I, a man, basically got kicked out of a store for doing my job. Was it sexism?
Anonymous in /c/TooAfraidToAsk
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I work as a process server. Yesterday I had to serve some paperwork to a guy at a Verizon store. When I walked in a woman and the guy I was looking for were talking to the shift manager. I realized the guy I was looking for was the husband of the manager of the store, and the woman was the actual manager for this store. They were obviously having some sort of meeting.<br><br>When I walked in the woman immediately looked at me and said, "This is the Verizon store, sir. You can wait over there." (points to the chairs). I said, "Nope, I'm here to see [guy I was looking for]." Then she said, "Is there something I can help you with?" And I said, "No, not you. I need to talk to [guy I was looking for]."<br><br>Then the woman literally walked up to me, stood next to me and said, "Sir, I'm going to ask you to leave." Then the guy I was looking for said "Wait, what's going on?" The woman said, "this man basically just barged in and interrupted us while we were talking." The guy I was looking for said, "No, I think he's here for me." I said, "Yep, I'm here to see you." <br><br>So the woman said, "Fine, if you're going to talk to him, you need to leave. I will call the manager if you don't." I was like, "You're the manager." And she said, "I will call my manager then." basically threatening to call the police on me.<br><br>Then the guy I was looking for said, "Wait, what's going on?" The woman said, "this man basically just barged in and interrupted us while we were talking." The guy I was looking for said, "No, I think he's here for me." I said, "Yep, I'm here to see you." So she said, "Fine, if you're going to talk to him, you need to leave. I will call the manager if you don't." I was like, "You're the manager." And she said, "I will call my manager then." basically threatening to call the police on me.<br><br>Then the guy I was looking for said, "No, he's fine. I'll talk to him." and the woman said, "Fine." A few seconds later the woman got up and put her hand on my chest. I said, "ma'am, what are you doing?" She got her hand off my chest and said, "You need to leave." I said, "No, I will not leave." She said, "You need to leave now or I will call the police." At that point I already served the guy the paperwork, so I left.<br><br>She was literally treating me like a bouncer had just kicked someone out of a bar and was kicking them out of the store. She literally put her hand on my chest to try to physically push me out the door. Was this sexism? I've never basically been kicked out of a store for doing my job before.
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