Earthbound Trading Co. — Local services in Monroe

Walked in the store about 6:50pm. Looked around for a few minutes and was trying to decide what to get but kept hearing the male and female employees talking about how they close at 7and saying "we could just tell them to leave." As a few minutes passed I started feeling very uncomfortable and couldn't decide on what to get. They never approached us and said anything about closing and we were not the only people in the store. They kept making remarks. As I was about to bring my purchase to the counter the lady said are yall gonna buy something cus we been closed for 15minutes now! She was very rude and wirh all the remarks they were making I set my stuff down and walked out! I have never been so upset and just felt uncomfortable. I will NEVER return to the store and I hope they both get reprimanded or fired for their actions. If they are the face of this store it dont say much about the store in itself. Maybe a different location may be better. They had alot of cool things in there and most of all healing crystals. I was very happy with the overall merchandise choices just could not shop without being rushed and being pushed...

After entering the store and selecting items I was told I could not shop without a mask. I do not wear masks as it compromises my God given immune system. I do not wear the disposable mask as they contain contaminates that are detrimental to your health. So you lost a sale.

I am a holistic health practitioner and study effects of environmental toxins and what weakens the immune system. I also promote whole body healing. As a company that claims to provide items for holistic health such as grounding and meditation, I am surprised that you discriminate people's right to choose not to wear a mask and buy in to the false rhetoric. You're obviously not for holistic health healing but just to make a dollar.

Louisiana's mask mandate is lifted. You have lost a customer for good and I will continue spread your mandatory mask requirements throughout my groups. You apparently do not need my business as your store was EMPTY when I walked into it. I...

Normally I tend to enjoy coming into earthbound when I visit our dying mall, but today, when I was there and a worker followed me I found myself feeling embarrassed and upset. I had stepped to the front of the store with some items to examine the displays when a worker approached with this air of urgency and desperation when she asked me "Do you want me to hold your stuff while you shop around?". I wasnt over encumbered, I only had 3 cloth items in my hands, so the inquiry felt odd an out of place. In a store full of other people, to be singled out like that while there were at least 3 other customers perusing the front of the store felt... insenstive. I won't call it racial profiling but it certainly felt like it. If you don't want customers to walk to the front of the store while shopping, then don't have...