It’s finally happened!
I had read about blatant discrimination before… The gay couple in Oregon turned away from a bakery… a Trump spokesperson being tossed from a restaurant…
And now… THIS!
Yes, I was refused service, recently, at a small store (of a chain that I will not name for legal reasons).
Juggling several small items as I waited for one of the two cashiers to be free, the customer at one finished and I approached the cashier. I made it to the counter without dropping anything, thankfully.
Then I looked up to see the cashier scowling at me.
“I’m sorry,” he said, “but I can’t serve your kind here.”
What? I thought. My “kind”??
Then, obviously noting my confusion, he clarified, “You’ll have to go out and change your shirt before I’ll serve you.”
Looking down to see what shirt I had worn… It was nothing more than my usual tee with the Washington Redskins logo on it.
I said, “Huh?”
He said, “I don’t serve your sort here.”
“What would be acceptable?” I asked. “A Patriots shirt?”
He shook his head. “No, only Cowboys fan apparel. We have standards here.”
The other cashier finished with her customer about then and I pushed my pile of goods over to her side of the counter.
She smiled and asked, “Will there be anything else?”
I said “No,” and she rang me up.
The other cashier was still giving me the evil eye.
Sadly, I shook my head at him and wondered what the world was coming to.
This personal bias discrimination is getting out of hand!
And over something as minor as this!