Avenue

Dirty.
I was in earlier this week and was glad to see so many discounted racks of summer clothing. Unfortunately, the discounts don’t make up for the filth found within this store.
I tried on a few items and was horrified by the shape of the dressing room. The base boards had clearly detached from the walls and had been duct taped back into place!
Secondly, there were no clothing hooks on the walls. If I have a handful items to try on, I’d like someplace nice to hang them — not throwing them in a heap on the floor or over the door would be nice.
Lastly, I found dirty, used band aids STUCK to the chair inside the fitting room. I came here looking for clothing, not someone else’s diseases!
Their prices have become outrageous over the years. No one wants a $ 48.00 t-​shirt that’s so thin it shows every body imperfection. Crummy quality.
I will be calling Avenue headquarters.

The manager on duty was hugging up with some guy when I walked in at 7:00PM on 8÷5÷13. The man even welcomed me to the store…
There were 3 associates working this evening. Not one of them offered me any assistance. They were all standing around talking about their love life. If I were the manager of this store I would be appalled. Management should seriously look into finding employees that actually work.

Nope.
When I’m old and retired, I’m going to get a job at Avenue so I can get paid to sit on my ass and chat, like everyone else who works here.
I came here looking for a bra, and when I specifically asked for help locating my size in a certain style, the sales lady waved in the general «bra» department and said they have some of those. Yes, I hoped so. That’s why I came in. Then, she sat there and watched me go through every rack. I don’t expect to be waited on hand and foot, but a smile and at least *pretending* to help me locate what I’m looking for would go a long way.

I’ve had no issues with Avenue in the past, but today was weird. I went there around 10:15am today to look for some jeans. The sign on the window clearly says the store opens at 10am, but when I got there, it was not opened. There was a small sign on the door saying ‘We’ll be opened shortly’ or something like that. Ok… So I went to the grocery store, got a few things, then walked back to Avenue. 11am and the doors are still not opened! I didn’t even see any staff or anyone else walking around in the store. I don’t know if this was just an off day for them or what. Guess I gotta go somewhere else for my jeans!

What a horrible, horrible store!!! I went in and there was no staff person that you could see for the longest time. Until I went in the back room; and there was the ONE staff person on the phone with a friend (obviously) talking to another friend sitting in the chair in the storage room. When I asked for a fitting room, the phone came with her AND she continued talking on it! There were 4 other potential customers and she went right back into the room until another customer decided to retrieve her for some assistance. Then another of her friends came in with a baby and the staff person proceeded to chase the baby all over the store with the PHONE STILL IN HER HAND TALKING! This was the 3^rd time in a year where the service was deplorable. In addition the clothing line and music has changed to fit only one segment of the San Leandro market. Good-​bye Avenue!

Can I just say — this store does NOT carry belts. WTF?