Today has a lot going on. It is the first night of Hanukkah, 25 days until Christmas and World AIDS Day. Since I celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas (Christmakkah) with my family, we have always struggled at finding Hanukkah stuff on the South Shore. My grandmother gave me this really pretty gold Star of David necklace before she passed away. My sisters have always wanted one just like mine and this year I decided to search for one. This has become harder than I thought. I wanted to share with everyone my story from this past weekend...
I was in the mall and I decided to go into every place that sold jewelry and ask if they had any Star of David pendents, charms, anything at all. Most people were really helpful and said that either they have them on the online store but not in the mall since the Jewish population is so small on the South Shore or that they don't carry them at all and that they are sorry. My last stop was Macy's and I found one Star of David, I decided to ask the lady if they had any more. She looked at me like I had five heads and then said "If we do, they'd be over there." She pointed and walked away as fast as she could. I couldn't figure out where she pointed to so I went and I found her again and said to her "Excuse me, I asked where the Star of Davids would be and you walked away from me after pointing. That was very rude, could you please show me where they are instead of pointing?" The women became very defensive and said "Why can't you buy a cross?" I was so upset and just walked out of the store.
After that experience, I was a bit shaken up. How can people be so rude and ignorant? I know that Judaism isn't as prominent as Catholicism in this "neck of the woods" but you don't need to be so hostile towards someone that is just asking a question.
What do you think?
WoW! What a Bitch! I was unaware that the jewish population on the south shore was so small. Perhaps you shaould try hitting the mom and pops jewelry stores I could sware that a handful of them around here are jewish family owned. That sounded kinda weird, sorry. I just can't believe how much of a tool that lady was. Good luck finding that necklace though and Happy Christmakkquanza!
ReplyDeleteWOW :O( That is really awful.If I were you I would definitely write a letter and/or call the store and speak to a manager. There are plenty of people out there that would like her job, and if she is going to treat customers that way, she shouldn't work there anymore.
ReplyDeletethat's crazy that she said that to you. i definitely would have spoken to a manager or something. Theres a store in my home town called Nathans that sells stuff like that, a couple of years ago i remember seeing star of david earings!
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