The women in the store were very discriminatory. I was walking around looking at the products when I told the woman in purple that I was just browsing. I visit Patel Brothers often and had never been to this location before. Despite my response, she asked me three separate times what I was doing in the store, and I gave her the same answer each time. I noticed that no other customers were being treated this way.
Later, when I returned to the people I was with, the same woman brought another employee over to question me again. I ultimately left the store to avoid being repeatedly questioned. Their behavior felt disrespectful, targeted, and microaggressive, and it made me very uncomfortable. As a woman of color, I'd prefer you'd not go. read more