Who's been visiting Barnes and Noble?
After the threads that keep popping up here of the "he's a guy, I think he's creepy, get him kicked out of the gym" type... I was thinking folks should see the other side of that....
He's not creepy, he's a grandpa!
By Jonathan Anker
updated 10:03 AM EDT, Wed June 06, 2012
Grandfather was led out of Barnes & Noble for being alone in the children's section
Man was shopping for his grandkids, says 'I was upset like hell'
Bookstore has apologized after first defending decision
A little caution is always a good thing when looking out for the safety of children. But insisting that a 70-something-year-old man leave a Barnes & Noble bookstore because he's committing the act of... looking at children's books?
Is that where we are now? The man -- who was alone -- clearly could only have been there with sick, creepy intentions.
Either that or he was a grandpa. Shopping for books for his grandchildren. Oh, right. That.
Nonetheless, 73-year-old Dr. Omar Amin said he was led out of the Scottsdale, Arizona, store by an employee after a complaint from a female shopper. He told The Arizona Republic "I did not break any rules, there was no sign posted that said men are not allowed in the children's book area."
Amin said the employee "escorted me out as a potential sex offender."
That clicking noise you hear is the sound of every grandpa in the country typing "amazon.com" into their web browsers.
"I was upset like hell because I've been so insulted and humiliated in public for the charge of being a man," Amin told AzFamily.com.
Barnes & Noble initially defended the store's decision, saying "We believe we acted appropriately" in forcing Dr. Amin to leave. But by Monday, they changed course and acknowledged that the situation was not handled properly.
In a statement provided to HLN, Barnes & Noble's vice president and director of stores said “We want to apologize to Dr. Amin for a situation in which Dr. Amin was asked to leave the children’s section of our Scottsdale, Arizona store. We should not have done so. It is not our policy to ask customers to leave any section of our stores without justification.”
The Arizona Republic says Amin accepted the apology but wants the store employee who gave him the boot to apologize to his face inside the store he was asked to leave.
He's not creepy, he's a grandpa!
By Jonathan Anker
updated 10:03 AM EDT, Wed June 06, 2012
Grandfather was led out of Barnes & Noble for being alone in the children's section
Man was shopping for his grandkids, says 'I was upset like hell'
Bookstore has apologized after first defending decision
A little caution is always a good thing when looking out for the safety of children. But insisting that a 70-something-year-old man leave a Barnes & Noble bookstore because he's committing the act of... looking at children's books?
Is that where we are now? The man -- who was alone -- clearly could only have been there with sick, creepy intentions.
Either that or he was a grandpa. Shopping for books for his grandchildren. Oh, right. That.
Nonetheless, 73-year-old Dr. Omar Amin said he was led out of the Scottsdale, Arizona, store by an employee after a complaint from a female shopper. He told The Arizona Republic "I did not break any rules, there was no sign posted that said men are not allowed in the children's book area."
Amin said the employee "escorted me out as a potential sex offender."
That clicking noise you hear is the sound of every grandpa in the country typing "amazon.com" into their web browsers.
"I was upset like hell because I've been so insulted and humiliated in public for the charge of being a man," Amin told AzFamily.com.
Barnes & Noble initially defended the store's decision, saying "We believe we acted appropriately" in forcing Dr. Amin to leave. But by Monday, they changed course and acknowledged that the situation was not handled properly.
In a statement provided to HLN, Barnes & Noble's vice president and director of stores said “We want to apologize to Dr. Amin for a situation in which Dr. Amin was asked to leave the children’s section of our Scottsdale, Arizona store. We should not have done so. It is not our policy to ask customers to leave any section of our stores without justification.”
The Arizona Republic says Amin accepted the apology but wants the store employee who gave him the boot to apologize to his face inside the store he was asked to leave.
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... I was thinking folks should see the other side of that....
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There have been several threads on MFP of late where someone posts about deciding that some guy at the gym is being "creepy". Immediately there is a flood of "talk to management about getting him thrown out" type of replies. I just thought folks should see the other side of that type of situation.
The situation described in the news article is almost identical to the situations described in these threads...except this time we get to see the other side of it.0 -
Wow that is terrible. Poor guy I bet he felt so humiliated. They need to apologize to his face AND give his grand-children free books. That really does break my heart :brokenheart:0
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If parents watched their children in public places like they should, then they wouldn't have to worry about potential pervs in the first place. Then sweet old grandpas won't have to be harassed and made to feel like criminals.0
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