No, I am NOT a woman; men can carry bags for their shit these days too. No, I will not leave my $400 bag with ipod, wallet, sunglasses, etc. behind the counter, because, if for NO OTHER REASON, women are allowed to carry their bags throughout the store; and therefore, so should I.
Basically, some guy who works at the liquor store came over to me, and bitchily asked me to leave my bag at the counter, to which I replied, “do you ask women to leave their purses at the counter?”. He replied, “no, but are you a woman?”. Clearly, I am not a fucking woman you asshole, but that doesn’t make any difference, I will not leave my bag behind the counter for the same reason that women do not have to. It is the same as a purse, so get the fuck over it. My bag wasn’t even big enough to put a bottle of alcohol in without it clearly being noticeable; so what was all the fuss about!?!
What I should have done was just put down my basket full of booze, and walked the fuck out, but instead, I just told him that he would just have to get over it, because I was almost done shopping anyway. What I found interesting, is the lady at the counter heard it all, and said that the reason he approached me, was because he must have thought it was a “backpack”; which interestingly enough, the woman behind me in line was actually wearing, and had carried throughout the store with no fuss.
Needless to say, I won’t be going back into that liquor store (Green’s on Buford Highway), and as such, won’t have to worry about whether or not I can carry my belongings with me; like all the women are allowed to do. Clearly, they don’t need my business, so I can go elsewhere!
Might make an interesting discrimination case, in terms of public accommodations. It would also be interesting to see what the cops would do.
I think the distinction should be based solely on the size of the bag. Could you fit enough merchandise in the bag to make it worth confiscating? At a liquor store, for most purses, the answer is “no”, which is why allowing them MIGHT make sense–but only if they allow men to carry bags of similar size. For backpacks, all bets are off, and I understand why they would want to hold them for you.
Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion and it’s great that you are voting with your wallet.
The market has spoken.
@Garrett: Agreed; and my bag would not be considered “large” by any means; and it is NOT a backpack. As I mentioned, if there was anything in there that shouldn’t have been, it would clearly be noticeable.
And yes, this market has spoken; I hope my fellow gays follow my lead.
Well i agree with liquor store guy too because you may not steel at all but someone else if allowed to carry bag in store could. those bottle are expensive i guess it will hurt them badly
just my 2cent
I don’t know if it is possible for me to “steel” (turn to? become? make things into?). The POINT I was making, is that they allowed women to carry purses, but I, a guy, wasn’t allowed to the exact same thing. It was sexist, and I refused to succumb to it.