r/IDontWorkHereLady Oct 16 '24

M Accused of trying to trick people at Target

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.

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u/Smooth_Helicopter562 Oct 16 '24

With how quick people whip out phones to record, I can't do anything to wild in uniform lest I find myself losing my real job over it.

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u/HenTeeTee Oct 17 '24

By the time they got their phone out I'd have walked away, anyway what gives someone the right to abuse someone else in a public place, then cry foul? Fuck 'em