| Embarrassing Experience. Treated Like the Problem for Pointing Out Basic Courtesy
I had an incredibly frustrating and humiliating experience at The Oz Store on Somerset. When I arrived, a woman ran into the store while her driver blocked the small parking lot, making it impossible for anyone else to enter. I was right behind them and had no way to park.
I walked in and calmly said to the woman that she should let her driver know not to block the lot next time. Instead of acknowledging it or replying respectfully, she started yelling at me that I should talk to the driver, not her, because she is a woman and he is a man. She turned the situation into something it was not, claiming she was being targeted and completely ignoring the point.
Then one of the store employees, a younger man with a red beard and glasses, told both of us to be quiet as if we were equally at fault. I was not yelling. I was not being rude. I was simply speaking up about being blocked from using a parking space meant for customers.
Later, an older man with dark hair, maybe in his forties, served me at the counter. I made a quiet comment like, "She was really angry just because I mentioned the parking," and he cut me off, telling me to stop talking and that the conversation was over. He acted like I was the problem from the start.
I was treated like I had caused a scene when I was the one who was blocked from parking and then yelled at in public. The staff did nothing to address the actual i .. |