IF his story is true as told; I have to side with the doc on this one...
He should switch to proctology. He’s definitely anal.
Tell her to find a pillow and mind her own business.
73 year old man alone in store sitting on the floor of the children’s reading section is suspicious and creepy. B&N has plenty of chairs and benches in other areas that he could have settled.
Unless B&N has a written posted notice of this policy at the entrance to the children’s section, the doctor is correct, he should not have been asked to leave.
And just what relief will you be asking for Doctor? You have no damages. No lawyer would take your case on a contingency basis because there is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Man up and get over it.
“The employee told Amin that a female customer complained that he made her uncomfortable, Amin said.”
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Know what?
I’m “uncomfortable” with sh!t disturbing, pathologically suspicious females, who think every male is a predator waiting to attack.
This story is diametrically opposed to the story on the internet yesterday which stated that Dr Amin was satisfied with the apology and just wanted to regain anonymity and go on with his life.
I am sorry but unless the guy was in a female only dressing room area, we had better put a stop to this idea there are places in stores where men can’t be by themselves, real fast.
This is bullsh1t. And places that do it ought to be sued. To the extent nobody else dares to.
And what would people say if the store kicked out an older woman by herself because a man told an employee that she made him feel uncomfortable?
They’d say “Why didn’t you just leave?” Double standard.
We are not going to be treated like criminals for being by ourselves or because a WOMAN (pure and innocent and never wrong in any of her observations) is uncomfortable.
Heavens if this is the new standard then they are going to be escorting men, other women and children out of stores for doing nothing because some woman is uncomfortable about them.
If a guy’s uncomfortable, too freaking bad. They’d probably escort him out for complaining about the creepy woman in the first place and being so rude to point out she’s creepy.
Exactly how did this store justify their actions?
This is as good an argument as I can think of for shopping on-line.
This is the world we live in, it shouldn’t be but it is, men alone “with children” are assumed to be a threat, been that way for a long time. And with a high profile child disappearance that has the divorced dad as the most popular suspect just 100 miles down the road from this B&N he really shouldn’t be surprised.
During my shopping at Walmart today, I walked through the outside of the children’s clothing section to get to the register to pay for my purchases. Guess I’m lucky nobody found me “suspicious” and asked me to leave.
A few years ago, as I was settling into the window seat of an AA flight, a young mother and her very young daughter sat next to me. The little girl was maybe 2-3 yrs old and was sitting between us. For some unknown reason, the little girl decided she really, really liked me. She immediately locked her eyes on me and started putting her little hand on my arm. The mom kept apologizing, but I assured her, there wasn't a problem. The truth is, I grew up wanting a little sister, and when I got older, wanting a daughter, but had a (wonderful) son. I would have adopted this little girl right there and then, no questions asked.
Throughout the entire flight, mom would tell her to leave me alone, but it wouldn't be long before she would stand up in her seat and snuggle up next to me. I assured mom she wasn't bothering me in the least. The truly unfortunate part of this whole story is, I was painfully aware that I was a suspect. I could tell the mother was a nervous wreck because she wanted to be protective of her daughter without offending me or changing seats without good reason. Outwardly I was being polite and smiling at the little girl, but I would have really enjoyed engaging this adorable little angel to pass the time...but my motives would been been immediately suspect. It was important to me that mom knew her daughter was sitting next to a protector rather than a predator.
Sad.
methinks thy doctor doth protest too much
Without implying guilt or innocents, you don’t see many 73 year olds sitting on the floor.
Why would you go to the kids section of a bookstore (usually noisy from kids) to take a phone call?
That alone strikes me as odd.
But I also agree there are folks out there just looking to mind someone elses beeswax.
Hey, Omar, strap on a suicide vest and go back. That will show those infidels.