Do you ever just want to slap someone for being cruel?
By Breelyn
@spicysweetie21 (2573)
United States
July 6, 2009 10:52pm CST
This is going to be a little bit of a long story first
Today I took one of my closest friends to the mall to do some shopping. The difference between a lot of peoples best friends and mine is that mine has Down Syndrome. So anyways, we get to the cash register at Macys and my friend goes first, she has a little trouble with speech so they can't understand her. I don't step into help because that's not going to help my friend because there is going to be many many more times that I'm not going to be there to help her, so she has to learn how to get past these sort of obstacles.....but these bit ches at the register stop and say "ok we can't understand you, step out of the line and put your stuff back....NEXT IN LINE PLEASE!!" and they were GIGGLING while they said it!!
I was sooooo angry that I could have just stampeded and stormed like an angry elephant, I said "excuse me, who the hell do you think you are to not give her service just because she has trouble speaking?" I demanded to speak to the manager, and the manager discreetly told me that they would not be working there anymore. My friend was embarrassed that I made such a big deal of it, but I just had to stand up for what was right.
Has anyone been in a situation where something was just so wrong that it made them so furious?
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2 responses
@demotay26 (26)
• United States
7 Jul 09
Mostly everyone has had a time like that. Yours was particularly cruel because your friend has Down Syndrome, so the should have treated her nicer. If anyone has trouble speaking, they still should be able to do what they want. It isn't right to discluded someone because of a disability. You did the right thing to stand up for your friend.
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@spicysweetie21 (2573)
• United States
21 Aug 09
You are right that everyone meets a rude cashier, I have had my fair share of meeting mine, but also as being a cashier as myself in the past, I hate it especially when they are rude, I mean I had some really stressful situations when I was a cashier, but I was never rude to the customers, if I was in a bad mood, I just kept it short, smiled and gave them their total quick so they could get out just as quick . Thank you for your response and you are totally right
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
20 Aug 09
I think you did the absolute right thing, calling them out. The point was not aimed at your friend, rather at the behaviour of the world around you two. I think what you did was great. You really struck a blow for the challenged. I've had some problems with people too, and I've done what I've needed to do to make sure that things like this don't happen (again). Good for you. I'm glad the people will be fired.
@spicysweetie21 (2573)
• United States
21 Aug 09
Here is an update, about a week ago my friend with DS went back and the manager was behind the counter picking up some hangars, well he recognized us and was extra friendly to us and came up and asked how we were doing I didn't care but my friend gets avoided a lot of times so it just made her week