I was quietly waiting my turn in line to buy a few stamps. When it was my turn, the woman at the counter looked over my shoulder to the next person and also turned to another person waiting for assistance and began to help them - even though I WAS STILL STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER. She completely ignored me until I spoke up and said I had been waiting before these people even had entered the store. Not missing a beat and unapologetically she rudely said she would be helping the others first.
I had heard this place was racist but had my doubts. I thought perhaps because the others who had bad experiences didn't speak English well, that maybe the language barrier led to a miscommunication. Well, I stand corrected.
I've been around a while and I've certainly been on the planet long enough to know when my color is the only reason I'm not being assisted. Oh yeah, the other folks in line were white, just like the lady working the counter. Being better dressed than the others in line (I had nice dress clothes on for work and they were dressed casually) and while there is no problem with my English (I'm American born and ivy league educated), there really is no reason for anyone to patronize a business that actively and openly engages in racist treatment towards non-whites.
Money talks and all the rest... Well you know the saying. What I am saying is to boycott any business that engages in racism - especially this one.
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