And Then They Refused Her Service… Right?

A really old lady comes up to me in the produce section and asks me casually:

Customer: “Where are the [n-word] toes?”

Me: “I’m sorry, ma’am, I must have misheard you. Can you please repeat that?”

Customer: “The [n-word] toes? Usually, you can free scoop them, but I can’t find them anymore.”

I’ve only been here all of a few weeks, and so I went to ask the supervisor for help.

Supervisor: *Sighing and bridging his nose.* “Yeah, some of the older folks used to call Brazil nuts by that name… well, some still do, I guess…”

My supervisor walks over to the lady to deal with her while he sends me off to do another task. I overhear as I’m walking away:

Supervisor: “Now, Mrs. Smith, I’ve told you before not to use that word and don’t give me any of that, “I’m old and can’t learn,” crap as I’ve seen you scrolling TikTok…”