As soon as I see a concerted effort on the part of heimish owned store owners to apply the smae rachmanut to their customers, I’ll be happy to patronize them. Not too long ago my sister bought a few blouses in a store in Monsey. They were a good deal. When she left the store, she discovered that her tire was completely flat. she went back to the store where she had made her purchase, and asked if she could use the phone to call for help. The store owner refused saying that “everyone always wants to use my phone and I can’t make exceptions.” My sister then walked into every single frum owned store in the strip, asked to use the phone and was refused. Desperate, she walked into the treif pizaa shop nearby. The man behind the counter not only gave her a phone to use, he also tried to change her tire and offered her a cold drink. Goody613, you’er right “mi keamcha yisroel” Perhaps if heimish shop owners were a bit more menschlech, they would get more patronage.
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