Mystic Side Gift & Book Store — Local services in Town of Cicero

I’m normally not petty enough to leave a review when I have a bad experience, however I see others have had a similar experience to mine that have also rated 1 star. I came with my sister. The older gentleman seemed to be nice enough initially and asked where we were coming from but then proceeded to ask a number of personal questions, if we’re married, had kids. He asked the same questions twice, so I assume he had some memory issues-fine…but then he proceeded to comment on how bad my hair looked, and that I looked significantly older than I am and asked if I “do it on purpose”, my eyebrows are too light and I should fill them in next time, I look nothing like my sister and she looks much younger than I do. All around rude. The store is cluttered and gives dirty attic vibes with bad energy as well, though I could be jaded from being insulted the majority of the time I was...

I love the shop itself. The products are great, the prices are reasonable, and the cat is super cute. But recently every time I go there instead of the two woman I’m used to seeing there has been a very questionable man. He always asks extremely personal and uncomfortable questions like what our names are, where we live, and our age. The last time I went he began kind of flirting with me I guess and then asked if I was a kid to which I responded “I’m 19” and he continued with “oh you’re still a kid. You’re just a little kid.” Then turned to my mother and asked where we lived even going as far as trying to find out our street name. My sister doesn’t even want to go here anymore because of this man. They’d probably get a lot more business if they fired him because otherwise the store really is...

I used to love going to this place since the prices are decent. The energy was nice. But for some reason in recent years it's felt off in there. The man working there asks personal questions and I feel hovered over. One time it was to the point where I was making sure I could clearly leave if I needed to. It's just a strange unsettling gut feeling. It feels cramped in there when it never used to. I think it's unfortunate the sense of uncomfortableness is making me look elsewhere because I used to enjoy going. My advice would be to say hello to customers and...