Mary A.
Yelp
My mother went earlier to buy Kroger water. They had them 5 for $10.00. Limit 5/person. My mother had 10 with her and explained that the other 5 were for my grandfather who is disabled. With complete disrespect, she didn't take that in consideration, neither did she have manners to explain the rules politely and accordingly. The cashier (name unknown, since she was watching the self-pay check out) was so mean, disrespectful, unprofessional in explaining the rules of the store.
My mother ( Arab-American) then left the store, came back later after at least couple hours. She grabbed the 5 cases of water to buy for my disabled grandpa. The lady came out of the blue, rushed to the cash register intended that my mother was standing at and told her not to allow my mother to buy them. My mother got frustrated and nervous, didn't know what to do and left the rest of the other groceries behind ( which would have costed at least $60.00). She acted very racist towards my mother.
I asked my mother why didn't she talk to the supervisor. She said it didn't occur to her to ask, as she assumed that the (white-female lady) who came running from the other end of the store was the manager herself.
Frankly speaking, I have almost never been satisfied with the customer services at Kroger in Dearborn. If there is 0/5 rating, I would have gladly posted it. I should say though, that although most of them are disrespectful, there are some that are still decent, such as one (African-American male) that assisted me and my mother about a month ago, while having some difficulties at the self-check-out. (Thumbs up for such great people with respect; Unfortunately I don't remember his name as I'm very bad with names, but I vividly remember his smiling face).
To conclude, Kroger, located in Dearborn, has just lost a valuable customer and my advice is if they keep treating customers like that, they will definitely shut down sooner than they think.
A word of advice, I reiterate that whether that white-female lady was the manager or not, Kroger supervisor and directors should pay close attention into their staff being hired, especially when the community is a diverse community. One main thing to teach their staff members is cultural competency. People who lack such a skill will never be able to handle problem-solving situations, neither would they be able to bring up the productivity and profit outcomes intended for the company they are working for.