Target

PROFILED AT TARGET 225st by Employee name EVA at self checkout.

Today I had a terrible experience at target on 225th st. I went to target with my little sister who has a get together with her friends tonight and wanted to find a cute outfit. Never would I have imagined that we would be profiled. My sister tried on different size outfits in the fitting room excited for her event. We waited in line at self checkout and an employee name EVA told us to get off the self checkout line and go to the registers if we have more than 10 items. I didn’t see her asking anyone but my sister and I. Her focus was solely on us. I explained to another employee me and my sister have separate items so we are basically two different customers and the other employee didn’t have an issue she let us use self checkout. Employee Eva returns and states wow I told u both if it’s 10 or more u can’t use self check out she proceeded to SAY OVER THE WALKIE IN FRONT OF OTHER GUEST AND EMPLOYEE PLEASE WATCH THE REGISTER THEY ARE USING. I have witness who can attest to this. She kept telling us to get off self check after I had already paid for my items. This was very unprofessional , She made us seem like as if we were stealing. I told her she can watch us checkout if she is suspicious of anything and she stated in front of other customers “ I have to watch other people”. Making everyone feel uncomfortable. I even showed my receipt to the other employee of my purchase and I told EVA that and she didn’t seem to care. I then was able to speak to the manager and she also admitted that was unacceptable I also reported this incident to corporate. I would have never imagined this would happened to me and my little sister I really hope this matter is addressed and no other customer have to experience this. This was humiliating and embarrassing. I will make sure that this matter gets known I am close with people in the industry who have a supportive large audience. I want to make sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else. I feel like Hispanic and African Americans are usually targeted in these business and it’s time for a change. We are all equal and l work very hard for my earnings working in the medical field to experience this behavior from an employee at target.Target needs to follow up and address these behavior. Thank you to the store manager who apologized for Eva behavior.