Story out of Edmonton, Alberta:
"Fat" is a cruel label that Edmonton shopper Camilla Glowacki never wanted to see in writing. Glowacki is now speaking out, saying that she was "body shamed" by a store clerk earlier this week.
"I've been called fat, but not from a store," she said.
Glowacki was shopping for presents for her daughter's fourth birthday Monday afternoon at accessories store Ardene in Edmonton's Northgate Centre. After picking out a few hair clips and headbands, she went up to the till, but decided to shop around a little bit more. When the cashier suspended the purchase, the employee left the transaction paper on the counter, and Glowacki picked it up.
That's when Glowacki found the word "fat" printed neatly on the receipt, in the comment section meant to include customer information.
"I stood there and started reading it, and the cashier ripped it out my hand. And she crumpled it up really hard into a tiny little ball, and threw it in the garbage," said Glowacki.
"That transaction paper was clearly not meant for my eyes."
Shaken and insulted, Glowacki said she calmly demanded, again and again, to see the receipt. Eventually, a manager came out of the back room, fished the offending paperwork out of the garbage, handed it to Glowacki and apologized for the cashier's behaviour. Cont. (Video)
Story from - CBC News
Image from - Ivan Mllnarlc - Flickr
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