I went to Color Me Mine in Coconut Grove today. Its one of those places where you go and pick out pottery and paint it and then they put it in a kiln and it comes out all pretty and you can take it home.
First of all, the moron answering the phone couldn't tell me anything about the location other than its behind Sandbar. So I call 411 and she's like its on Main Hgwy. I'm like..."ok Main Highway is a long street. Is there a number?" Nope. Main Hgwy. So we drove around. Fund parking. Walked around in circles for almost 30 min. I went in store after store asking people if they knew where it was till finally someone told me.
We go in there...its a lot lamer than I was expecting. Its quiet. They should have had some music playing. The only employee there was the douche bag I talked to on the phone. Great. Does he help us? No. We pretty much figure it out on our own. We pick our pieces and I'm like..."um ok so we just pic the pieces now what?" and he slinks over and tells us to pick colors. I'm like how many? And he's like "5" well thanks. Its like pulling teeth with this guy. He's not friendly at all. He's some young punk kid with a fucking attitude. Just taking up space to collect his $7 an hour I'm sure. Can you believe they leave this douche running the store?
So whatever we were there for 2 hours painting. They didn't even have paper towels or anything for us to wipe our hands. Ridiculous. Then we go up to pay. Ed did a big fruit bowl and I did a small little bowl for my keys. Total? $79!!!!! $79!!!!
Yeah. His bowl? $25. My bowl? $23. WHAT??? Then they tack on a charge per hour of being there $18. Then tax and then a $10 tip for the shitbag's service. You gotta be fucking kidding me.
Unfuckingbelievable. And after all that we have to come back in 3 days to get our pottery. We couldn't even take it home that day! No no but get this. I'm like umm ok so when its ready you call me? and he says "no you call us" WTF! am i fucking psychic? am i just supposed to keep calling to find out when my little $40 bowl is ready?
Please people, do not waste your money. Don't go to COLOR ME MINE in The Grove. Its a total rip off and just all around bad service.
I am so sorry that you had an experience like that, but not all Color Me Mine areas are like that. But I know you know that :)
ReplyDeleteIn three years many things may have changed in that location. Did you ever get your pieces? I sure hope so! The one in Menlo Park has music playing and really nice workers! Normally there will only be one or two people working the studio at a time in most places. You are able to choose as many colors as you would like and there is no hourly fee, but there is a studio fee of 9.50 for Adults and 7.50 for kids (pus tax). Then the pieces go on top of that. Tip is up to you at that store. You either tip over credit card or cash, but it is not manditory unless it is a party.
Sure, the pricing is pretty high, but do you know why? A kiln goes higher than 1000 degrees, and that is a lot of energy... The store also needs money for the paint and bills, and not to mention the 8$ (or more) an hour for the workers. As you may know, it is not cheep to run a store. *Laughs*