[Total Fuckery And More]
Sunday, 18 June 2023 08:20As I said on Twitter, I was racially profiled at a Total Wine store,Yes,I am going to name and shame the store because it is MESSED UP that they can do this sort of thing and get away with it.And apparently I an not the only one.Did quite a bit of googling and yeah, this is very much a thing. It’s not like I live in Mississippi or someplace like that.No, Southern CALIFORNIA which, with only a few exceptions(Orange County comes right to mind.) is VERY LIBERAL.
So I think a bit of context is necessary.I had a big bag from Bath And Body Works. I get it, I have a big bag. I understand that.But IIRC I’ve been in there with big bags before and they never had a problem with it.Could be a loss prevention thing and I understand that. I am only too happy to leave my bags at the front of the store..not a big deal. So I head to the front of the store and then the manager or whoever he is says “are you going to buy anything?” I’m like “no”. He said “then you need to move on”. Which is a not so polite way of saying “Get the fuck out of my store”.
And wow..since when has browsing been a crime?So now you see why I thought this was racial profiling. And no,I will not be going back to that store and as I said I mentioned it on Twitter and![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ed Total Wine. I doubt that they will respond but I see other people of colour on their tweets(Total Wine’s) and they’re having a great time.But that is because they are paying customers(for their wine tasting .They have to be nice to them(as far as those people have said they are having a great time.)
The whole situation pissed me off and what I’m about to say is #petttyLaBelle but I waited for that guy to come outside and I called him an asshole,Because it was TRUE. His response? “Thank you”. Wow. Yeah.The guy is not a BIT sorry for what he did. And he would do it again. Part of me wants to go back and make a bigger stink than I did but eh..the moment is last.
So I think a bit of context is necessary.I had a big bag from Bath And Body Works. I get it, I have a big bag. I understand that.But IIRC I’ve been in there with big bags before and they never had a problem with it.Could be a loss prevention thing and I understand that. I am only too happy to leave my bags at the front of the store..not a big deal. So I head to the front of the store and then the manager or whoever he is says “are you going to buy anything?” I’m like “no”. He said “then you need to move on”. Which is a not so polite way of saying “Get the fuck out of my store”.
And wow..since when has browsing been a crime?So now you see why I thought this was racial profiling. And no,I will not be going back to that store and as I said I mentioned it on Twitter and
ed Total Wine. I doubt that they will respond but I see other people of colour on their tweets(Total Wine’s) and they’re having a great time.But that is because they are paying customers(for their wine tasting .They have to be nice to them(as far as those people have said they are having a great time.)The whole situation pissed me off and what I’m about to say is #petttyLaBelle but I waited for that guy to come outside and I called him an asshole,Because it was TRUE. His response? “Thank you”. Wow. Yeah.The guy is not a BIT sorry for what he did. And he would do it again. Part of me wants to go back and make a bigger stink than I did but eh..the moment is last.
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