Unfortunately, my girlfriend's favorite hobby is shopping. At least she loves a bargain. So the past few months I have made the trek out to Cabazon at least once a month. The bright side of these trips has to be the great service at DKNY.
His name escapes me, but the tall-ish white guy with sandy brown hair is awesome. Even today, when there was a crazy huge mob of after Christmas shoppers, he still was helpful, polite, and even had recommendations for other stores.
Another clerk spent a good 15 minutes helping me try to find shirts that fit my odd build. I'm subtracting one star because of her, most likely unintentional, offensive word choice. When commenting that small sized shirts sell quickly, she then dropped her voice and commented, "It's cuz we get a lot of Orientals in here. They tend to be small."
I don't think she meant anything by it. And so what if she's never read any Edward Said? But on the other hand, the only person I know who thinks that 'Orientals' is still an appropriate descriptor, is my deceased step-father.
I replied (and not in a bitchy tone of voice, I swear), 'Well, my girlfriend, who is Chinese, and I just went back to China to visit her Chinese family...' etc.
Sales - 1.5 stars
Service - 2.5 stars
Selection - 1 star
Casual (unintended?) racism - -1 star read more