Piada Italian Street Food

Good morning/afternoon/evening to anyone reading this. I wanted to share my experience when I went to Piada in Rocky River on 2/1/2023 around 7 pm. My cousin and I (two African American women) entered Piada together and when we went to order our food there was an older black woman already there having her order made. We waited patiently and then told the servers our order no problem. When the older black woman who walked in minutes BEFORE us whom we were not even conversing with got to the register, a Caucasian girl says she believed we were all paying together. My jaw dropped I was in shock because like I said we walked in MINUTES after this women and we did not know her at all nor conversate with her that whole time. If anyone is confused why her comment irked me, it is because that comment is an example of what we call micro aggression. It was clear as day as one of her coworkers looked at her in disbelief and the older black woman turned to us and said “she just said that because we’re all black right?”. I am not sure if Piada is not used to serving diverse customers but I felt very disrespected by the comment because for one not all black people know each other and two what makes you think we can’t pay for our own food? Mind you she wasn’t even the one ringing us up and if she was there are alternative ways she could’ve ask that if she genuinely was confused not that it was any of her concern because as I mentioned she was not ringing up orders. If the person who was ringing up orders was confused which she wasn’t because she actually paid attention, but if she was she could’ve just confirmed the older black woman’s order prior to ringing her up. For example, “ I see you have x, y, and z would you like to add anything to your order? Does that sound right? Am I missing something?” Is that’s simple. Clearly the staff needs to go through some sensitivity training or the managers need to be conscious of what kind of people they are hiring and having interact with customers. The food was great as it usually is but no food is good enough to deal with that kind of service . I took a lot of me not to play into the stereotypical angry black woman role, but I had to remind myself I am more than that and if I showed out I probably would’ve been arrested. It’s a shame that a place so good could be so unpleasant.