Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oprah was pissed that she wasn't recognized. She is used to celebrity treatment. I am sure the shop keeper would steer me towards cheaper bags as well. It is not racist it is classist, folks. She did not look like she had the money. I recently went into Jimmy Choo's in Chevy Chase and the staff ignored. I own several pairs of Choo shoes. This is just a case a low SES thinking a high SES person looks a certain way.
I always think it is because I am overweight.
How can you wear Jimmy Choo's? All that weight? Those shoes are really designed for people who are of a certain size. I say that as someone who wears a Size 10 and find those shoes very uncomfortable; precisely because I'm not wispy like SJP.
Anonymous wrote:The sales clerk is lying. the Swiss are incredibly racist, esp against russians, gypsies, Arabs and blacks. I know bc I am from a neighboring country and it is the same there. And don't get me started on what the EU countries think about one another, it's terrible. sure, an interracial couple won't get too many stares and it is more accepted in Western Europe than in the US. However, it is very ironic that when doing business they are incredibly backwards in how they think.
Didn't this happen to Oprah and Gail at Hermes in Paris a few years ago? I am incredibly surprised that there are people who don't recognize Oprah! Even other customers didnt recognize her?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Originally the store owner said it was because the clerk didnt RECOGNIZE Oprah…Something tells me any woman who walks in that store is well aware of what things cost and whether or not they can afford them...
lol. "Well, if we'd known she was one of those 'rich blacks' we wouldn't have discriminated."
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She should have said, "Do you know who I am? I am Oprah Winfrey. I am a billionaire. I can buy this entire store out."
I'm not a Oprah fan, but I have respect for her because she DIDN'T pull the "don't you know who I am" schtick.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She should have said, "Do you know who I am? I am Oprah Winfrey. I am a billionaire. I can buy this entire store out."
I'm not a Oprah fan, but I have respect for her because she DIDN'T pull the "don't you know who I am" schtick.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She should have said, "Do you know who I am? I am Oprah Winfrey. I am a billionaire. I can buy this entire store out."
I'm not a Oprah fan, but I have respect for her because she DIDN'T pull the "don't you know who I am" schtick.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't see why a shop girl would refuse to show a customer a product...don't they get paid on commission?
It's called "profiling."
Maybe you've heard of it?
Anonymous wrote:She should have said, "Do you know who I am? I am Oprah Winfrey. I am a billionaire. I can buy this entire store out."
Anonymous wrote:Oprah was pissed that she wasn't recognized. She is used to celebrity treatment. I am sure the shop keeper would steer me towards cheaper bags as well. It is not racist it is classist, folks. She did not look like she had the money. I recently went into Jimmy Choo's in Chevy Chase and the staff ignored. I own several pairs of Choo shoes. This is just a case a low SES thinking a high SES person looks a certain way.
I always think it is because I am overweight.
Anonymous wrote:Oprah was pissed that she wasn't recognized. She is used to celebrity treatment. I am sure the shop keeper would steer me towards cheaper bags as well. It is not racist it is classist, folks. She did not look like she had the money. I recently went into Jimmy Choo's in Chevy Chase and the staff ignored. I own several pairs of Choo shoes. This is just a case a low SES thinking a high SES person looks a certain way.
I always think it is because I am overweight.
Anonymous wrote:I don't see why a shop girl would refuse to show a customer a product...don't they get paid on commission?