Target

Yesterday, December 12, 2016 around 2:30 PM to 4 PM, I was shopping with my father who is a senior of 74 years. When we got on line to pay for the items, a Hispanic lady stood behind us. The cashier then told us that she was closing and that we had to go to another line. I and my father moved to another line without complain while the lady who was behind us remained murmuring that she was not going to go to another line. My father kept looking at the situation from our new location and noticed that the cashier was allowing the lady to put her items on the conveyor belt after we had left because the cashier told us she was closing. Because of this, my father went to investigate because he found it unfair and discriminatory. The cashier then let him come back and he called me over. I proceeded to roll the cart with our items (gifts for his grand kids) back to the location we were at while the Hispanic lady behind us remained and did not move. She was visibly upset and rude, disturbing the peace and inciting. This was noted even more as my father unloaded the cart. This lady began harassing my father. I told her to calm down or I would call the police for harassment and disturbing the peace. The lady snickered and continued her verbal attack. We exchanged some words and I told my father to ignore her that she was obviously upset and acting irrational. Then, the cashier started yelling at me and insinuating that I was a racist and had to leave the store. I was shocked. How can this employee of Target pass judgment on me when her job is to attend to the cash register and purchases? I immediately cried out for a manager saying "an employee is disrespecting me." A team worker from Target came along. I assumed he was a manager. I told him what happened and he did not remedy the situation fairly. He sided with the cashier, did not listen to my side and asked security to remove me and my father who did nothing wrong. He never told the Hispanic lady who was harassing us to leave. This team worker failed to keep neutrality and passed judgment on me as well stating that I was a trouble maker simply for trying to tell him what happened and that I wanted to file a report against the cashier who yelled at me. Then the security team lady came and told me I could not videotape the situation and had to leave. She was very rude and acted unprofessionally. In fact, all were rude and unprofessional. I called Target Corporation and filed a complain. Clearly, my father and I were discriminated against and harassed by Target's staff along with the angry Hispanic lady. Moreover, clearly, the cashier was favoring the Hispanic lady because both appeared to be of Mexican origin. This is unprofessional and discriminatory. Please avoid this store. I may have to follow up legally if these team workers are not fired. Bronx 12 was notified and hopefully they will do a story on this incident. It is unfortunate that no one can shop in peace in a professional place. If you are a lawyer and read this, please contact me.