点评:We visited Bourne Mill Antiques last weekend; we live in Portsmouth and always fit in a trip here when visiting nearby Guildford. I have made numerous purchases here in the past and enjoy pottering around antique shops.
The journey here took just over an hour. The staff have never been particularly friendly and the atmosphere this time wasn't great; one lady did acknowledge us with a 'hello' as we entered and that was where the 'customer service' ended. An older staff member pointedly blanked my son when he passed her in the shop and said 'hello' and a third bluntly told my husband 'No' when he politely asked if he could use the toilet. As customers we did not feel welcome which was disappointing. I heard other customers commenting upon 'frosty staff' as we walked round the shop. They weren't wrong! The stock which we did see appeared stale; much of what I saw in the first ten minutes was here when we visited last year.
I understand that not all antique shops have toilets available for customers but there are ways of saying this politely and, in my experience, most antique centres of this size do actually make such facilities available for customers, especially in quieter locations. We cut our visit short and won't be back. I hope the independent dealers within this centre are doing well, it is hard enough in this business to make profits. Rude gatekeepers certainly won't be helping trade.
翻译:上周末我们去了伯恩米尔古董店;我们住在朴茨茅斯,每次去附近的吉尔福德都会顺便去逛逛。我以前在这里买过很多东西,也很喜欢在古董店里闲逛。
这次去店里花了大约一个多小时。店员们一直都不太友好,这次的气氛也不太好;我们进门时,一位女士跟我们打了声招呼,但也就仅此而已了。一位年纪较大的店员在我儿子经过她身边时,故意无视他,而当我的丈夫礼貌地询问是否可以借用洗手间时,第三位店员却断然拒绝了他。作为顾客,我们感觉不到任何欢迎,这让我们很失望。我们在店里走动时,听到其他顾客也在抱怨店员“冷冰冰的”。他们说得没错!我们看到的商品看起来都很陈旧;我刚进去十分钟看到的很多东西,去年我们来的时候就已经摆在那里了。
我知道并非所有古董店都为顾客提供洗手间,但表达这一点的方式有很多种,而且就我的经验而言,大多数同等规模的古董中心实际上都会为顾客提供这类设施,尤其是在比较安静的地段。我们提前结束了参观,以后不会再来了。我希望这家中心的独立商户生意兴隆,毕竟在这个行业盈利本来就很难。态度恶劣的门卫肯定不利于生意。