Angélique S
Google
I wanted to share what I experienced tonight, which was such a horrible experience. This Saturday I went out with my boyfriend to have a good time. I chose Sugar Hill because I thought it looked like a beautiful spot with a great atmosphere.
When we arrived, we went to the bar to order drinks. I understand it was busy, and we stayed patient all that time, but the waitress still served every customer who came after us before us. We were confused and tried to signal to her several times, but we were still ignored until she decided we were worth serving. My boyfriend couldn’t believe how she acted. It was done in such a passive-aggressive way that she must have thought no one would notice.
To make matters worse, despite the poor treatment, I was charged a service fee. It’s not the money that matters most to me, but the service , giving someone bad service because of their skin color or gender is unacceptable. I went back to speak with her, but instead of listening, she even went over to speak with the Black male server who had an Afro. Right after their conversation, he gave me a mean, condescending look , and all of this happened in front of another customer who witnessed the whole scene from the beginning visibly shocked. She then immediately called two Black security guards. They didn’t allow me to explain and treated me with unnecessary aggression. They chose not to listen to me and to believe what she told them. I left the building and stayed outside feeling completely dehumanized, hurt, and humiliated like never before.
I am sharing this because I hope one day life will show her that no one chooses their skin color, race, or gender , we don’t have control over it.
To the two Black security guards and the Black server who treated me as if I was nothing, maybe you hold stereotypes about women who look like you, and you chose to believe her instead of me. That choice says more about you than it ever could about me.
I will never set foot in that place again. I hope that people who go there will have an idea of the service they might receive.