Dutch Square Center — Local services in Columbia

Went to watch Venom at Theater. Movie was good, average prices for movies these days (which is crazy, lol) $5 for a bag of M&M's that's just barely larger than a regular bag from a gas station is ridiculous. A large popcorn & large drink is $15. Wow, I thought I was at the fair with those prices. Not to mention the popcorn isn't even popped there. They pour it from big bags! I won't complain too much about the prices because I knew that going in. But we were there for a movie at 4:45 pm and the theater looked like it might after a 9 pm movie. Popcorn & trash everywhere. The theater had not been cleaned from the last movie. I couldn't believe that they didn't clean in between showings. It wasn't a little popcorn, it was everywhere. Not like maybe someone missed a row, it was clearly not cleaned. The ladies bathroom was the same way with trash flowing over on the floor. There were several people working the concession stand, well let me rephrase that. There were several employees behind the counter of the concession stand with only 2 people working, 1 of which was training someone new. The others were talking among themselves. Maybe they were on a break but clearly not working. Butter dispensers were only working on one side of the theater. It seems like they are over staffed with people that don't work and the ones that were working didn't have time to do everything that needed to be done. It mite have been an off day and not the norm but they definitely have plenty of room for improvement. The movie was good though. Lol. Hopefully they were just short staffed...

My Medicare/Humana pays my monthly basic fees to join a gym, and I chose Planet Fitness based on 24/5 availability, COVID protocols, access to large variety & quantity of equipment! (I chose to upgrade a level for unlimited: use of other locations, bring a guest along, & use of tanning beds..less than $15/mo cost to me!) Super kind, friendly yet professional Asst Manager (I think) was patient to answer all my questions & actually listen to me talk! Facility was super clean, witnessed pandemic cleaning protocols & tried a stand-up tanning bed for the 1st time (was easy to use even without my glasses, I really liked that it had voice assist to walk me through my whole session! I haven't been in any type tanning bed in years, but my depression getting bad & running out of viable options - and the beds are so much better now!) I made a free appt with a trainer to go over my goals & issues before she helps set me up a program to best reach said goals. Really looking forward to starting on losing this extra 75...

They had a back log of customer. They called and opened another register. When the lady opened register 6, the girl on register 3 didn't wait on another customer the whole time I stood in line. She moved a stack of clothes hanger 2 at a time maybe 4 feet from where her station was. Why didn't she hang b the hangers on the rack to start with? After that she went to the end and took a rack of clothes off a rack and placed them on the counter. Then she walked around and got a buggy and proceeded to take the clothes from the counter that she just put there and put them in a shopping cart. Why she didn't get the cart to start with and take the clothes from the rake and put them in the cart is beyond me. She wasted all that time placing them on the counter and taking them off the counter. She moved at a snail's pace, and didn't care about the customers at all. I would have complained, but they took so long to ring me out, I didn't have time to stay. I won't say I won't shop there anymore, but it...