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Today...I was working...and these two ladies came in. Me and my manager both greeted them warmly and asked them if they would need some help finding anything in particular. Directly after these women, a group of three younger girls came in and I asked them how they were doing, but didn't ask what they were looking for because I feel it's too repetative to say the exact same thing to each person. That and they weren't paying attention to us, so I didn't care as much if they needed help. A few moments later, as I was putting up some new tshirts, the first two ladies were talking behind me and discussing how we didn't ask the second group of girls any questions because they weren't black. p.s. the first ladies are black and the second group of girls are white. Honestly, this hadn't even CROSSED MY MIND! If you need to know this, acussing me of being racist is one of the worst things you can do to me. I couldn't take it. I dropped the shirts and walked to the back room where I sat down for a minute and tried to fight back the tears of being assumed as such a horrible person. Why is everything about race with some people?!? I can't stand that. By the way, these two ladies also told me later that I should greet every person the same way. Having already heard what they were going to say, I quickly and calmly told them that I like to be more personable with people and usually get to asking the same questions to every customer. I just...they were so rude to us. Assumptions get us nowhere.

Today was the first time anyone at work has seen me pissed before.