I had the worse experience yesterday while shopping in Costco. Instead of my membership card, I gave my sister my Costco shop card. The cashier at register eight asked for my membership and signaled me over. My two-year-old niece was inside my shopping cart, and I refused to leave her in the basket alone, so I took the basket with me and gave my membership card to the cashier. While I was walking back to register ten to get back to my original spot in line, the individual assisting the two registers asked whom the cart belongs to. Was I next in line for register eight? I told the young woman respectfully that the basket belongs to me and that I had to take my membership card to the cashier, but I was initially in line ten.
After hearing the conversation I had with her co-worker with a mean tone, Ashley, the cashier for ten says, ma'am, I believe you are cutting in line. I explained to her the same thing I told her co-worker. She rolled her eyes, hurled my food around the place, and slammed it while checking me out. I told her that her attitude wasn't necessary, she ignored me and kept the same behavior, so I asked for the manager who was also wasted my time because he was just as incompetent.
Rodney, the manager on duty, walks up and says yes, I'm the manager, how can I help you while I was still checking out, and then he repeated himself. I responded that I'm currently checking out please give me a minute to finish. After I finished checking out, the cashier grabbed my receipt and threw it at me in front of the manager. I told her that a nasty ass attitude wouldn't get you far in your life. Before knowing the problem, Rodney approached me with a dismissive manner. Throughout the conversation, he wanted to discuss the remark I made to his employee for acting rudely and continued to make excuses for his employee by saying that she was doing the best she could. Doing the best, you can don't require aggressive behavior or a nasty attitude. If Ashley K and Rodney don't want to do their job because of a pandemic, it's best to find another profession.
Nothing was resolved; I felt like I was talking to a brick wall throughout the conversation. This type of behavior is unacceptable, and something needs to be done about it. Rodney should not be a manager unless he knows how to manage his employees, and Ashley K does not need a job if she lacks professionalism. If I were white, none of this would have happened, and Rodney would have taken me seriously immediately. Because I was black and young, he thought he could belittle me and tell me what I was supposed to do instead of correcting his employee behavior. This experience taught me a lot. Costco employees should be required to take a cultural sensitivity training program. There are individuals from different cultures that shop at Costco. It will be insane if every time someone is racially profiled or is treated differently due to their race that they cancel their membership until Costco address this type of behavior from their employees. read more