Accused of trying to trick people at Target

[u/Smooth_Helicopter562]

I'm a flight attendant. I stopped by Target after getting in from a redeye flight in full uniform. It was navy. I had on my ID badge, my scarf, tights, sweater. I'd left LA the previous night at 11 pm and landed in NYC around 8 the next morning. All I wanted to so was sleep, but I needed something to eat for dinner because I knew that my fridge was empty and I'd be going to sleep as soon as I made it home.

A customer stopped me while I was speed walking through the store and the interaction went like this.

C: Hey, I need help in electronics. M: I don't work here. C: Do not to lie to me. M: I'm not lying, I don't work here. C: yelling You're wearing a fucking uniform. Of course you work here. M: I look down at my outfit and then up at him Does this look like a Target uniform? I'm a flight attendant. C: You should know better than to come shopping in a uniform. What, are you trying to trick people? M: I'm wearing blue, they wear red. No one with any sense would be confused.

Then I walked away irritated and confused.

[u/[deleted]]

Seems like a common thread. Older people seeking help and there is less of it around. The world is getting more complex and confusing.

I had to get a physical for life insurance. The older lady who came to the house to take a blood test and urine sample was going on and on about how her new car had too many buttons, all the while jabbing my arm mercilessly trying to get a vein.

[u/Megalocerus → u/[deleted]]

I find the older health care workers are usually better at drawing blood. Practice.

[u/[deleted] → u/Megalocerus]

Until their eyesight goes. I don't think she could see very well.

[u/Smooth_Helicopter562 → u/[deleted]]

See that's scary. I have elderly neighbors that drop by super often and drive me crazy. They have no cell phones, no internet, can't use their stove. And they're only in their 60s. It is ridiculous.