Julie A.
1/5
where do I start, when I entered I was bombarded by one person after the other,1 at a time, not introducing themselves but saying, how can I help u, same lines all 10 of them in the span of my 1st 10 minutes there, what is ur name? meanwhile, not telling me there's, or even welcome. they were extremely robotic, like robots, eyeing out new people. did I feel welcome here, nope. so when I took a pamphlet from a table I asked the older man who is the lead person here and he replied, it's the bald guy and his Wife. oh I said, the bald guy. that's right, really respectful eh, well during the service the bald guys wife humiliated this child in her mic in front of the entire congregation during service, saying, can you stop picking ur nose while I am talking to u for a moment. I thought how rude and omg did she just say that in front of everyone, she did. very controlling indeed, I was disgusted to say the least. is this how we talk to Gods children I thought, her husband, the Captain didn't even blink. maybe it was her kid, who knows. still unacceptable behavior on her part and not funny. then 40 minutes ish of a really older Man reading the adults a children's book, I couldn't believe it. anyway, it was a Mickey mouse club here today. when u approach someone, u say, hello how r u? welcome to our church, my name is so and so, make yourself at home here, we r very glad to have u today, the allow whoever to wander around a bit. that's how normal people greet others, preferably with a genuine smile. I felt repeatedly interogated and forced to reveal my name. it would seem this Captains wife here doesn't know what voluntary means, cause she said in her mic, if u haven't helped with the kettles yet, come see me as if to imply, u will be forced to volunteer, I'm like, what!!! this was my interesting visit today. so I looked at their fine sign up front saying all is welcome, however I do not believe they like to see new guests. the salvation army I know would never act like this. after service, everyone was in their little groups just like high school and the leaders were nowhere to be found, I was completely ignored then. coffee was undrinkable and I left thinking wow, this place was very unfriendly indeed. change is necessary here if u want to have new people, oh and I shouldn't have to reveal my name to come to listen to gospel, right. stick to hello. that would be a good start