Billabong

This is an awesome location for a surf shop. IWS has always been around but Billabong is one of the more recent businesses to open up in the area. Now the shop itself is great and spacious but the problem is more the employees! Whenever I walk into a surf shop, the feeling is bright and fun, the employees should be happy to help and knowledgeable with any surf related questions being so close to the beach. I hate going into surf/​skate shops when they are run by a ton of young girls who have no idea what they are talking about! The problem with this location is that exactly! I have been going here for quite some time, and just now have they gained a more knowledgeable staff. Finally I see some men that surf and skate and know what they are talking about! Hallelujah! Also, the girls working need to SMILE!!! I have repeatedly seen these two young girls, one with dark brown hair and another with long blondeish/​light-​brown hair that always look like they are having the worst day of their lives! They order around all the other employees that look like they should be the ones ordering these two girls around! The two girls were rude, and I could overhear them ordering employees around while I was shopping. I also asked the one with long blonde hair a question and I was shocked when she looked at me, made a disgusting face and ignored me completely!!! I have NO idea how these two girls are still working there but I see them all the time. The times I go into the store and don’t see those two, the atmosphere is completely turned around. All the employees are working with a smile, happy to be there by the beach, and not completely silent and scared like when those two girls are there. I hope whoever is in charge of this shop does a serious clean-​up with the females working at this shop and puts the right people in charge. A surf shop is no place for a hostile environment.