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Love HMart for the selection.

Hate HMart for the customer service. Forget about getting help with anything while in there.

I routinely experience unhelpful, uncaring employees that make shopping at HMart completely frustrating.

I love their customer service. Not once have I have I been asked how I'm doing at check out. I guess some people expect it but I find the obligation to have small talk annoying.

ha, i think that's a weird cultural quirk with asian groceries in general. you're expected to know what you want, acquire it efficiently, and then get out quickly. that's in contrast to other types of asian stores, where the salesfolk follow you around and talk up everything you touch as if it were the smartest choice you could have possibly made (go you!).

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