Gathered Mercantile

Today, for small business Saturday, my mother and I decided to drive from Cincinnati to visit the Amsden/Gathered Merchantile in Versailles. We arrive around 4 and began shopping. We found some cute pieces but were puzzled when two young workers turned off all the lights (without saying a word) as we were shopping. I asked one if they were closing because we had looked up the business hours before coming. The website says that it closes at 7pm. The girl said yes and quickly walked away. I pulled up the website to double check myself. The other girl came into the shopping area and I asked again if they were closing because the website hours said 7. She said “yeah my manager texted me and said to close since we have been open a long time today” and walked away. I was shocked. I asked my mother if she still wanted her items and she decided to put them all back considering the way we were treated. Little did we know, it would get worse. As we began walking out, the two girls were in the coffee area giggling and we heard them talking about us. We were both very upset, we told them to have a nice day and left. We were absolutely stunned. I have never been treated this way in any business, especially not a small business and ESPECIALLY not on Small Business Saturday. Very disappointed in the Amsden and it’s employees. We will not be returning.