Hobby Lobby — Attraction in Robinson Township

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By Ken Berwitz

In the past few days two different friends told my wife they had gone into the new Hobby Lobby store in Marlboro, New Jersey and noticed that, although there already was a lot of Christmas merchandise available, there was none for the Jewish holiday of Chanukah (some people drop the "C" and spell it Hannukah. Same holiday).

When one of our friends asked where the Chanukah goods were, was told there wouldn't be any, and asked why. According to her, the answer was:

"We don't cater to you people"

Understandably irate, she called the home office, and was told, indifferently, that hobby lobby doesn't have Chanukah on its list of holidays.

Having heard this, and always wanting to be certain of what I write about, I just called the Marlboro hobby lobby and asked whether it would be stocking any Chanukah merchandise. I was told it would not. When I asked why, the answer - verbatim - was:

"Because Mr. Green is the owner of the company, he's a Christian, and those are his values"

FYI, I would guess that, in a five mile radius around that Marlboro store, a solid one-third of all residents are Jewish. But, then again, what is the difference? Since the reason Hobby Lobby won't sell Chanukah goods is unrelated to how many Jews are in the area, it wouldn't matter if the percentage were higher or lower.

The reason is that Mr. green's Christian "values" preclude him selling anything related to a Jewish holiday - not just Chanukah, but Passover too, based on the call I just made to corporate headquarters.

I have a great many Christian friends and acquaintances. And I can honestly say that I don't know even one who would ever see excluding Jews as having anything to do with Christian "values". But, evidently, Hobby Lobby owner David Green does.

Well, here are MY values. I will never set foot in a Hobby Lobby. Ever. I will be sure to tell everyone I know the reason why, with a request that they pass it along to others.

I have no problem at all with Christianity. But I have a major problem with anti-Semitic idiots.

"Mr. green" can go to hell."

I just passed it along. Very foolish for a company to come into a mixed area where many of the residents are Jewish and alienate us within the first few months. There are many stores who are happy to cater to "our people", those are the stores that deserve our business. Had they said this about Christians and had it been the other way around I would be just annoyed. Shame on him. I see no family...

Besides not having my design ready (I was the host and was the 1st design provided for the party), we started over an hour late and falsely accused of not being ready. They were more concerned with another larger party present. Several of my guest went home with unfinished projects and no materials to finish them.

I was expected to pay full price for a project I was improperly instructed on, it was maybe 15% done. After being told I could leave without paying for the project, security was called, told I was stealing services and causing a scene. I was accused of being irrational and drunk . Being America 2018 I recorded the incident on FB Live and that was my only saving grace. The incident it public on FB if you search the business name and look under videos or find my profile.

The owner asked me for mercy on her business and attempted to meet with me. However, after attempting to have me unjustly detained once; I wasn't willing to put myself in that predicament again.

Before this incident, I was in love with this business and promoted it like it was my own. The staff on the day of my party not only attempted to humiliate me but hoped for worse when calling security. In the end, they humiliated themselves, the business and showed their true colors.

I attached photos of my desired design with what I was actually provided, and the...

Needed some items for a memorial board - as soon as I walked in I went to the sanitized carts - there were 3 rows of them - I tried removing one and it was stuck - had to walk behind the manager who was standing there leaning on the second row of carts talking to another employee there about nothing regarding work as they were chatting and laughing etc. I went to the third row of carts which was inconvenient and sitting far back and got one. That was a chore in itself! I have been to other Hobby Lobby stores in the area and have noticed that the management stands around and does nothing. They should be directing customers to open registers as they don’t have lights on their register numbers to signify that line is open. There were 4 people ahead of me in one line and only one person in line next to us so we figured the register was closing. Another customer got in that register line and it was in fact still open. Managers are standing at front of the store just looking doing nothing. SMH. On to the positives. They have a huge variety of craft items which I do like and when I did get to the cashier, he was the most polite, friendliest person in the entire store! Kudos to him! The management personnel though need to be trained in...