I have to express the importance of treating people with respect no matter on appearance, race or gender. My family and I came into this location, we were the first ones in, the representative Marcos Martins immediately looked at me.. and did not approve of my face coverings (did not meet T-Mobile guidelines on a mask) and right away said "We don't allow those kinds of masks in here" he didn't say good morning.. no hello, how can I help you... just right away "we don't accept those masks" Since every member of my family were wearing masks we had to ask!? What are you talking about?? He pointed to my face, I was wearing a Missions brand face covering I purchased and have had no problem anywhere. Luckily I had a regular mask in my pocket and put it on, but needless to say the associate's attitude did not get better. Only after I put the other mask on was he ok to help us.. we needed to get our daughter's phone repaired she has a cracked screen. After getting her phone number he walks to the back, comes back quickly and says "we can't help you we don't have screens".. he rudely told us to go to a different location or call the store every week to see if they get new screens in. He had a look of satisfaction in his face that he couldn't help us.
We left the store and went to the T-Mobile in Hoboken NJ. I purposely wore the same face covering with the mask in my pocket just to see if we would have the same experience.. and the associates in Hoboken were so friendly and willing to help (they didn't mention anything about my mask being improper) They weren't able to help us but they went above and beyond to call other locations asking where we could go and directed us to the Apple store that might help us since the cracked screen was an Apple product.
So now I'm questioning.. was the bad attitude from Marcos because of my dark skin and curly hair (I am a well educated African American woman)?? Or does Marcos just not like his job??? As a person that manages a bank and understands the importance of customer service especially during these times that temperatures are high it's important to treat people with respect even when communicating policies. I am very disappointed in the way we were treated and hope Marcos can get the proper training on how to communicate while being courteous to your clients. read more