We need to face it, it's only recently that stores owners started to do something that would put a stop to racial profiling. That's very well on one level but do you know that some stores will judge that you won't be able to buy something after looking at how you're dressed up? Who will stand up for the poor people for their right to shop wherever they please if they have the money? It could be a windfall of sorts but getting thrown out of a store because the employees think you can't afford an item is way out of line.
In my area, there are many homeless people and over 90% look it by their torn or dirty clothes. However, they sometimes have more cash on hand than someone who works a regular job. But the sales staff can rightfully escort someone out if they feel the person is a distraction to other customers. Same applies to many rappers and athletes who may have the money to shop the high-end stores here but their manners may suggest that they have no money or class. Does a salesperson rush someone off because of their appearance or let them peruse the store without shadowing?
I think that's kind of silly. Sometimes, the people who are dressed in cheap clothes are the richest ones in the store. I know a lot of older wealthy people who don't spend a lot of money on clothes and cars but who have millions of dollars' worth of cash and property; they're mostly farmers, but I'm sure it's true with some other people as well. In my experience, a lot of the people who have brand new cars and nice, name brand clothing are just in massive debt and barely have anything in the bank. So no, I don't think people should be judged in stores based on what they're wearing. Who am I, or a cashier, to judge someone for their clothing? Plus, no offense, but cashiers and even store managers aren't usually rolling in wealth...we're talking about minimum wage-ish positions. So technically, many of them are "poor" or close to it.
Tell me about it, I once applied for a job at Macy's years ago while I was still in school. I happened to be in the mall shopping that day and saw a sign that they were hiring so I stopped in and filled out an application. They asked me to come back for an interview on the spot, so I did it. Then the person interviewing me felt the need to point out that I would be expected to dress nicer and wear a suit and tie (as if she was kind of nervous that I may not own one). Afterward she explained what the pay was, which was like $7.25 an hour. Excuse me, you want me to wear suits and ties to work several days a week and you're going to pay me near minimum wage? I could go flip burgers and make that much, and save it instead of having to blow it on several more suits to meet their stupid "dress code". I mean, at the very least, you would think they would supply you with a few as part of your employment there, or sell them to you heavily discounted.
I don't have a problem with it. It is their business and they have a right to run it as they please, and if their decisions end up tarnishing their names and eventually results in them losing customers, then that's just the free market at work. If the person being judged feels it to be unfair, then he or she could just stop supporting that brand altogether and maybe even convince some other people to join their cause, but ultimately, just as a person has a right to refuse giving their money to a certain business, that business should also have the right to refuse service to anyone they feel to be detrimental to their business, no matter how silly their reasoning is.
I think that it can't be avoided if the staff of a certain store is snooty, but it really has to be reported to the store manager if such an event happens. That's very unfair and discriminating to the person that was thrown out just because he looks like he isn't "rich" enough to buy from that store.
