Kelly T.
Yelp
Weird, passive-aggressive experience with an employee.
I'd barely been in this store for literally no more than 20-seconds, when someone said something loudly behind me. I was shopping with my daughter, who I was in the middle of a conversation with, so I couldn't imagine that this voice was speaking to me. The first thought in mind was that I might have accidentally stepped in front of someone walking behind me, so I quickly turned to see if I needed to get out of anyone's way.
When I did, I found a lady standing nearly on top of me. She had an open bag of something and was just staring at me. I don't personally know this person, I didn't hear what they had said, they were wearing a casual hat so I didn't think they were an employee. It looked like someone eating food while shopping, but also speaking to me for some unknown reason.
I didn't know what they wanted, or if they were mistaking me for someone else, or what was going on, so I just turned back around to continue speaking with my daughter and try to find the things we'd come in here to buy. My daughter remarked about how weird the whole encounter was, as she didn't hear what the person had said either or understand what they wanted.
A few minutes later as we were rounding the first aisle, my daughter stopped by the snack counter at the back to get a sample. Then, again, out of nowhere, I hear a loud voice coming from behind me. This time much louder than before.
"OH! NOW YOU WANT SOME?!?!?"
The woman rudely snapped at me, as she now stepped to front of me to stand there and give me a long, dirty look. The whole situation was awkward and hostile, as this person then continued to just stand there blocking my way, while angrily staring me down. I stood there in shock and disbelief that any of this was even going on.
Now enough time had passed with this person, still standing directly in front of me, blocking my path, that it became embarrassing and really weird. That's when this lady turned around walked through some doors into the back employee area and only then that I saw that she was wearing a Trader Joe's jacket.
Then it seemed like no matter what aisle my daughter and I were on this employee seemed to show up, almost as if this person was now following us around the store.
It was such a bizarre, passive-aggressive experience to have someone who turned out to be an employee, not only interrupt a conversation I was having with my daughter but, also reapproach me just to block my path, attempt to scold me, stare me down, and then storm off. Only to then continue stalking us while me shopped.
Does this employee have borderline personality disorder? Are they going to come back and block my path again? Are they going to follow my daughter and I out to the parking lot? I didn't know what they were going to do and absolutely could not wait to get out of the store and never come back.