You’ve Lived A Privileged Life If You Think THIS Is Discrimination, Part 4

We used to have a separate line for walk-ins and one for online orders. Since we are in lockdown at the moment, we have switched to 100% online orders and we only allow people in who have an order number.

A customer walks in and comes right up to the counter. She’s also not wearing a mask — a legal requirement at this time.

Customer: “I have an online order to pick up, number 311.”

Me: “Ma’am, please put on your mask. The line for order pick-ups starts outside and we will call you in when it is ready. It looks like your order will be ready in nine minutes.”

Customer: *Not moving, not putting on a mask* “No, I made an online order. Online. I don’t wait.”

Me: “Everyone has made an online order, ma’am. We don’t do walk-ins at the moment, so we only have the one line. Please put on your mask and enter the line.”

The customer looks at the line, then at me, and then at all the staff.

Customer: “This is discrimination! This is discrimination and I will not have it!”

Me: “Ma’am?”

Customer: “Making the white lady wait for her order while all the Black people get served first! I see how it is!”

I notice the line of three people inside the store happens to be made up of all Black people, entirely a coincidence.

Me: “Ma’am, that’s just the way the line is. Everyone is waiting their turn, so if you could—”

Customer: “No! This is discrimination and this is disgusting! The news said this would start to happen!”

She storms out, and we hope she just joined the line and will have a rant on social media or something. We are very wrong.

She later storms back into the store, still with no mask but with a couple of police officers!

Customer: “That’s them, officers! You need to arrest them for hate crimes!”

The officers look at us and seem to be intelligent enough to surmise the situation. They talk to us, get our explanation, and then finally turn back to the fuming customer.

Officer: “Ma’am, it seems that all you were told to do was wait in line. These workers here even offered the security footage to confirm their version of events, and usually when that kind of evidence is offered, it’s because it’s going to help them. Can you explain, once again, why you feel you have been the victim of a hate crime here?”

Customer: “They asked me to get in line!”

Officer: “And?”

Customer: “I never have to get in line!” 

Officer: “And?”

Customer: “Well… I am feeling discriminated against!”

Officer: “That’s it?”

Customer: “Well… I was the only white customer!”

Officer: “Okay, well, ma’am, what you experienced wasn’t a hate crime or discrimination. I believe it’s called ‘waiting your d*** turn’. You’re lucky I don’t fine you for wasting police time. My partner and I are going to leave now, and you’re going to apologize to these nice workers and buy your sandwich in peace.”

The customer mumbles an apology but leaves without picking up her sandwich.

Officer: *To me* “I’ve seen hate crimes. That woman just didn’t get her way for the first time in her privileged little life and didn’t like it one bit. Call us if she comes back and wants to make a scene.”

Me: “Thank you, officers!”

Luckily for us, she didn’t come back. I got to eat her discrimination sandwich.

Related:
You’ve Lived A Privileged Life If You Think THIS Is Discrimination, Part 3
You’ve Lived A Privileged Life If You Think THIS Is Discrimination, Part 2
You’ve Lived A Privileged Life If You Think THIS Is Discrimination

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