Curaleaf - Gilbert
12/21/2023
I want to be clear that the staff is stellar, Malachi was my bud tender and my online order was ready to go.
BUT…. I had never been to this dispensary before, it was after dark when I headed to it.
It is located way back in a business park where everything was closed, when we arrived there were no visible signs anywhere, and very little exterior lighting.
Because everything else was closed it wasn’t hard to figure out which suite it was in, but the only sign was a small one on the door.
My partner and I both were totally creeped out, but I had placed an order online and not being familiar with the area I didn’t want to try and find another place.
Once you entered the premises it was super well lit and professional.
But I’m old enough to have spent a couple decades buying my weed in Ziploc bags in dark parking lots and worrying about getting busted while buying from my plug.
Driving up to this place gave me those old feelings, of feeling sketchy and nervous.
I didn’t realize till that moment the mental load buying illegally for years gave me.
I don’t want to feel like that. Ever. Again.
Maybe your young customers who’ve never watched their friends get arrested and lives ruined think it’s cool and ‘down low’ or ‘discreet’ because that’s the only age range we saw there.
But for people over 40 all that is going to cause is PTSD.
I’ve been to multiple dispensaries in the area, I usually see women my age there, and all kinds of people and age ranges.
Not here, everyone was young.