I'd like to start off with saying I'm a long time Ross customer, and my family and I have been shopping at Ross stores for years.
I wanted to share the experience I had at a Ross Store located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA on 9/9/17.
I went into the Panorama City store around 9:45 PM and picked out and tried on several articles of clothing. I realized I left my wallet at home, and told the Loss Prevention worker on duty (her name was Sally, I didn't get her last name) that I hid the clothes under a nearby clothes rack and would be coming back to purchase them later because I left my wallet at home.
When I returned I noticed the clothes were no longer there, and I asked another employee if she had seen them. I got interrupted by Sally, the Loss Prevention worker and she aggressively told me that my clothes had been put behind register 4. She then accused me of stealing.
I asked her how I could have possibly been stealing and she replied since I was hiding apparel it prevented other customers from buying them. I tried to calmly remind her that I had come back to the store to indeed purchase the items I had selected. I have never felt so uncomfortable in my life, and I would absolutely never steal. Accusing me of stealing when I had come back to purchase the items was so wrong and I was very uncomfortable and upset.
She advised me to get in line and purchase the clothes, as they were waiting for me behind the register, and advised me to tell the cashier that my clothes were put behind register 4.
I waited in line for about 25 minutes (it was closing time and there was only one cashier on duty -- Jason).
When I got to the front of the line, the cashier on duty said there were no clothes behind the register. I called Sally over and asked her where the clothes were and she completely lied and said "No, I didn't say that, they were behind register 4 when you left. We put them back after you left".
I looked at Jason's name tag and noticed he was a manager and explained to him what had happened and he did not resolve my issue, nor empathize with how uncomfortable I was, and how insulted and harrassed I felt that Sally had been just mean, and wasted my time.
As a long time customer of Ross, and fashion shopper, blogger, and social media influencer, I have never felt more uncomfortable during a shopping experience in my entire life. I will never shop at that store again, and am considering not shopping at Ross anymore altogether.
I have tried to let this experience go and move past this, but it has still been on my mind 3 days later and truly bothering me.
I wanted to share this experience with you in hopes of you guys making this right in some way, and preventing this from happening to someone else, because I am sure this was not the first time a customer had been harassed by your Loss Prevention employee, Sally.
Sincerely,
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