2/5 Paul C. 4 months ago on Google • 65 reviews
On
December
30th,
2023
I
walked
into
this
location
of
The
Bay
to
buy
something
for
the
first
time
in
15
years.
A
jacket,
because
the
nearby
Walmart
didn't
have
anything
that
looked
even
remotely
good.
Wow
did
I
make
a
mistake.
So
I
still
wear
an
N95
mask,
not
so
much
because
I
fear
infection
as
because
so
many
stores
and
transit
douse
themselves
in
strong-smelling
"cleansers",
I
can't
breathe
inside
a
typical
store
for
more
than
a
few
seconds
without
getting
nauseous
from
that
overwhelming
sickly-sweet
synthetic
odour
they
put
in
that
institutional
cleanser
everyone
started
using
during
the
pandemic
(prior
to
the
pandemic
it
wasn't
a
common
odour,
you
maybe
found
it
in
motels,
hospitals,
etc).
Anyway,
N95
masks
really
work,
and
this
meant
that
I
didn't
know
how
bad
The
Bay
smells...
The
pandemic
is
officially
over,
SO
WHY
ARE
THEY
STILL
USING
THAT
INDUSTRIAL
CLEANSER?
It's
10
days
later
and
that
$300
jacket
still
REEKS
of
institutional
misery.
I've
washed
it
three
times.
After
the
third
wash
I
was
forced
to
wear
it
yesterday,
as
my
old
jacket
doesn't
even
have
a
working
zipper
anymore
and
the
snow
has
started.
I
couldn't
believe
how
strong
that
jacket
still
smelled,
even
through
my
mask
I
was
still
getting
a
hint
of
it
in
the
car.
The
real
nightmare
started
when
I
came
back
home.
The
reek
of
that
institutional
cleanser
was
in
the
rest
of
my
clothes,
in
my
skin,
in
my
hair
(the
jacket
has
a
hood).
It's
like
skunk
spray!
You
can't
remove
it,
and
it
transfers
from
surface
to
surface
to
surface.
Even
after
I
showered
my
hair
still
reeked
of
it
all
night.
I
got
almost
no
sleep
last
night
because
my
own
bed
now
reeks
of
institutional
cleanser,
transferred
from
the
jacket
I
bought
from
you
despite
washing
it
three
times
first,
to
my
hair,
and
then
to
my
bed
despite
washing
my
hair
first.
I'm
now
washing
all
my
bedding
but
I
don't
have
a
lot
of
hope
that
I'll
be
able
to
entirely
remove
that
institutional
reek.
I
came
into
your
store
because
I
thought
you
were
selling
a
quality
product.
I
was
not
expecting
my
home
to
be
contaminated
by
nauseating
forever
chemicals.
Even
if
I
tried
to
return
the
jacket
it
would
be
too
late,
the
reek
has
already
transferred.
Your
sales
staff
were
unfriendly
as
well.
Yeah,
there
was
a
rip
in
my
jeans.
Yeah,
I'm
visibly
poor.
There
was
no
need
to
scowl,
my
credit
card
works
as
well
as
anyone's
and
I'm
*actually*
clean
unlike
you
guys.
That's
why
spending
$300
on
something
that
smells
so
institutional
hurts
so
much,
I
thought
I
was
splurging
on
myself,
a
treat,
didn't
expect
this
olfactory
nightmare.
Btw,
Walmart
reeks
too,
but
clothes
bought
there
can
actually
be
successfully
decontaminated,
unlike
the
jacket
I
bought
from
you.