rysa
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Fred Meyer 10201 SE 240th St, Kent, WA
Sunday (5/4/08) : I was inFred Meyerfor about 1.5 hours doing some shopping for a bbq we were having. Bought a grill walked around and other than 1 dumb kid who made some comment about my "glock 9" it was completely uneventful.I remember thinking to myself"Great! another OC success and another company that is cool with it"
Monday (5/5/08) : I happened to go back to Fred Meyer todayto look at a piece of furniture they had on sale; hoping it would fit all the little odds and endsI have for my guns. walked around, picked up some bbq sauce at the wife's request and some items at the Deli for the kid. I had, at this point, walked by several managers and no comment (button down shirt, tie types, though nowI realize always on my weak side). When ireached the elevator to hit thier apparel section the second floor i was stopped by a manager type:
m1 : excuse me, sir
m: yes
m1 : (points to my hip) you cant have that in here
m: is that store or corporate policy
m1 : its store policy, and coporate policy
m: can i get a business card or the name and number of your manager and a copy of the policy
m1: why?
at this point m1 (whose name i did not catch) was getting a little flustered i could tell, while i was talking to him a second manger type who's name is Kevin (Kevin's title is Store Director)walked up and said something to the effect of:
Kevin : we've just had a lot of complaints from people
m1 : its almost like your doing it on purpose!
m : yes well, thats my right
At this point M1 storms awayand im left talking to Kevin.
Kevin: We'd just like you to cover it up
I point at my shirt and say that i cant cover it up completely and that i wont partially cover it up as i dont think thats allowed (for reference i was in a t-shirt with a serpa and a G23 on my hip). Since i dont remember the dialog exactly i'll paraphrase from here.
Kevin explains he's not against guns and doesnt think im there to cause trouble and that he hunts himself, but he's had several complaints. I asked for the corporate number so i could verify the policy. He said he didnt know what the official policy was, corporate or store, but said he would call me with the information and let me know. I asked if I could pay for the items i had in the cart before i left and he commented that he wasnt asking me to leave. (I had several nice responses for this one, but left it since he seemed like he wanted to figure out what the policy was before taking that kind of action). I thanked him, shook his hand and we parted ways. As I was walking out m1 was at the door of my exit. As I approached he got on his phone and started walking the opposite direction.
Kevin and I did exchange business cards (i gave him one of the OCDO ones) so i'll give him a few days to respond to me on the corporate policyand we'll see what happens.
Be aware, if you shop here there is a chance you'll meet some less than knowledgeable ppl on open carry.
Fred Meyer 10201 SE 240th St, Kent, WA
Sunday (5/4/08) : I was inFred Meyerfor about 1.5 hours doing some shopping for a bbq we were having. Bought a grill walked around and other than 1 dumb kid who made some comment about my "glock 9" it was completely uneventful.I remember thinking to myself"Great! another OC success and another company that is cool with it"
Monday (5/5/08) : I happened to go back to Fred Meyer todayto look at a piece of furniture they had on sale; hoping it would fit all the little odds and endsI have for my guns. walked around, picked up some bbq sauce at the wife's request and some items at the Deli for the kid. I had, at this point, walked by several managers and no comment (button down shirt, tie types, though nowI realize always on my weak side). When ireached the elevator to hit thier apparel section the second floor i was stopped by a manager type:
m1 : excuse me, sir
m: yes
m1 : (points to my hip) you cant have that in here
m: is that store or corporate policy
m1 : its store policy, and coporate policy
m: can i get a business card or the name and number of your manager and a copy of the policy
m1: why?
at this point m1 (whose name i did not catch) was getting a little flustered i could tell, while i was talking to him a second manger type who's name is Kevin (Kevin's title is Store Director)walked up and said something to the effect of:
Kevin : we've just had a lot of complaints from people
m1 : its almost like your doing it on purpose!
m : yes well, thats my right
At this point M1 storms awayand im left talking to Kevin.
Kevin: We'd just like you to cover it up
I point at my shirt and say that i cant cover it up completely and that i wont partially cover it up as i dont think thats allowed (for reference i was in a t-shirt with a serpa and a G23 on my hip). Since i dont remember the dialog exactly i'll paraphrase from here.
Kevin explains he's not against guns and doesnt think im there to cause trouble and that he hunts himself, but he's had several complaints. I asked for the corporate number so i could verify the policy. He said he didnt know what the official policy was, corporate or store, but said he would call me with the information and let me know. I asked if I could pay for the items i had in the cart before i left and he commented that he wasnt asking me to leave. (I had several nice responses for this one, but left it since he seemed like he wanted to figure out what the policy was before taking that kind of action). I thanked him, shook his hand and we parted ways. As I was walking out m1 was at the door of my exit. As I approached he got on his phone and started walking the opposite direction.
Kevin and I did exchange business cards (i gave him one of the OCDO ones) so i'll give him a few days to respond to me on the corporate policyand we'll see what happens.
Be aware, if you shop here there is a chance you'll meet some less than knowledgeable ppl on open carry.
