3/24/2017 0 Comments Bias actions at checkoutI never would've thought I would be faced with something of this magnitude while in checkout! It was my turn in the check out line at Publix. I was greeted with a hello by a Caucasian cashier and as she is ringing my groceries I noticed something. She instructed the bagger to not put a couple of my items in the bag. Her words was " don't put that in the bag, I don't think that is covered." I'm just thinking to myself what is she trying to imply, being I that haven't even taken my wallet out of my purse yet? So how is she to know what is covered or not? Of course, it was the assumption that I was planning to use a form of assistance. Though I did have a wic card in my wallet it wasn't in sight when that first upfront thought of me was made just because of how I looked. My hair was pulled back. I had on my jeans an a decent top ..? lol No it couldn't have been my attire. So all that's left is my complexion. Though I am not ashamed of that fact I used the wic card for a portion of the groceries. It was an additional assumption that was confirmation to me how bias this lady was. She not only asked the bagger not to bag my groceries, because she thought it wasn't covered by the assistance that she assumed I have. But also that if the assistance didn't cover it, I wouldn't be able to pay the difference with my own money. Which is not okay at all. So it was not until I actually purchased everything, that she gave the bagger the okay to place all of my groceries in the bag and into my cart. Just because I'm a young black woman doesn't mean that you can automatically assume I'm on some for of assistance. It most definitely doesn't mean that I don't have my own funds to fit my own bill! Just because I still use wic to get the basics for my child doesn't mean that I deserved that treatment as I was purchasing my groceries. How do you react when you experience treatment like this? How I do I handle something that I knew still existed in the world we live in , but for the first time experienced it? How is that suppose to make me feel knowing that I have a little girl that is gonna be expose to a world like this? what do I tell her? What was I to do get mad and make a scene? In my head I wanted to but I had my baby girl and husband waiting on me at home. So I left cause I felt she wasn't worth my time. Because I was not gonna be played for the angry black woman making a scene in a store with people waiting to be assisted. But still the situation was playing in my head and it was disgusting it was not sitting well with me at all. So while still handling my family duties I still succeeded in dealing with the situation. I called the Publix store and requested to speak with the customer service manager. She was appalled to hear what kind of judgement her employee is placing on the customers. And she assured me that she was specifically going to deal with that employee an that she will discuss the matter with all employees in the store. This really happens everyday. Like you know its people that are like that but its never a thought of what you are gonna do when you come face to face with that. I hope that cashier will learn from this incident, because not everyone is gonna be as pleasant about situations like this. Everyone should be aware of things like this big and small ,because it is never an excuse for that to happen. I thank God for building me into the women I am though. I still have my dignity. I know I am so much more than what that cashier tried to limit me to. I am Sarbri ! I am on the rise to something bigger than what I can possibly imagine, and no one can tell me different! #wehavemoreworktodo #iamsarbri #iamwhoisayiam
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