Monday, March 7, 2011
Captured Thought: People discriminate against teenagers in stores
I am sure that I am not the only one to notice this but it came to my thought today when I was shopping in a designer store. There were many store clerks there helping ladies find clothes to wear and different styles to try, but no one seemed to want to help me. I even asked one of the ladies for help and then showed me to one side of the store and then let me be. This is not the first time this has happened to me. It seems that people who work in retail segregate the people who walk into their store to those who have money and those who don't. The ones they pay attention to are the ones that "have money." This is disappointing to teens like myself, because what if I was rich? What if I did have a lot of money? They would never know because they take one glance and judge from there. The stores that attract teens are those that have reasonable prices and have good customer service. I am thankful for the stores that are like that, although it is unfortunate that not all stores have as good customer service.
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I completely agree. Although I don't know exactly how you feel, I can kind of relate. There's a store that's kind of like a mini Walgreens right by my cousin's house. Every time I go in there, we get kicked out for just walking around the store, because the owners think we're going to take something. It isn't fair!
ReplyDeleteKathryn, I know where you are going with this, some store make it their prerogative to think their younger buyers, if they even classify us as buyers, have nothing more than lint in our pockets. I may be exaggerating, but I know this is true if you go to a store that carries more expensive products. I guess it's because they'd think we'd only window shop. But as we see time run into the future, I guess this will be resolved if noticed to a greater extent. It worked for woman's voting rights, why not this?
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