Years ago, I was in a LOWE'S home improvement store.

A customer came up to me and asked me for my help.

Being a little familiar with the store, I asked him what he was looking for and attempted to help them find what they needed.

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I managed to give him a little help and when we were done, we had a good laugh about it.


Pretty good for not being an employee of the chain?

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I read the store about the prez being mistaken for a 'valet' and his wife being asked to get something off a shelf for a woman at a TARGET store?

Apparently, being mistaken for a 'working joe' is beneath either one?

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Obama claims that he and his wife have been 'treated like help' in the past by being mistaken for employees.

I always thought that by going into public service, your main job was helping the public.

Sad to think that people are stuck in the mindset where EVERY encounter with the regular people has racial overtones?