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Anonymous writes "I just wanted to talk about this little shop. I live very close to Stewart's so it's a convienent location for me to get any little items I might need. They also have very good quality milk, eggs, and bread products. The point here is I enjoy purchasing products there but lately I have no desire to shop there! These poor workers are being worked to the bone! Often, there are long lines when I go there because there is only one person working, especially during rush hours like 5pm. All of the workers there are very kind and friendly and most of them have been there for a good chunk of time. That adds to the reason I like to go there, However, a lot of these workers are college students and they're feeling very stressed and overwhelmed by this job to the point where they want to quit but they won't because they're getting paid a little more than other jobs would offer. Also, when there are actually two workers on shift there is usually a long line anyway because someone is doing work outback in the cooler or something. I realize this is an important aspect of working there. However, I feel that if they need to have someone outback for long periods of time there needs to be more workers on a specific shift. Another thing that has been deterring me away from shopping there is all the town drunks are there all the time and I see these workers, especially the girls, be bothered by them all the time. They're always bringing huge bags of cans in for these workers to count or calling them pet names which clearly bothers these girls. I wish there was something they could do about it. I also see these workers in there CONSTANTLY in their street clothes. They've told me they have meetings once a week for an hour but these kids are there ALL THE TIME for HOURS UPON HOURS outside of their scheduled work time. Just last night I went in there and the girl who was working was clearly sick. She was sniffling, coughing and just looked like she felt under the weather. I asked her why she was working...she should have called in. She laughed and said there is hardly even enough people to cover the weeks schedule let alone to have to find coverage for someone to call in. That is not fair to the workers OR the customers. I SHOULD NOT be exposed to an illness because of their lack of workers.

I wanted to write this in hope that the manager would see it and realize that her store is LOSING BUSINESS because of the cir*****stances she is putting her workers through. Nice lady, but come on. Don't these college kids do enough for you? Even the ones that aren't in college are there ALL THE TIME. Ask for help, get it together. I know I'm not the only regular customer that feels this way. "