Two young men, one 25 and the other 21, claim that a saleswoman refused to serve them and asked them to come accompanied by their parents, even though they had the documents and could prove that they were of age. In fact, they didn't even ask for cigarettes, alcohol, or other adult-only products.
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Two young people who wanted to buy a bunny were refused by the saleswoman at the Pet Shop, without further explanation. The woman asked the two to come accompanied by their parents, although they were both willing to show her their identity cards to prove they were of age.
The entire experience was narrated on the Reddit platform by the 21-year-old, and the topic was then widely commented on by netizens.
“A few days ago, I was walking with a friend through the mall (I – 21, he – 25). At one point, I passed an Animax. We decided to go into the store and saw a rabbit for sale. It was small and cute and a little black. My friend wanted to buy it, because he already had a rabbit at home, and from what he said, he was feeling a little lonely. Well, he goes to the saleswoman and says: «Hello. I would like to buy this rabbit»”she began her account.
What followed was utterly surprising and probably impossible to predict. “The saleswoman looks at him, measures him from head to toe and says: 'I'm sorry, you have to come with your parents.' We were both surprised. I explained that we are both adults. At one point, my friend also showed him the bulletin. The woman said she is not interested, we have to come with our parents. And here comes the funny/cringe phase, call it what you will… My friend's parents are dead. He lives alone and supports himself. When I told this to the saleswoman, she said she wasn't interested”the girl said.
The start of a controversy
All the young people's insistences were in vain. Even when they asked to speak to the store manager they were unable to resolve the issue.
“I found it so outrageous that I asked to speak to a manager. She told me that the manager is not there and that she is not giving us the rabbit. He probably thought we were minors, although he had no reason to believe that because he had at least been shown a bulletin. My question: Is such a thing possible? Is it justified how the seller proceeded?”she concluded her post.
The young woman's message started a real debate and divided netizens. Some were surprised by the saleswoman's stubbornness, but there were also enough of those who agreed with her.
Finally, some chose to joke about the two young people. “Maybe he meant the rabbit's parents? Let it not be just a misunderstanding in the middle”someone wrote.
“It seems strange, but maybe the woman thought you were taking it to use in the orgies, or who knows what impression you left on her. It's cringe, but from her point of view, she protected the animal. Try elsewhere and if you experience the same, I say do a little self-analysis and retrospection of how you appear to/in public.”
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“Well, I also have reason to believe that the saleswoman was going to use the rabbit in the denatured organs, and I wanted to save it. Play this,” came an immediate reply.
“You probably look like freaks, he thought you were buying him to torture him or something, he didn't have any bad intentions, he just wanted to protect the animal, which is very good.” has anyone tried
“Are you sure you don't look like a dehydrated version of Michael Jackson in clothes 8 sizes bigger than you? In that case I wouldn't sell you anything either,” someone else continued to joke.
Pros and cons
Others made the moralists: “I hope that the sale of live animals in such stores will also be banned in our country. It is probably justified how the seller acted if she believed that you did not have good intentions with the animal and wanted to torture it. You can't force someone to sell you an animal just because you want it.”
However, there were also voices that criticized the seller. Someone suggested the young woman to make a complaint and harshly criticized those who were amused at the expense of the two and proved the saleswoman to be right.
“Direct complaint to ANPC and that company. The animal is not a product to be denied the right to purchase / adopt. They would certainly lead a much happier life than that miserable cage that leads to animal trauma due to stressors such as music from the store, people talking, children screaming and more. The commercial worker has discriminated based on appearance and/or sex, which leads to direct dismissal, and with the necessary resources and willingness, to court for compensation. that you ask, you don't buy communist ghost mentalities that destroy more than the person's self-esteem, they directly affect the animal's life. We are no longer discussing the retardation of social progress. The rest of the comments that categorize and accuse you because you look a certain way, taking the side of the commercial worker, are stupid animals that need to replace the beings that are now in cages”someone wrote.
Welcome to the real world
It was also the moment when the young woman intervened and thanked for the support. “Thanks for your support! I explained above that neither I nor my friend are different from other normal people. There is nothing wrong with us. The saleswoman may have thought we were under 18, but then again, she had been shown a ticket… However, what can my friend and I do in this case? It was a demoralizing situation.”
“These kinds of stories should also come with a takeaway picture, not another, but I've worked with retailers and witnessed enough similar scenes where vendors refused to serve people or let them into the restaurant just because they looked weird . The simple explanation: “We see thousands of people every day, we have learned to smell the dubious ones”. In your case, when it comes to a live animal, if you gave off weird vibes, it won't help. Welcome to the real world”, it was someone else's opinion.
It was immediately contradicted by someone else. “In other words, it seems to me completely normal and fair to be refused because you have a physical appearance that does not inspire confidence”“, came the reply, among dozens of messages.
