As a black business owner I always try to find ways to support my people. Over the weekend my husband and I went to Walmart to get uniforms for my son to start school. We usually purchase 14 uniforms for my son to start off with. 7 green shirts, 7 yellow shirts, 4 khaki pants, 3 khaki shorts, 4 navy pants, 3 navy shorts, socks, shoes etc with a $300- $400 budget and it lasts us the entire year. I INSISTED that instead we should go to the uniform store in our neighborhood and patronize them instead and also utilize them to add the logo...WORST DECISION EVER.. I visited the store today with my kids with intentions of purchasing uniforms. Different brands run different so I asked a sales associate for assistance and she did assist me. The first 3 pair of pants didn't fit so she suggested that we go up a size so I gave her the pants and went to get a size bigger. She also bought my son another pair to try on. We finally found pants that fit and everything was going fine but while in the fitting room I hear someone outside loudly saying "mam you can not have a bag inside the dressing room" Because I didn't have a bag I continued to assist my 7 yr old with trying on his uniforms. Then I hear a knock at the door and see a hand over the top of the door. I opened the door and it was the same man who walked in the store with me and my kids when we entered. He then stated rudely "you cant have a bag in there" at this point the store is crowded and I'm standing there with the door opened he looks in the fitting room while my son is changing and I stated " I dont have a bag" he then says "bags are not allowed I then stated "What bag".. he said "oh, ok" I asked my son to get dressed I went to the guy and stated "excuse me, the way you handled that made me feel a certain type of way" he said RUDELY "Someone said someone was in the fitting room with a bag, however I was then told it wasn't you it was the room next to you so I apologize IF you felt a certain way BUT I was only doing what I needed to do..I then explained that I felt profiled and that he walked in with me and he KNOWS I didn't have a bag. He then attempted to over talk me with his BAD BREATH as I explained how I felt as a consumer. I won't call this "RACIAL" profiling because he was one of my own but I will say this is a learning experience and I will let everyone I know to NEVER patronize this place. read more