long beach antique mall II — Local services in Signal Hill

What would have been a very pleasant shopping experience ended up becoming a bag of mixed feelings because of an employee - a man in 50-60s whose first name’s initial is S. We had a short interaction, but boy it was a strange one.

I asked the man at the front desk if I could inspect a lighting fixture so he rang up Mr. S to help me. Mr. S and I went to the vendor booth together and that’s where things got weird. Mr. S got on ladder, started removing other items off the shelf, but he had no where to put down the stuff, so I nicely asked if he’d like me to hold them or put them down elsewhere for him, and he somehow got really offended, and shook his head and yelled at me “NO!” He somehow decided it’s better to just stack those removed items on top of each other on top of the ladder, until the tower of stuff tumbled down and broke a bunch of glasses on the shelf. The commotion drew another customer, who nicely asked if he’s okay or need any help. Mr. S became livid and stared at him, hyperventilating, for like 10 seconds, until the gentleman backed off and whispered “Alright...guess you don’t.” Then we watched Mr. S struggling to take the lighting fixture off the wall, until he finally turned around and told me how he couldn’t get the item off with me being there. So I left and went back to the front desk. When Mr. S finally came back with the item, he was so visibly angry. Didn’t even look at me when I repeated thanked him. After I paid for the item I asked the cashier if Mr. S was having a bad day. He told me not to worry. “It’s just him”, he said.

10/10 will be coming back but 10/10 will be avoiding interacting with Mr. S...

Lot's to look at, but we just make it a point to not go to this place. They offer no public restrooms and to care that little about your customers, we will just spend our time and money elsewhere. It's not a gas station, if you're going to look, it's going to take and hour or two, no public restrooms is simply a deal breaker.

Added to acknowledge the owner saying it's the building owner does not allow a public restroom. Presumably, you pay for the use of the building. Honestly, this sounds like B.S., but even if true, the landlord can only get away with such nonsensical restrictions, because you allow it and keep paying. The buck stops with you, the business owner to provide what customers need or find other arrangements. No worries, there are a thousand antique stores and flea markets to visit, no...

I Really like the place. I Walked around for quite a while and still don't think I saw everything. I bought a little jar of Christmas ornaments like I used to have long ago, and this is where they all ended up obviously. 😆 im gonna have to drop by from time to time. I must have good taste bc everything I liked was kinda pricey. But seems like good buys for what you get. Not all antique there are a lot of unique and unusual items. Quite a bit. From super large to teeny tiny stuff. This is the place for one of a kind knick knack and chochzkee stuff. ...