Exiting Costco While Black

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Left the College Park Costco with DH and DD an hour ago. We spent a long time leaving because the two door monitors were meticulously checking the receipts of the customers ahead of us (both African American). Every item was checked against their receipts. Then, their personal bags were checked.

My husband had our cart and I had my daughter in her stroller. I finally went past the monitors and out the door. They didn't check me at all -- of course I could have had an item in her ample stroller basket. Did I mention I'm white?

Another white customer did the same. Just took his item and walked past the checkers. Nothing said to him.

From my vantage point outside the checkpoint, I observed them meticulously checking all black customers. My husband and an Asian customer came up. Got a quick visual check and a black check mark on their receipts -- and then waved through. I said to my husband -- "They were practically strip searching the black customers, and then they waved you through." He replied: "You noticed that too."

I am white with blond hair and Cosco has always checked me as well as every other race at the Cosco where I shop. Don't make such a broad assumption that it was racism when you don't know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP that is so ridiculous. If I were them I would've turned around and returned it all. And then complained like hell to management (politely of course). I've been shopping at Costco for many years and have yet to see anything like that. And I do know exactly what the PP is talking about in regards to being written off just for walking into a store while being Black. That and I cannot walk into a Bed Bath & Beyond, Staples, Giant, etc, without customers assuming that I work there. Doesn't matter if I'm holding my purse, pushing a cart. It happens so often I don't even get offended anymore. If I can answer their question I do. If not, I tell them to ask someone that works at the store. Strangely, this has not once happened to my White husband.

I'm white and I get asked all the time if I work there. It doesn't matter if I have my down jacket on. I must look like I work everywhere, except nice stores.

Same here - I get asked all of the time if I work at stores I am shopping at and I am white also.

White woman, late 20's here and I get asked if I work everywhere from Target to Macys to Home Depot. My mom and DH says its bc I always look like I know what I'd doing/going.

This happens to me too. I'm 30 and everytime I'm clothes shopping I'm asked by people if Ican help find sizes, etc.

[Anonymous]

I had an incident at Home Depot. I was in the line to return something, and the guy in front of me was hispanic. They were giving him an unbelievably hard time over returning something that seemed reasonable.

When it was my turn (I'm white, 36), they IMMEDIATELY processed my return with a big smile even though it was something that I had accidentally destroyed, which I told them outright. There was no way they could resell my item.

[Anonymous]

What about some of the AA cashiers who "forget" to punch in the coupon savings for non-AA customers unless they are asked or reminded to?