Salvation Army

This store made me mad. I made an exception coming in here, as I don’t like going to a store that wouldn’t employ me on principle because I’m a lesbian. It’s just offensive and should be illegal. But I made an exception because everything was 50% off and they do charity work (Is it worse than Walmart? I think not.).
Unfortunately, two particularly annoying things happened during my recent visit. First, as I browsed a very affectionate heterosexual couple came into the store. A friend of a staff member (who was standing and talking to her at the counter) asked her loudly, «which one is the girl and which one is the boy?» Apparently, he found the man effeminate. And I found him rude.
Then staff member and friend proceeded to turn off half of the lights in the store, leaving it dimly lit and impossible to shop. «Are you closing now?» people cried out. «We close at 6pm!» was the response. It was 5:35. At 5:40 the announcements on the PA began, telling people to bring their purchases to the counter to check out as the register would be closed at 6pm. I was glad to leave, as I couldn’t make out the sizes on the clothes in the dark.
To be fair, my partner got some baby stuff she was excited about and found the staff very warm and personable. But by then I was in the car fuming about how I would never go back to Salvation Army again.

The smallest Salvation Army thrift store I had seen and entered.
Clean and well organized. Not much of a selection in clothing and housewares.
I was in and out of this store within 10 minutes.
A MUST TRY!