I thought exposing the woman’s lie would settle everything. But when the manager arrived, the employee’s terrified reaction made me realize more was at stake than a few broken bottles.
“They’ll hire any idiot these days!” the woman screamed at the young supermarket employee standing beside a cart surrounded by broken bottles.
He had Down syndrome, and he looked absolutely terrified.
The woman demanded that someone fetch the manager.
I volunteered, and she actually smiled at me.
She thought I was on her side.
But when I returned with the manager, she stopped smiling. And what happened afterward revealed something far more upsetting than a few broken bottles.
My name is Jennifer, and that afternoon, my daughter Sasha and I had popped into the supermarket near our house for a few things.
“Mom, can I get a juice today? Please?”
“Sure. Go pick one. Don’t wander off.”
She’d barely gone when I heard glass smash.
I dropped what I was holding and ran toward the noise.
Broken bottles lay scattered around a stock cart, and a young employee stood beside it, hands on his head. He had Down syndrome.
A woman was standing over him.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “I’m sorry. I’ll get someone.”
“No. You stay right here.”
She was loud enough that people two aisles over turned around.
“God, I can’t believe this! Look at you. You can’t even get a bottle off a shelf. How did you even get this job?”
He opened his mouth, but she cut him off.
“I asked for one bottle. One. And now look at this.”
My daughter was standing beside the opposite shelf.
“Come here, honey,” I said.
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