The weather outside is pretty good today and for the most part I had a good lunch walk. Then I made one fatal, mood altering decision. I decided to pop into the Virgin Megastore to look for bargains since the store is closing in a month or so. I frequented this store regularly for the last 5 years and have never had anything but good service, but nothing will turn me off a retailer faster than being treated as a criminal!
Today I entered the store at the same time as another patron, and the theft detector went off. I was sure that I did not have anything in my bag that would set it off, but I stopped anyway when asked. The other guy did not stop, nor did they make any effort to get him. Key difference? The other guy was Asian, while I am African American. So I asked them, why aren’t you stopping the other guy? I was told that they could only get one guy. So of course stop the black guy. Naturally I was upset about being singled out like this, even if the guy stopping me was black too.
So I showed him what was in my bag and declared, “I’m out of here!”, and left that store for the last time ever. The detector did not go off.