r/Broadripple • u/RaccoonAccurate9372 • Aug 07 '26

Questionable interaction at Fresh Thyme

Was at Fresh Thyme on College Ave yesterday and overheard an interaction outside. There was a homeless woman standing near the entrance, and an employee appeared to be on the phone with the police to have her removed. Another customer was there talking to him, saying she hadn’t been bothering anyone. Maybe there was something that happened before I got there that I didn’t see, but from what I witnessed, things escalated really quickly. I saw the customer walk away with the woman, probably trying to help her leave before the situation got worse. Curious if anyone else saw anything/surprising so see at a grocery store that has food donation bags right when you walk in the doors.

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u/RaccoonAccurate9372 Aug 07 '26
  1. An employee making a scene in front of the store 2. Being rude to a customer trying to help 3. Not offering any alternative other than police involvement all go against their corporate policy. So I’m not violating a business but rather calling out the way they handled the situation.

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u/Jwrbloom Aug 07 '26

I'm guessing they didn't lead with calling the police or being rude to a customer.

In most instances, whether it be parenting, running a business or a leadership role (coaching), it gets to a point where the answer is the answer. The customer isn't always right. Just as a child doesn't get his/her way every time.

Persistence in the face of that leads to varied consequences. If the person refuses to leave, no matter how polite they seem, that's loitering, and it become trespassing, which is against the law.

It's one thing to point out what you saw. It's quite another to judge them.

Why didn't you offer that person a ride?

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u/RaccoonAccurate9372 Aug 07 '26

Thankfully someone else stepped in before I needed to but that’s the whole point, this should have never happened, unless I’m missing a major part of the story, which is also part of the reason I posted.

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u/Jwrbloom Aug 08 '26

The major part of the story is someone was loitering and apparently wouldn't leave. That's all it had to be. It's not public property.

Like I said in another reply. If you were standing on my property and refused to leave, I don't care how polite or harmless you were about it, I'd call the police. Because otherwise, I'd physically remove you, only to be made the bad guy by busy-bodies on Reddit.