My husband drove me to the makeup store and we both have been going there for five years together. Yesterday, we went to the store together and my husband was
very tired (he works nights) and did not want to follow me around in the store. He stood by himself for less than five minutes
by a wall and was watching me go up and down the aisle. He told me exactly the order of the aisle I went down and that is how I know he was watching me. It took him six years to ask me on a date. He then came up to me to tell me that he was going to go to sleep in the car. About 15 minutes later my
husband was woken up by the police and was questioned
about who he was and why he was there. The police came
into the store to find me. I happened to be on line
checking out and the officer started to ask me questions about my husband. Like, where does he work,
etc. He did this in front of everyone and the whole store was watching. It was horrible! No confidentiality!!! So, I found out
that someone in the store did not like him standing in the store and according to the police they called on him
for (suspiscious behavior). Then I approached the manager and asked why did she call the cops on my husband, he is no threat to anyone" She said "you can never be too careful with all these kidnappings going on and him standing made people nervous and I have to protect my employees." So, she was implying
my husband could have been a kidnapper or some criminal. The real reason they called the police is that he was a man in
a womens store. Plain and simple predjudice behavior. The management is so poorly trained all they had to do was ask him why he was there and he
would have said that he was with his wife. This store has such a high turn over that we never see the same people working in the past five years. So, no one stays long enough to get to know the customers. We obtained all the employees names involved in this and then went to the police station to talk to someone. We found out this store calls the police at least every two weeks. The police said they were going to go back and have a talk with the management because they felt they have been abusing the police department. The corporate office said they are sending me a formal letter of apology but I do not
feel that is enough. They are not going to review the police report are review their surveillance video. This will prove that my husband was not doing anything. We asked them to do this but they refuse to.
I am very angry. My husband is a quiet, gentle,shy, kind
man. He did not deserve to be treated this way especially since he was not doing anything. Any advice? Alert to all men: be careful if you are in a
womens store, this can happen to you.
very tired (he works nights) and did not want to follow me around in the store. He stood by himself for less than five minutes
by a wall and was watching me go up and down the aisle. He told me exactly the order of the aisle I went down and that is how I know he was watching me. It took him six years to ask me on a date. He then came up to me to tell me that he was going to go to sleep in the car. About 15 minutes later my
husband was woken up by the police and was questioned
about who he was and why he was there. The police came
into the store to find me. I happened to be on line
checking out and the officer started to ask me questions about my husband. Like, where does he work,
etc. He did this in front of everyone and the whole store was watching. It was horrible! No confidentiality!!! So, I found out
that someone in the store did not like him standing in the store and according to the police they called on him
for (suspiscious behavior). Then I approached the manager and asked why did she call the cops on my husband, he is no threat to anyone" She said "you can never be too careful with all these kidnappings going on and him standing made people nervous and I have to protect my employees." So, she was implying
my husband could have been a kidnapper or some criminal. The real reason they called the police is that he was a man in
a womens store. Plain and simple predjudice behavior. The management is so poorly trained all they had to do was ask him why he was there and he
would have said that he was with his wife. This store has such a high turn over that we never see the same people working in the past five years. So, no one stays long enough to get to know the customers. We obtained all the employees names involved in this and then went to the police station to talk to someone. We found out this store calls the police at least every two weeks. The police said they were going to go back and have a talk with the management because they felt they have been abusing the police department. The corporate office said they are sending me a formal letter of apology but I do not
feel that is enough. They are not going to review the police report are review their surveillance video. This will prove that my husband was not doing anything. We asked them to do this but they refuse to.
I am very angry. My husband is a quiet, gentle,shy, kind
man. He did not deserve to be treated this way especially since he was not doing anything. Any advice? Alert to all men: be careful if you are in a
womens store, this can happen to you.
