A Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse in Southern Virginia went above and beyond to provide a racist customer with excellent service last week. The manager of the location, stopped a Black employee from making a delivery, after a customer informed them of her “Whites Only” policy.
Marcus Bradley was actually on his way to make the delivery, when he got the phone call telling him to turn that truck back around. “I asked him why I couldn’t do it, and he said because you’re Black, and they don’t want you at the house,” said Bradley.
Bradley wasn’t exactly happy that Lowe’s didn’t stand behind him, and neither was his white co-worker. “To me, it just ain’t right for a business that we work at to go on with the woman’s wishes,” said Alex Brooks, who worked with Bradley for 11 years.
When the drivers made it back to Lowe’s, Bradley was replaced by a white person, and Brooks didn’t like that one bit. “That’s kind of where I just had to put my foot down and say I couldn’t do it with them.”
Regardless of the situation, Bradley had to continue working because it’s his job. “I mean, I thought that Lowe’s would take up for me,” he admitted. “I’m going to keep going to work like I’ve always done. But I would think Lowe’s would take it into consideration to think about what they’re doing next time.”
The manager of the store has been fired for caving to racist demands, and the customer is perfectly fine with her decision. Lowe’s however, denounced the store saying in a statement: “A discriminatory request should never be honored because it is inconsistent with the company’s values.”
When approached, the racist customer explained why she won’t let Black people in her home to deliver stuff: “I got a right to have whatever I want and that’s it,” she said.
Also, racism has no conscience, so when asked if she felt bad about the debacle, she stuck to her guns. “No, I don’t feel bad about nothing.”
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