[Ladychaos]

Well yesterday was not a good day to be exploring the new city I am moving to! I currently live in stockton, CA and on the 18th of this month I will be moving a whole 15 minutes away to lodi, CA I am happy to be getting out of stockton. Anyway! Yesterday me and my boyfriend went to a bird shop in Lodi, CA. It is a really nice store. I have been to many many bird retail locations in California and all of them have different store policies. This one was a bit off. You walk into the store and there are a bunch of playstands with birds on them. There was a CAG, a GW macaw, a rose breasted cockatoo, and an amazon parrot (not sure which type). Before you walk in you must sanitize your hands and both me and my b/f did. So far so good right? Well the store has a sign stating basically if you get bit by a bird it is your own fault BUT! they do not have any signs indicating that you are not allowed to open their cages to pet the birds on the inside of the cages. They also do not have any locks on any of the cages. At all of the bird shops I have been to they have either locks on the cages or signs saying you cannot open the cages. Another type has playstands and no birds in cages and as long as you don't take the birds off the playstands without permission you can pet the birds. So there was no one on the sales floor and we assumed it was okay to open the cages. Silly me, a guy immediatly told us "Hey you can't do that!" he was rather rude about it but I can understand I apologized and explained to him I didn't know as it wasn't posted. So he immediatly became rude and goes "well its common sense..." umm... no.. it isn't. When I haven't been to a store that hasn't had locks, signs, or a set up like this store and I haven't been to that store before? I didn't know. I then asked if the CAG on the playstand was for sale he very rudley told me they were store pets. I said okay and smiled! Then I asked how much do they normally sale baby CAGs for and he rudly said "oh around 1200" which isn't bad it is cheaper than most places in CA. I then asked him about an indian ringneck that was flirting with me and he just was completely rude! I figured he was upset because I didn't ask about opening the cage, but I apologized and said I wouldn't do it again! and I even asked before touching the birds on the playstands! I am just apalled at this guy's attitude. This guy acted like he did not want my business and treated me and my boyfriend like common criminals. So instead of buying the bird treats for my budgie buddie I put them back and immediatly left. Do I have a right to be angry? I mean I made one stupid mistake and I know I was wrong and apologized and asked before touching any other birds. Does that still give him the right to treat me like crap? I really wanted to buy birdy supplies and such from them but if they have no manners is it really a good idea? They have the best toy selection and the best bird selection I have seen in my area so far. Me and john (b.f) were discussing purchasing a CAG in the future and are researching different ways of obtaining one. And if this guy treats customers like this I don't know if I want to buy a CAG from him. But it is so difficult tracking one down! I am just upset about what happened and don't know who was wrong in this situation. what do you guys think? I know I was wrong to open the cage but does that justify utter rudeness?