it that way.
Maurice
There are actually some pretty good ones.
