I was browsing the store with a friend trying to decide what we were going to do for arts and crafts that evening when I noticed that I was being followed throughout the entire store. I wasn’t worried about being followed because I was not doing anything wrong. I had picked up several different projects and ended up placing them back on the shelves at diffent times because I had changed my mind and was on to thinking about something different. The are a lot of things to chose from and I was having a hard time picking just one thing. I really didn’t know that it would be a problem considering the fact that the store Carrie’s many different options for a hobby. Anyways I was I in the paint aisle when a lady came up to me yelling at me asking me where was the other paint that she saw me put in my cart. I told her that I decided to not get spray paint and it was back on the shelf. The then told me that she has been following me around the store and didn’t like the fact that I was putting stuff back on the shelf because she was trying to keep the store clean. I said why is it a problem if I put it back? She told me to watch my tone and I said I had noticed I was being followed and I found it irritating and unnecessary but she could continue to follow me if she wanted to because I was doing nothing wrong. Then I said excuse me because she was blocking the acrylic paint I had decided to get. The lady then stood in my way and said if I was not sure I was going to get that them don’t touch it and she told me I could get out of the store if I didn’t fix my attitude. I then laughed and said I didn’t have a attitude I was trying to shop and I would like to talk to a manager because I was being harassed. She then told me that she was the only manager and I wouldn’t be talking to anyone but her and she again told me to either be quiet or get out the store. I ignored her request to leave and proceeded to get the paint I wanted and pushed my cart to the register to pay. I was followed the entire time and the woman was still saying rude things to me and asked me to never come back. The girl who rang up my purchase also agreed that I should file a complaint and she said that she was embarrassed for me because people were staring. I am a black woman who has never shoplifted and I found this whole situation to be ridiculous. I do a lot of arts and crafts and now k am very uncomfortable with the thought of going back to hobby lobby especially with my daughter because it does not feel like a safe environment and the worker was most definitely a racist.
Desired outcome: I feel like I deserve some sort of compensation for the total embarrassment. Maybe a gift card to shop online so I don’t have to go back to the racist store and possibly end up in jail for simply being a black woman
I would never be ashamed of being black you sound ridiculous seriously and it is funny how several of her coworkers saw the entire situation and told me to make sure that I made a complaint because I did absolutely nothing wrong. And trust me if she felt like she had a reason to call the police she would have because that is what y’all love to do and the fact that she didn’t says a lot. So how about if you don’t speak on a situation that you really don’t know [censored] about and she can’t sue me for [censored] because she clearly is a racist. Just like you.
"that is what ya'll love to do...". Who is "ya'll'? That sounds racist against white people.