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It just so happened my wife and I were in a CVS (a US pharmacy chain) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan (think pooches inside Gucci bags), and I wanted to get

It just so happened my wife and I were in a CVS (a US pharmacy chain) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan (think pooches inside Gucci bags), and I wanted to get a Deodorant. We had to call the staff to unlock small pigeon hole after another just to see what was written on the labels. As always it is not just one thing - the lady that came to help us was in a Hijab and was studying medicine and was helping her parents who immigrated from Turkey and own the operation rights of that store, on thanksgiving eve. May be I am Old, but I did not mind the locked shelves after meeting her.

55555 4y ago
You sound like a really nice person but I agree with the sibling commenters and I also wonder if your understanding of Turkey is accurate and balanced. https://www.academia.edu/49496498/Turkish_Women_in_the_Professions_Why_So_Many https://www.academia.edu/49496498/Turkish_Women_in_the_Profe...
taolegal 4y ago
Not sure what you're trying to get across. Am I supposed to think that locked shelves is normal or ok, should we minimize yet another needlessly bizarre and inconvenient impediment in ordinary life? Because of some romantic anecdote about a second-generation model minority?
saberience 4y ago
adventured 4y ago
CVS doesn't lease out or franchise operating rights to their stores in the US. They own and operate all of them exclusively. They operate similarly to Walgreens in that respect.
- teg4n_ 4y ago
  lmao so the parent post just made up their story? on the internet no less!?
  - adventured 4y ago
    I'd assume there was a miscommunication with the person that was working at the CVS store. She may have been talking about another store that her parents have the operating rights to or such.
    - ryan_lane 4y ago
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z9znz 4y ago
Maybe I'm not putting all the pieces together correctly. What is the significance of her wearing a hijab? Why is that worthy of mention, or the fact that the owner family was from Turkey? And also the Thanksgiving eve bit?
- yadaeno 4y ago
  Op is explaining why this particular interaction was "worthwhile" enough to justify the inconvenience of pressing the assistance button. If this had been Gary whose worked at CVS for 17 years and hates his job i'm sure the detail would have been left out.
  - unsupp0rted 4y ago
    And Gary’s just as worthy of an income as any other person, hijab or no, immigrant or no. OP is doing that thing in which immigrants aren’t people, but rather a cute special needy class of virtuous go-getters. As an immigrant, I don’t like it. We’re approximately as nice and as lousy as anybody else.
- nuclearnice3 4y ago
  They are just details. Let them echo around in your head as you like. Maybe she's from a conservative part of the world that doesn't have too many woman turning out as doctors. Maybe supporting her family of immigrants, who might not have a ton of money and are dealing with some of the hard things that being new in a strange country brings. Maybe in the deep background you can sense an unhappy reason they left Turkey in the first place. And all this taking place on a holiday eve when she and your narrator would rather be home with a hot tea and a book. She's a fighter, up against long odds, having overcome some adversity to get here. I don't mind a short wait. Or maybe something totally different.
  - 8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
    my coworker is from turkey. wears a hijab. or did until very recently, interestingly enough. nice woman. very smart. fiesty.

55555 4y ago

You sound like a really nice person but I agree with the sibling commenters and I also wonder if your understanding of Turkey is accurate and balanced. https://www.academia.edu/49496498/Turkish_Women_in_the_Professions_Why_So_Many https://www.academia.edu/49496498/Turkish_Women_in_the_Profe...

taolegal 4y ago

Not sure what you're trying to get across. Am I supposed to think that locked shelves is normal or ok, should we minimize yet another needlessly bizarre and inconvenient impediment in ordinary life? Because of some romantic anecdote about a second-generation model minority?

saberience 4y ago

adventured 4y ago

CVS doesn't lease out or franchise operating rights to their stores in the US. They own and operate all of them exclusively. They operate similarly to Walgreens in that respect.

teg4n_ 4y ago
lmao so the parent post just made up their story? on the internet no less!?
- adventured 4y ago
  I'd assume there was a miscommunication with the person that was working at the CVS store. She may have been talking about another store that her parents have the operating rights to or such.
  - ryan_lane 4y ago
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z9znz 4y ago

Maybe I'm not putting all the pieces together correctly. What is the significance of her wearing a hijab? Why is that worthy of mention, or the fact that the owner family was from Turkey? And also the Thanksgiving eve bit?

yadaeno 4y ago
Op is explaining why this particular interaction was "worthwhile" enough to justify the inconvenience of pressing the assistance button. If this had been Gary whose worked at CVS for 17 years and hates his job i'm sure the detail would have been left out.
- unsupp0rted 4y ago
  And Gary’s just as worthy of an income as any other person, hijab or no, immigrant or no. OP is doing that thing in which immigrants aren’t people, but rather a cute special needy class of virtuous go-getters. As an immigrant, I don’t like it. We’re approximately as nice and as lousy as anybody else.
nuclearnice3 4y ago
They are just details. Let them echo around in your head as you like. Maybe she's from a conservative part of the world that doesn't have too many woman turning out as doctors. Maybe supporting her family of immigrants, who might not have a ton of money and are dealing with some of the hard things that being new in a strange country brings. Maybe in the deep background you can sense an unhappy reason they left Turkey in the first place. And all this taking place on a holiday eve when she and your narrator would rather be home with a hot tea and a book. She's a fighter, up against long odds, having overcome some adversity to get here. I don't mind a short wait. Or maybe something totally different.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
  my coworker is from turkey. wears a hijab. or did until very recently, interestingly enough. nice woman. very smart. fiesty.