Ollie's Bargain Outlet — Local services in Anderson

Store wasnt really super busy like it often gets. My friend and I met up with another friend and did some shopping. I finished my shopping first, went to the check out which I was the only one in line and checked out with no problems. When it came to my friend that I brought there, well that was another blah blah blah. My friend was 6th person in line with 6 people behind her. After about 5 minutes, another woman opened up a register and announced I can take someone here. Well....the people behind my friend ran over there(my friend had a basket of random items resting on a end cap thing and she was holding on to the 5 other items that she held in her arms) its like... wait a minute. What just happened? The woman who opened her register failed to do 1 of 2 options. 1.) Announce...I will take the next person in line. Or 2.) Walk up to the next person in line and say, I will take you on the next register and either help her with her items or let her gather up her other items and go to the next lane. My friend said no worries. I say, that's B.S. By the way, I was waiting for my friend behind the cashier, by the door so I could jaw Jack with my friend to pass time away. Well, just as I was complaining to my friend, another cashier came up and opened her line back up. Needless to say, my friend grabbed her items and the rest of the check out experience...

Since I had my bike & bike trailer, I was looked at like I was a visiting alien or something right from the get...I walk in & I ask if I could leave my backpack @ the only open register..the checkout lady looks @ me like I've lost my mind then mumbles 'yeah,sure' pointing behind her to the floor (no,really? Like I'd put it up on the checkout!) Anyway, I start back towards the back of the store when I pass by a male employee & ask 'could you please tell me where bike inner tubes would be?' He replied 'we don't carry bike tubes' REALLY HASTY, almost like he wanted to say ' we don't have anything you want so leave!' oooohhhhhkie dookie....I start to wander around a little bit as I have never been inside Ollie's before...I'm followed by NO LESS than 4 employees, AND either a 'secret shopper' or a undercover cop/security... Talk about PROFILING! JUST BECAUSE I HAVE FACIAL TATTOOS & PIERCINGS DOESN'T MEAN IM GONNA STEAL! I ACTUALLY SAW 3 CUSTOMERS STEAL..did THEY get caught? NOPE! We're THEY being followed? NOPE! But at least I can say 'It wasn't me'... So had a little bit of fun @ their annoyance LOL! I BOUGHT most of what I picked up, I put back EXACTLY where it had been the things i wasn't getting...checked out & was stared at by the 'ladies' congregating in the parking lot... Needless to say (I hope), I did NOT care for the attitude of the...

Ollie's is a treasure hunt in a retail warehouse with some consistent inventory and buyouts. If you see something you like, snag it because it may very well be gone when you return! They've got a lil furniture, mattresses, some hardware, cleaning supplies, spices & snacks, toys, linens, pet products, some clothing and shoes, books (including Bibles and comics), flooring, small appliances, and housewares. Ollie's one of the few places that lets me buy a gift for a 1-year-old, new carpet for the laundry room and laminate planks for the bathroom, grab a queen sized mattress and box spring, pick an assortment of K-cups for the home office, replace my vacuum cleaner, get a cardboard scratching post for our rabbit, stock up on minced garlic, find a toilet riser with handles for a relative, score a Serta office chair and grab new earphones and shampoo in one location - CHEAP! They even have specials like a flat rate price for ALL the books you can fit in a handbasket (now your bookshelf looks full in those Zoom meetings!) for $9.99! So I'm sure you'll find something you like, need, or can't...