La Pace bed and bath

Railroad Street
Great Barrington, MA

I went into La Pace today to see if they ahd a tub caddy for my clawfoot tub. They have just moved from Main Street to Railroad St, into the space formerly occupied by Gatsby's. Apparently, something happened so that either the store owner only ended up renting half the space because she wanted to, or the building owner only wanted to rent her half the space and the store owner isn't happy about it. So the store looks like it is only sorta kinda unpacked, and there is a window display with some statuary (I think a Buddha) and colorful fabrics and a for rent sign in one of the front windows.

I went in and said what I was looking for and I was directed to a corner, not very charmingly. And then an older couple comes in, looking for a store that would have the fabrics and buddha. They get in a conversation with the owner who tells them what a jerk the building owner is, and when the husband tried to make a helpful suggestion about setting up the space, she bit his head off: "Great. I'll set up a suggestion box and you come back tomorrow and write that one down."

By that time another store clerk had come over to help me and I was in no mood to give this owner my business. But I didn't want the owner to yell at me if I left either. It's so pleasant to feel terrorized by a proprietor. Luckily, they didn't have th tub caddy I had in stock so I could leave legitimately.

I will not be returning there anytime soon...