So this was an encounter I had with a SC when I was a customer myself.
I have a very severe dairy allergy, I have to carry an epipen with me and be careful about everything I eat. Unless it's something like fruit and veg, or something I've purchased in the past, I have to check the packets of everything I buy for the allergy info. (seriously, I've found processed chicken and tomato ketchup before that contains milk).
So I'm in my local shop and I'm looking for something sweet that I can eat. I notice a fairly well dressed middle age woman looking at me out of the corner of her eye. I try to ignore her and move on. I'm go in the freezer area and I'm looking at some frozen fishcakes when she appears again, looking annoyed. I put back the pack I'm holding and pick up another brand which just so happen to be one of these "healthy eating light" packs. Hooray I can eat them! I go to put them in my basket when suddenly she's in my face:
SC: People who are thin like you should not be checking the calories on packets! This is what's wrong with your generation, obsessed with image!
Me:
SC: Seriously, you are going to end up with an eat disorder, your parents should not allow you to be doing this
(I'm 22 and live by myself!)
Me: Well actually I'm checking the packets for allergy information. I'm allergic to dairy.
SC: That's not likely is it!
Me: It's not any of your business and I really don't care for your opinion.
SC: I'm going to report you!
Me: Okay, good luck with that.
I'm not sure who she was going to report me to, maybe I should have asked? I just turned and walked off, I was fuming. What right does she have to pry into my food and my life? What if I actually had an eating disorder. Part of me definitely wanted to slap her.
I have a very severe dairy allergy, I have to carry an epipen with me and be careful about everything I eat. Unless it's something like fruit and veg, or something I've purchased in the past, I have to check the packets of everything I buy for the allergy info. (seriously, I've found processed chicken and tomato ketchup before that contains milk).
So I'm in my local shop and I'm looking for something sweet that I can eat. I notice a fairly well dressed middle age woman looking at me out of the corner of her eye. I try to ignore her and move on. I'm go in the freezer area and I'm looking at some frozen fishcakes when she appears again, looking annoyed. I put back the pack I'm holding and pick up another brand which just so happen to be one of these "healthy eating light" packs. Hooray I can eat them! I go to put them in my basket when suddenly she's in my face:
SC: People who are thin like you should not be checking the calories on packets! This is what's wrong with your generation, obsessed with image!
Me:
SC: Seriously, you are going to end up with an eat disorder, your parents should not allow you to be doing this
(I'm 22 and live by myself!)
Me: Well actually I'm checking the packets for allergy information. I'm allergic to dairy.
SC: That's not likely is it!
Me: It's not any of your business and I really don't care for your opinion.
SC: I'm going to report you!
Me: Okay, good luck with that.
I'm not sure who she was going to report me to, maybe I should have asked? I just turned and walked off, I was fuming. What right does she have to pry into my food and my life? What if I actually had an eating disorder. Part of me definitely wanted to slap her.
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