Dollar General — Local services in Gardendale

This trip was as casual as any dollar general visitation. In search of cough medicine for ky daughter and some bubble mixture for her bubble bath the only thing I wasnt sure about before arriving was if there was going to be a line to wait in upon time to check out or of there would be no one there. And when I say no one there I mean no one. Not even a cashier. But to be honest I mean this in a very good way. Because of there isnt anyone there to check out or even a cashier behind the counter then that means the cashier is out on the floor return products erroneously brought to the at the register. Or they are stocking the shelves or doing their best to bring back order to a store that is constantly riddled with hellions children who are allowed to run a muck while there parents are just briefly relieved that the toy isle may be a babysitter for the next 20 minutes. Kudos to the people working there and what they have...

The store manager (Melissa), insists on airing my family problems in the store in a very loud voice. She has continued to do this for almost a year even though I have tried to discourage it on numerous occasions. She insists on talking about my grandson having a drug problem and today she accused me of doing drugs because I tried to stop her from talking about my family. I know for a fact that she is an ex addict which might explain her behavior. She banned me from the store which is ok because she finally embarrassed me enough that I wouldn't go...

What a colossal mess. Just driving into the parking lot was awful. There is literally trash EVERYWHERE! I'm a believer in DG but this was the worst location I have been to. The staff was friendly enough but even the inside was a disorganized train wreck. Shelves were not stocked at 11 AM on a Saturday morning....but seriously I can't get past the nastiness of the parking lot! Oh and when we drove up to park..three associates were standing outside.2 were smoking and 1 was just standing around...and there was a customer inside...