Black Creek Botanicals

This place is awesome! The owner here is very nice and knowledgeable. She knows everything there is to know about soap and then some. I look forward to going to the market just so I can talk to the owner about soap or whatever. Nobody I know has ever had an experience like the previous poster (Rachel B). I would highly recommend this shop. If you want local, high quality, great smelling soap, give this place a shot. You won’t regret it.

Dear Shopkeeper (lady, owner?),
I really like soaps. A lot. I stick with my soap once I find a good one. For years. I also like to buy local whenever I can.
So, it was kind of like I had found a wonderful treasure when I walked into your store.
However, I was a bit confused. I was attempting to go to the café next door and thought the door I walked into was the café. The sign on the door said open Monday through Saturday. Since it was Sunday I had some confusion about if you were open or not.
So, yep, when I walked through your door I was confused that it was a soap store and that it was open. I said something like:
«Oh, I am sorry, I am confused. I thought this was the café.»
pause (because the door intimated that you were closed)
«Are you open?»
At which point you lit into me with:
«It isn’t confusing there are two shops. Two doors.»
You said all that in a mean voice.
I did not like this. At all.
I said,
«Oh. I see.»
And turned and walked out and shut the door hard.
So, shoplady, you lost a customer by being a bitch. Who knows. I might have really liked your soap and I might have been a customer for as long as you are in business.
Look, you are right near pike place with lots of confused tourists. I actually wasn’t a confused tourist. Just a confused Seattlite looking for the coffeeshop happening upon what looked to be a very cool soap shop. But, you are right near pike place and you going to have to deal with dumb questions. Especially since your door situation IS confusing (my companion thought so as well.)
I suggest treating the folks that walk in your door with a little bit more respect. Even if they are asking the same damn dumb question that the last 100 customers have asked. And gosh, if you notice that many folks are getting confused about you being the coffeeshop maybe you need to look into your signage! Maybe it isn’t very user friendly.
Sincerely,
A soap lover with hurt feelings
To everybody else: I don’t have any idea about the product here. Hopefully you will be treated better than I was.