So this African American woman comes in and buys a couple of Bargain books. After the transaction is done, she asks for The Secret Life of Bees. So I grab a copy from the front and point out the empty bench near the registers to look at the book. No biggie, right?
Now, the bench is visible from the register, but part of it is obscured by some shelving, and it's in the path of where alot of the employees make their way to the register. Plus, one of my co-workers had placed his cart next to the bench, and was shelving nearby and going back to the cart for books. I was up at front doing Special Orders and helping customers.
After sometime, the woman comes back, and slams the book on the counter. "Why the hell did you put me there?" she yells out. I look at her confused. "Why did I put you there?" She remarks: "Yeah, why did you put me on the bench?" I respond "Because you asked me for a book, I gave it to you, and suggested a place that you could sit to take a peek at it. Nothing more." Now she's getting pissed. "You only put me there cause i'm black and I would steal stuff!!" "No, I suggested you read there to browse the book!!"
To make a long story short, LP walks up and amid some racial slurs being thrown about and threats to call Jesse Jackson on me and the company, escorts her out. I'm pretty pissed at the situation, only because I just offered her a seat.
Now, the bench is visible from the register, but part of it is obscured by some shelving, and it's in the path of where alot of the employees make their way to the register. Plus, one of my co-workers had placed his cart next to the bench, and was shelving nearby and going back to the cart for books. I was up at front doing Special Orders and helping customers.
After sometime, the woman comes back, and slams the book on the counter. "Why the hell did you put me there?" she yells out. I look at her confused. "Why did I put you there?" She remarks: "Yeah, why did you put me on the bench?" I respond "Because you asked me for a book, I gave it to you, and suggested a place that you could sit to take a peek at it. Nothing more." Now she's getting pissed. "You only put me there cause i'm black and I would steal stuff!!" "No, I suggested you read there to browse the book!!"
To make a long story short, LP walks up and amid some racial slurs being thrown about and threats to call Jesse Jackson on me and the company, escorts her out. I'm pretty pissed at the situation, only because I just offered her a seat.
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