Grocery Outlet — Local services in Seaside

NEVER HAVE EVER BEEN TREATED SO IN HUMANELY AS I WAS TREATED BY THE EMPLOYEES AT GROCERY OUTLET IN SEASIDE OREGON!!! I WAS IN THE STORE FOR APX 20 MIN SHOPPING THEY HAVE SO MUCH COOL DIFFERENT STUFF ALL OVER! I WAS MISTAKEN!! DO NOT!!! ENTER THE BUILDING!!! WITHOUT READING EVERY SIGN.ON THE DOORS ALL OF THEM! MISTAKENLY I CAMR TO THE STORE TO SHOP NOT READ THE DARN WALLS . SO WHEN I WAS CHECKING OUT MIND U WITH A LINE OF PEOPLE BEHIND ME I WAS TOLD TO SHOW THEM THE CONTENTS OF MY PERSONAL BAG!!" MIND U EMPLOYEES WHERE PUTTI G MERCHANDISE AWAY IN ISLES I WAS IN!!" OH AND FOR SAYING" MIND U EMPLOYEES WHERE PUTTI G MERCHANDISE AWAY IN ISLES I WAS IN!!" I WAS TOLD IAM 86 AND NOT TO COME TO THERE STORE AGIAN OR THEY WILL CALL THE POLICE. IAM COMPLETELY MORTIFIED AND HUMILIATED!!! WHAT KIND OF STORE ARE YOU RUNNING!!! WAS IT BECAUSE OF MY SKIN TONE OR MY PUFFY HAIR!!!. YOUR EMPLOYEES CHOSE TO MAKE ME OUT TO BE SOME THEIF.AND HUMILIATE ME!!! SOMETHING NEEDS...

This was humiliating and deeply painful. I fully understand that the store does not have a public restroom. But does that mean compassion and basic humanity should disappear?

I politely asked an employee if I could use the restroom she had just exited. She refused with a smile. I asked again, explaining that I truly couldn’t hold it any longer. She still refused, smiling as if it were amusing. She then told me to go outside to the garden section, where there was an outdoor restroom — locked. Another employee there also denied me access.

I was in physical pain, desperate, and completely dismissed. They laughed while I suffered. Is this discrimination? Cold policy over human decency? Do your employees find pleasure in watching people in distress?

I cried for an hour after this. Not because of the lack of a toilet — but because of the lack of empathy. All I was met with were rigid rules and...

I love grocery outlet and come here all the time. I do most of my shopping here actually. I’ve never had any issues until today.

I was shopping with my already hard to shop with toddler while carrying my diaper bag on my back, they approached me to inquire if my bag was a purse or a backpack insinuating that I may be using it to steal…..so whoever the manager was at the time had the audacity to question me, a mother while shopping for groceries about my child’s diaper bag because they were afraid that I was stealing. How insulting and insensitive. I’m absolutely appalled that anyone would have the audacity to question a mother about a diaper bag…..I’m so mad and insulted. It’s sad that people have absolutely no empathy these days. Very disappointed. I’ve never stolen...