First time poster sorry for any mistakes!!
I was shopping at the craft store micheals and I usually avoid asking employees for help and try to cause the least amount of hassle as I can, unfortunately this time I needed help finding something so I went to go ask one of the women at the front.
I'm a 5'3 small high school girl and this "woman" towered over me. It must have been in her mid 50s with disgusting teeth and at least 400-500 pounds and drenched in sweat. It was just standing there talking to a smallfat very uninterested teenage cashier. It wasn't working or behind the counter and just talking about its weekend.
Usually I would go find someone else whose not in a conversation but they were the only employees in the store. I waited a few feet back until she finished talking about watching tv all weekend (shocker I know) and was as polite as I could be, well I apologized for interrupting and asked It where a certain type of necklace chain was. It looked at me with the grossed meanest scowl I have ever seen and then flashes me a condescending smile its teeth were a dark shade of yellow and it was missing a few. It proceeds to tell me that they don't carry them at this store
I explained I had gotten them here before and asked if they would ever restock them, it said "we have never carried those and never will but they are available online" I said "oh okay thank you so there available for order" and was walking away obviously not asking it to place an order. It let out a gross laugh and said almost yelling at me as it waddled back behind a close checkout counter it could barely fit in "YOU can order it. Thats not my job to deal with, if you want something thats not available in store you can deal with finding it don't ask me to do it"
I turned back to it and explained I didn't ask her to do anything I was literally walking away. It proceeds to say "sure sweetie" with another condescending laugh. I walked away from the beast and went back to shopping then a group of obese middle aged woman went to check out, immediately the fatass became an angel and was so sweet to them and wanted to do everything to help them, I guess fats stick together. I ended up finding the chain I needed in the store... lmfao this happens to me a lot from older fats maybe they are jealous I can talk with out getting out of breath. This isn't that interesting but fuck this fatass really annoyed me
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[–] DorothyMantooth 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
God, YES. Exactly what I was about to say! Go to Michaels's website and click "Contact," and send them an email. Make sure you include the store number (should be on your receipt) and date & time of day (also on receipt). If the fat was the one who checked you out or you remember her name, make sure you tell them.
You can mention that you're in high school, because you can say you feel she was being rude and condescending due to your age, as if you did not deserve her time or respect, and that you were embarrassed to be treated like that in front of other customers and employees and it made you extremely uncomfortable in that store. Tell them that you hate to mention it, but their employee had clearly not bathed in some time and the smell made the experience even more uncomfortable. Tell them you're a regular shopper and have never had an experience like that there but it's made you feel like you, as a young woman, are not welcome and maybe you should start going to Hobby Lobby/JoAnn/(insert name of whatever other craft store is near you) instead. They do NOT want to lose a potential customer-for-life.
And above all else, make sure you point out that this woman told you the store didn't even carry that product, yet you found it there. So their employee basically tried to send you to another store because she couldn't be bothered to learn their stock or even try to help you. Ask if it is now Michael's policy to simply send people to other stores rather than help them?
Make sure you mention that after the woman told you that your legitimate question, and helping you, was "not worth her time," she turned around and practically bowed and scraped in front of a group of middle-aged women, which made it even more obvious that their employee thinks young people are not worth being nice to and doesn't treat all of their customers the same.
Write and send that IMMEDIATELY.
(If you want, you can post a draft here in comments; I--and others, I'm sure--would be happy to proofread it and/or make suggestions for you, if you feel uncomfortable or are worried it won't sound right. I say that because of your disclaimers, not because I think anything was wrong with your post.)
Aside from that...I'm so sorry that happened to you, and I'm sorry to say we've ALL had and continue to have experiences like that with fats who work in customer service. If you're thin AND pretty, it's even worse. Think of it as proof of your own value and attractiveness, and try not to let it bother you--and complain as often as you can about it, because they deserve it. {{{hug}}}
[–] VeniceBitch [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Thank you I love using this forum to let out my anger with fats I'm pretty good at just letting things not bother me but some of these fat asses really get on my nerves! You are so sweet and helpful I'm sending you a virtual hug. I'm using your template right now to send an email!
[–] Halalpork 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Im pretty sure getting fed up with garbage like that brought us all here you're definitely not alone. Also sorry that encounter seems dreadful.
[–] DorothyMantooth ago
How'd it go, did you send it off?
And sorry, I didn't reply to say you're very welcome! I'd hoped my reply might be useful/give you some ideas for your email to them.
[–] mrpaliza 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Great response!
[–] FuckFatAcceptance 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is a great response!
OP if you they reply to you let us know what they say. I love seeing fats get fired.