Some people see what they expect to see, even when the evidence is right in front of them.

Imagine running errands in peace, only to have a stranger accuse you of pretending to work at the store, all because you wear your keys on a lanyard.

How would you respond? Would you laugh it off? Or would you try to explain the obvious?

In the following story, one shopper finds herself dealing with this exact situation while wearing her keys on a lanyard.

Here’s how it played out.

But you are wearing a name tag!

I shop for a delivery service, and I’m in Target 10-15 times a day, 5 days a week, because of it.

I never wear red. My shirt has some animal printed on it (fox, owl, crow), and leggings are my go-to basics. I wear my car keys on a lanyard, and this particular day, I had them around my neck.

It’s a tan lanyard with Grizzly energy products adverts printed on it, but it’s still not red.

This happens to her and her sister.

I’m a nice person in general, and if someone walks up to me, assuming I work there, and they are nice, I laugh and say, “I don’t work here, but I know where it is!” I point in that direction, maybe even give them an aisle number if I remember.

This happens to me everywhere I shop, often. My sister told me it happens to her, too, that we just look like we know what we are doing.

This day, it happened twice. One woman was kind and embarrassed. I helped her anyway and kept moving.

The second lady was not friendly.

The second lady was late 60s- early 70s, dressed in a sporty tennis-looking outfit (probably pickleball, it’s really popular here). She sharply barked at me, “Where is the sunscreen?!?”

I’m in the kids’ crafts looking for a specific craft kit. I was already put off, so I plainly told her I don’t work here.

She snapped at me, “Then why would you be wearing that name tag!”

Looking down, she corrected the woman.

I looked down and lifted what were clearly my car keys. “You mean my car keys?”

“No! Those are for name tags! Why would you wear them like that?”

I’m dumbfounded at this point. “To keep track of my keys? They aren’t just for name tags.”

The worst part was that her boyfriend agreed with the woman!

Her only comeback at that point was “Well, you should never wear them like that! You are just trying to confuse everyone!”

I smiled and said, “You are the only person who has ever thought that.”

She stormed off, and I called my boyfriend immediately, just giddy to tell that story. The jerk tainted my joy. “I can see how she thought that.” I could have kicked him in the ankle for that. 😆

Wow! What a great way to end the story!

Let’s check out what the people over at Reddit have to say about women like this.

The same thing happens to this person often.

For this woman, it was because she didn’t carry a purse.

Oh, she probably was!

What a funny story!

The lady brought it on herself. Had she been nicer, she would’ve gotten an answer! Geez!

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