Mayfair — Local services in Wauwatosa

On Thursday, May 16th, my friend and I visited Mayfair Mall with our four children, ages seven, nine and twelve (2). At approximately 06:45 PM, we entered Claire's. We let the children look around the store while we waited at the front for them. This is our normal practice and has never been questioned since our children are not noisy, do not run around like wild animals, and have never showcased poor behavior in stores. After approximately five minutes of being in the store, we noticed a mall security guard enter the store. We didn't think anything of it, as it looked like the security guard was coming into chit-chat with the store associate. After about seven minutes, the security guard signaled us to come over. I got up and walked over by him, and he mumbled something to the effect that one of our children was stealing. The four children gathered around because they were interested in hearing what he said. Since he (this was "Officer" Stanley, #202) didn't say who exactly he was accusing or who did what, I said who, who exactly are you talking about? The security guard randomly pointed to my friend's daughter. And I asked what exactly she did (my friend was making her way over at this time). The security guard once again mumbled something (my best guess is that even he didn't want to hear his nonsense?!) and said my friend's daughter had a bracelet on her wrist. Okay, I'm pretty sure many people do this in a store like Claire's- they TRY ON jewelry products. If that is illegal there should be a sign posted so that all customers are treated EQUALLY. I immediately said then let's have the child take off her sweatshirt so you can see there is nothing on her wrists... and let's also have her show you there is nothing in her sweatshirt pockets. The security guard wanted nothing to do with a logical rebuttal and then he said "just leave". So. This security guard is ACCUSING A CHILD OF THEFT, but when we offer to show him she has nothing on her (and never once did she attempt to leave the store)... he won't have any of it. Makes absolutely no sense. Bizarre. Pathetic. Sickening.

After my friend walked over from the front of the store and once again asked the security guard what he was talking about, he quickly became more defensive and asked us to leave. The situation was so bizarre because we continued to offer to show that this child had nothing on her, and he wanted nothing to do with any form of rebuttal. We also asked to see the video footage from the store. Once again, the security guard told us to leave. The entire situation was just that- BIZARRE. Finally, after we did leave the store (yes, we overstayed our welcome while trying to understand the issue and trying to show the security guard that the child was not trying to steal anything- isn't that what any parent would do?), then the security guard called the Wauwatosa cops on us to eventually escort us off of the property.

Also of note, at one point, when we reminded the security guard that someone could have searched the child, he replied that we had never given him a chance to call a female officer to do so. Again, WHAT? He almost immediately asked us to leave the store, and in doing so, I guess he was encouraging theft because, allegedly, one of our children had a bracelet on their wrist?!

If you become the target of discrimination at Mayfair Mall by the security guards from Andy Frain Security, SPEAK UP! Contact the Mayfair Mall Security Office, contact Andy Frain Security, contact Mayfair Mall Management, contact the company that owns Mayfair (Brookfield Properties Retail Inc.), and contact the MEDIA! The media will be our next step. One instance may not be a big deal; however, I highly doubt we are the only group of people who were discriminated against at this mall. If everyone treated in an abhorrent fashion by Mayfair Mall Security speaks up, maybe something will be done to rectify said situation! DO NOT WILLINGLY LET YOURSELF BE THE TARGET OF MAYFAIR MALL SECURITY, PARTICULARLY "STANLEY, #202" 's...

Here's the objective review of Mayfair that anyone scrolling through these reviews cares about:

It's clean, it's big, it's got a theater, it's popular, you can buy anything you want in it except literally anything useful. It's Mayfair. You know it already. I know you're gonna go. So go.

But whenever I go here I can't help but shake the feeling of disgust. Malls are a fair representation of American culture. They're enormous buildings dedicated to selling you things you don't need. Name brand clothing, shoes, home decor, jewelry, salons. Things that only a first world country could ever hold in such high regard and here we have a billion dollar business center just for these cultural obscenities.

Can you buy cleaning supplies? Tools? Other practical home hardware? No. The closest thing is overpriced kitchen equipment.

Malls are the picture of consumerist excess. They're tone deaf to the state of the world. And among all the name brands and the money and the flocking sheep called customers if one stops and looks around they'd realize that the place is empty. That's right. A mall is devoid of meaning or soul. It's a trap for the easily amused and a carefully constructed psychological device made to lift money from your wallet that you could otherwise use to purchase something to better yourself. A mall may provide goods and services but when considering the value of true personal enrichment it is a gaping, black abyss that sucks everything in it's path into the maw.

So Mayfair, you cannot help what you are. But I can choose to distance myself from your culture.

Btw I haven't forgiven you for getting rid of that chicken joint in the food court.

2 stars. Go to a local park instead. Take a road trip without a destination. Read a book. Take a loved one out on a date. True meaning isn't...

Box lunch made me feel "harassed" they followed me and there workers told there friends that work there that I sold more then before and she lied about me taking a keychain that was behind the register. And accused me of ing more items, The worst part is that when she looked through my bag she check two times not once two times when she was sitting there looking all sweet but she asked to look and had the audacity? To said "There's a empty toy which I brought from Barnes and noble. Banned me for 2 years for what reason? We're only 18 -17 your picking on kids? You had us banned for the whole mall and told every single store to watch out because of this? Mayfair told us we were banned for 2 years? For a small thing which caused this white lady to start assuming we took more. She even had the audacity to say, have you been a hot topic she is telling me that she thinks we're stealing from hot topic to. Which makes me feel harassed, they followed me around the store with me and my boyfriend, which made me so uncomfortable. I don't want an apology because following me around without my consent, it's just weird. Even though I'm in your store, you do not have my consent to follow me, you follow me. This is what causes this problem. It's got me banned for 2 years just for a small item " Box lunch I really do hope you guys shut down I would never in my life touch or look at your store I would love to see you guys shut down for this harassed me for 2 years, Box lunch your store and mayfair you don't have the right to just ban me from every single store you could have just banned me from your store! I don't like the way you followed me and looked at me? I will keep this information to my head forward I hope you know you...