The Happy Hippies Co-op

this is my new fave shop in Claremore! The lady working was so sweet and patient with my autistic son and let him pick out a fidget toy as a gift .I love everything they carry. The vibe is so chill and there is so much fun stuff to look at. They also had lots of stuff from local artists which is something we need more of in our town . I bought handmade earrings and a cactus which was so cute in the little planter one of the artis painted. I also found out this store is my 9 yr old niece's fave shops so our family will definitely be back!

I was initially interested when this shop popped up in my town. I love to see downtown Claremore growing, and supporting local small-business owners is important to my family. We drove past several times before finally stopping in with my two littles. After doing so, I can guarantee that we will not be coming back. This is truly not the fault of the various artists whose work is sold here- a lot of the products displayed were actually very pretty and nice. We may have bought something if it were not for the older woman worker there who made us feel very uncomfortable.The moment we walked through the door, she hovered around us, standing uncomfortably close to myself and my children. The smell of cigarette smoke inside the building was overbearing. When I told her we were just browsing, she ignored me and then became pushy with my children, frantically showing them product after product in an attempt to get us tobuy something before we walked out the door. She would not take a hint as I had to repeatedly physically move my children away from her. On our way out of the door, she made a remark about how difficult people can be and how life would be easier for her if others could just adopt the "happy hippie way." Overall just a really odd experience. If you do shop here, please do not send your children in alone with cash because this woman really does not take no for ananswer.

The owners spouse made comments about my butt and after asking several times that stop he reached over a table and smacked my ass and made another comment. I walked out of that place the woman (who I was friends with prior to this incident) told me "he's a boob man no idea why he did that" like it was ok. She never apologized and made excuses for his behavior. I will never entertain a business that is ok with harassment of any kind. I had a physical reaction after that for weeks when I thought about it.