Yesterday afternoon I needed to run to the mall.
Karsyn got excited bc she had money and wanted to get her and her friends candy from Candy Craze.
After a couple of stores we finally got to Candy Craze and there were about 6 other people in the store so I decided to wait right before the entrance and sent them into pick their candy. I watched as they carefully picked one or two items of each they wanted; smiled the whole time, told other people excuse me while passing and then happily got in line, I also noticed the person working staring them down the entire time as they did nothing wrong. ( so much so the she missed the man stuffing his face with candy before he pd for it)
After they got in line the lady checking out begins throwing her hands up in the air,shaking her head and raising her voice then I see all of the girls faces change. Everyone in the store shrugs their shoulders and looks baffled.
I walk up and what the problem was and the lady said says nothing, my child paid her money for their over priced cavity makers and walked out the store.
I then called the store to see what the problem was, first of all the lady was rude from the beginning of the conversation and told me I am so insecure that I had to call her to figure out what was wrong.
She first told me that the girls were trying to figure out how to split up their payment which isn't true bc it was only Karsyn who brought money in.
Then she told me that one of them wanted to put something back, also not true.
Then she said that they didn't think they had enough money you know what; and Kars is a worrier so she might've been stressed about that .... BUT if that was the case, I was standing literally 10 feet away with a debit card.
She then said that I needed to supervise my kids and that's when I lost it!!
What she saw was 3 black girls, in a store, without an adult.... she assumed they weren't raised and were trying to steal her overpriced junk from her store. When she saw the white woman standing behind them waving her whole demeanor changed.
I am so big on teaching karsyn responsibility, how to pick an item in a store and keep track of cost, how to walk up and pay for something, look the clerk in the eye, say thank you and speak to adults with confidence and respect. Her friends are raised exactly as she is. If I had saw them acting up in the store, getting over greedy with what they were putting in their bags or being disrespectful, I would've walked in long before the old white "Karen" even had a chance to correct them.
Think TWICE before you to give your money to a racist old white lady, who instead of apologizing called me insecure and told me I offended her when I tried figuring out exactly what the problem was. read more