Tarnished Swan

Stopped in to look around and noticed we were the only customers. It only took a few minutes to see that the rest of the customers had probably been chased away! The storekeeper apparently doesn’t like folks too much — especially folks that might want to buy something. My husband and I were eyed suspiciously while we walked around the store. I chose four replica vintage spice canisters and moved on to look at some vintage signs. The storekeeper rushed me out of the aisle with an abrupt «excuse me» and began slamming boxes around angrily on the next aisle. I thought maybe he was just having a bad day and gave him the benefit of the doubt. Then I noticed that there were little handwritten signs on all kinds of items around the store. «Do NOT touch lamp, do NOT get the signs out of order (vintage sign replicas in a bin, how are you supposed to get them out of order?), do NOT, do NOT, do NOT — there was even a sign on a cheap little clown figurine that read «broken by a LOSER» (I assume this LOSER must have been an actual customer)?! Mind you, nothing in the shop was actually vintage or antique — all just typical souvenir quality reprints. My husband and I looked at each other like «oookkkaaayyyy» and put our selections back on the shelf and left. The souvenir shops in this area are a dime a dozen and it’s unfortunate that a shop with a «stand out» name like Tarnished Swan didn’t have the customer service to match. As far as I’m concerned, there is a «do NOT enter» sign on this door!