Bud Barn — Local services in Yelm

On my 8-hour flight, all I could think about was “What can I get for my best friend of 14 years that I haven't seen in four years since I graduated college and moved to the East Coast.”

So on my flight, I started thinking, plan A was to get her a gift card for IKEA, but I can’t do that because she's my best friend, she’s worth more than some toaster or some couch that's on sale for 399.

Anyway, I began to reminisce on our childhood memories, and some of our best memories were smoking good old kush with a good movie on. Knowing that weed is legal in the state of Washington, I knew the perfect gift for her. I know it sounds dumb, to buy weed as a wedding gift, but this gift comes from the heart, unlike the gift cards and some dumb humidifier she received at the wedding from her brother.

I always wanted to go to Bud Barn because it was a 7-minute drive from my house, but I wasn’t of age at the time, and even when I was of age, I didn’t even live in Yelm anymore.

I was just gonna grab a simple blunt and head out, but I saw this woman and her nametag said “Shyann”, ironically my best friend I am talking about her name is Cheyanne. I thought to myself what a crazy coincidence, something in me told me to go ask for advice.

Through simple conversation, she completely understood my predicament. Shyann proceeded to show me some prerolls of phat panda for ONLY 4 DOLLARS. I was blown away by that price. Then she said, “Wait, hang on, you just can’t show up to your friend's wedding with blunts, you need something more fun to get the party going.” She proceeded to show me edibles, now I have always been skeptical about edibles because I never tried them but Shyann assured me these were top-notch edibles.

I felt confident about my purchase, I went into Bud Barn feeling anxious, and I left as a hero.

P.S. If you're wondering how I got there from the Seattle airport I took an Uber to Bud Barn, yes it’s quite expensive but I had to hide the surprise. It did help that Cheyanne couldn’t pick me up anyway because she had to pick her mom up from work that day because her car broke down a week ago and they're still trying to fix it.

Fast forward to when the Uber dropped me off at her house, she left the door unlocked and her dog Henry was there to greet me, I thought he’d tear my face apart but he still remembers me, he’s a good boy.

While I waited for her to come home, I took a quick shower and I planned to give it to her on her wedding day, which was on Saturday. But I was so excited to give it to her, and her soon-to-be hubby had to work the day before his wedding, which I thought was rude for his work, but he's in law enforcement, so taking time off is harder. So they both agreed to not do any bachelor or bachelorette party since it’d make the other partner feel sad. Cheyenne said, “The only bachelorette party I need is with my best friend and Henry Cavill.” I can’t give her Henry Cavill but what I can give her is my heart. I seized my opportunity, being alone with her in a big house with her dog I made her close her eyes as I unzipped my bag to her surprise.

She was so happy, that she even cried and hugged me and said “This is the most meaningful gift anyone has ever given me, besides from the life-size cutout of Henry Cavill gifted by my mother.” We had the best nights of our lives. We watched Man of Steel on her flat-screen, shared a blunt and we both ate not one, not two but THREE EDIBLES. When I tell you, we felt like we were flying with Superman in that movie. And to top that off, we ordered Domino’s pizza and ate Neapolitan ice cream, straight out of the tub, and of course, sharing a spoon, she ate the strawberry because, by the grace of Henry Cavill, I can’t stand strawberries.

I don’t remember much else, maybe we made out on the bed. I'm not so sure how I had sticky strawberry ice cream on my face when I woke up the next morning.

I spent some over 30 dollars at Bud Barn, but I have memories that will last a lifetime, sometimes it's not about how little the gift costs it’s about...

Firstly, let me say I do not believe any able-challenged person would intentionally place themself in a situation to be degraded and treated as a second-class person... Having said that, using a disabled patron as a teaching tool when other staff members that are familiar with the disabled patron are available is highly inappropriate and discriminatory... Especially, when senior staff had already given the disabled patron a rock solid guarantee that they would never be harassed regarding their disability and the accommodations that that disability entails at Bud Barn... I know the owner is going to respond with a very dismissive reply telling me that they're glad I found accommodation elsewhere... But the thing is it's not just that I found accommodation elsewhere. It's that literally they are the only establishment that suddenly does not accommodate me due to my medical alert animal that never leaves my body... The ADA has clear instructions and guidelines... Once staff vetted my service animal I was not to be harassed further, and that was the assurance that I received... That does not suddenly mean that I must agree to inconvenience myself with further harassment just to appease the owner that wants to unlawfully impersonate a medical professional playing, "Doctor Google"... Last time I checked absent an accreditation you can not dispense medical advice opinions or speak in a medically professional capacity... I find that the crossover value of the owner's experience in real estate has rendered them incapable of good customer service... Mr. Rotary club, Mr. Look at me video chronicle myself feeding the poor so I can say, "look I care about the poors give me credit"... I know I don't matter, I know none of us disabled scrubs on disability budgets matter to you... You made that abundantly clear with your candor regarding my disability... So go ahead strike me from your precipice again, tell me some more of your medical opinions.. You can't even back up your own senior staff that abide by the ADA... And instead seek to engineer chaotic situations for your warped amusement ordering your staff to bully disabled people... There is much more that I wanted to say, I drafted many a response to your cruel unprofessional treatment... I had even thought to detail it out like an actual report... I don't see how that would do much good since you have it on video, and senior staff admits that my version of events is true as far as the audio portion that is missing from your video only surveillance... You actually seem to take pleasure in reviewing the pain and suffering and mental anguish that you inflicted on a disabled person, by creating an unnecessary situation, when there was no situation that warranted it... What you did when you instructed the staff member that you scheduled to harass me was wrong and contrary to the ADA... I was loyal to Bud Barn... I wouldn't even shop other places before, but I went to a couple other dispensaries since then, and told them in detail what the owner of Bud Barn did... Each of them expressed disgust with the treatment that I received at Bud Barn... They have assured me that particular kind of incident would never take place in their business, because they provide a "Safe Space" for disabled people to get their medicine to treat their disabilities... I know you won't lose any sleep over this Jeff but you really should stop...

I love going to bud barn yelm, everyone is always so nice, Angis did a great job serving my needs and getting me in and outta there quickly with my discount too which I appreciate greatly...thankyou Angis and thankyou bud barn ftonight as I would want to know if my employee was. Now that is the type of review I am used to writing for bud barn of yelm!!!And I must say Gabriel was very helpful,kind, and efficient. Imagine my surprise after being a loyal customer since you opened and had nothing but excellent service until tonight. Rob must of been having a really bad day. His behavior was out of line, inappropriate, and unprofessional. I can't imagine why he would give himself the right to talk to a customer like that but wow. He thought my id was punched on the expiration date...it was not he was mistaken it is valid id until 2024 so he told me he would prove me wrong he brought out a stack of papers with the law on it and again he was proven wrong but no apology just a hissy fit and instead of apoligizing for being wrong he doubled down on his rudeness and just kept talking trash just did not want to admit he was wrong...which he clearly was ( this is my id for 2 years now)but that just made him mad and he behaved as if i had done somthing wrong. I told him his attitude was way out of line and that he should just say sorry but he refused to apoligize and continued to be rude. The owner should definitely check out the video footage of his display tonight. I have been a loyal customer and I am also a mother in mourning...my son was the 19 year old hit and killed on his bike on his way to walmart and it is difficult to leave the house sometimes but knowing I will see happy smiling faces helps encourage me to get out. I nor anyone else deserves to be treated the way Rob treated me simply because he was wrong and his ego would not allow him to do the right thing. Gabriel the whole time however was very appropriate and Rob should of followed his wonderful display of customer service.Thankyou for your attention to this matter and I am open to discuss it with the owner as I love you...