California woman sues Albertsons after clerk wrongly assumes she's on food stamps

[TexasTowelie]

An African-American woman filed a civil rights lawsuit Monday, April 10, against Albertsons and its parent company, Safeway, alleging that its managers took no steps to correct or apologize for the actions of a checkout clerk at an Irvine store who incorrectly assumed the woman was on food stamps.

Jenna Watkinson, a spokeswoman for Safeway, said company officials have not seen the lawsuit and “do not comment on pending litigation.”

“However, any time we interact with a customer, our goal is to ensure that they are treated with the utmost respect and courtesy,” she said Wednesday.

Deirdre Harris, 42, who filed the lawsuit, said the incident occurred Jan. 27 at the Albertsons at Alton Avenue and Culver Street. Harris said she was trying to pull out a debit card from her phone case to pay for the items, when the checkout clerk asked her if she wanted to use her EBT card.

Read more: http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/04/13/irvine-woman-files-lawsuit-against-safeway/

[napi21]

1. The clerk was wrong, but is that really a reason to file a law suit? I'll bet it's thrown out of

court because there was "no harm".

[Norbert9]

2. What about the millions she'll lose in dress sales as first lady? Oops, wrong lawsuit.

[gtar100]

3. There must be more to this story.

This all sounds like the company memo, not a situation someone would want to sue over.