My sons and I went in to dry three loads of our wet clothing. It was not busy and we were able to unload our clothing quickly into dryers. We began cleaning out the lint from the dryer vents when an older white male with glasses and facial stubble yelled at me and my boys (10 & 12) to stop doing his job (cleaning the vents). I was shocked because the last time we were there the lady working had my boys helping with that. So, I had my boys finish cleaning it out so we could close the vent. However, we did not move fast enough for him and he decided to kick us out for not listening to him immediately. I said we were only trying to dry our clothes quickly, he didn't care and said we had to leave. Well, I put my boys into my car to keep them safe and I went back, put my money into each dryer and stood in front of the dryers while he swept the floor. When he saw me drying my clothes and still there, he said you are going to lose your money when the police show up. I wasn't worried about the money nor the police, we had done nothing wrong. 20 minutes later, TPD showed up and asked what happened..they could see the racist behavior the worker was putting out. My clothes had 6-8 minutes left to dry, but we had to leave because it is private property. The officers did try to get him to let us finish the cycles, but he was adamant that we leave.
Unfortunately, we won't patronize this facility again because the service worker was very racist, bullyish, unkind, and rude. I hope that man finds peace in his soul because his spirit is very angry. read more