Cold Spring Coins & Currency

Inside «Antique Alley» in Cold Spring — a cute group of small shops — is one called «Cold Spring Coins & Currency.» I stood in the coin shop’s open doorway for approximately ten seconds before the owner came up and commanded me to move out of his doorway. There is another open doorway into his store exactly one foot to the left, by the way. There was also zero traffic, nobody trying to get in or out. Absolutely NO reason for him to be so aggressive to a young lady like myself. He thought I was alone, though, and spoke to me in a very demeaning way. When my short, gay male friend remarked that that was a rude way of speaking to customers, the owner came out from behind his counter, chased my friend down the hall, and said he was going to «kick his ass.» My boyfriend (6’3″) came out from another store and had to step in front of the crazed man and tell him to calm down and go away. The man backed down at the thought of getting his old grumpy butt kicked and went back into his sad coin hole. What a horrible, sad experience. Wouldn’t be surprised if this poor wretch treats all people who he perceives to be «less than» him this way.