On my walk to work every day I pass four cosmetic stores. FOUR. And no, these stores don't include Lush or Sephora or anywhere where associates remain INSIDE. We all know the ones I'm talking about.
I don't care if your hand cream can make me fly or if your face masks could give me a six-pack — I refuse to find out if you're going to harass me on the streets outside of your store.
I shouldn't have to pretend I'm texting on my phone every single time I walk past, just to avoid talking to them. And, honestly, that doesn't even work because on multiple occasions that has prompted them to say, "Ooooh honey, you better be sending a text to me!" No, I'm not.
Just because you're cleanly shaven and are wearing a nice suit does not mean I am automatically going give you the time of day. Especially if that's how you're going to greet me.
Not all, but many of these people travel to the United States from Israel after serving their time in the military. And that's great that these people are looking for opportunities in the land of the free.
I am happy to live in a country that is full of diversity. Unfortunately, some people that are frustrated with these companies like me make this a race and religion problem.
So, let me just say, I don't care if you're White, Black, Asian, Latino, Middle-Eastern etc. I don't care if you're Christian, Jewish, Atheist, Muslim etc. I DO care, though, if you make me feel uncomfortable each time I walk by your store, regardless of race or religion.
And the worst part? Once I pass one, I have to prepare for the next one.
And even beyond that...
The last store I worked at was located right across the street from one of these stores. Our employees were friendly with them. We were neighbors.
Apparently, our friendliness gave them the wrong idea, though. One day, one of the "Resveralife" employees came to "teach" us how to recruit customers into our store.
He asked why we didn't stand outside with shirts, trying to put them over people's heads, or why we didn't bring our lipsticks outside to apply to people. Before I could even reply, he ran up to customers that just entered the store with one of our sweatshirts in his hand and tried to force the woman to try it on right there.
After making the woman extremely irritated, he tried another approach: recruiting her and her daughter to his store. This mother and daughter eventually freed themselves from the Resveralife employee and left our store frustrated and uncomfortable.
I wish dodging Bubble Boys (and girls) could just erase itself from being a part of my daily routine. Has anyone else had similar experiences?
