perfectblack999
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I’ve repeatedly had the same experience across different businesses. It’s frustrating.
Rant: Nothing pisses me off more than black business owners walking away from black customers' money
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I’m starting to think we value friendship and connection over money. That’s why if you’re not familiar to a lot of these business owners you get bad service.
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Is it a "black business" problem or that particular business problem? Cause the problem is yall act like black business owners are all connected and if one fukked you over that it is indicative of all.
DaRealness
I think very deeply
I agree. I don't care if you look like me or not, if you offer me shytty service then fukk you and your business.
I used to go two places regularly that I just had to stop going to because they just don't know the basics of dealing with a customer and sometimes rude and dismissive for no reason at all, despite going there for a long time. Its like, when you have to serve somebody, at the very least make eye contact and ask how may I help you. Dont stare in somebody's face and wait until they make an order for you to move. When I had enough I simply stopped fukking with them altogether. But surprise, surprise when they serve white customers they're certainly know to flash a smile then.
The sad thing is, the most local black business to me offered STELLAR customer service and even though they were a little more pricey, I still went out my way to support them. They should have been way more successful than they were. Sadly they had to shut down for good during the pandemic because they were struggling and now there's some Greek restaurant in their place.
If you don't make any effort and act like you're doing ME a favor, then adios.
I used to go two places regularly that I just had to stop going to because they just don't know the basics of dealing with a customer and sometimes rude and dismissive for no reason at all, despite going there for a long time. Its like, when you have to serve somebody, at the very least make eye contact and ask how may I help you. Dont stare in somebody's face and wait until they make an order for you to move. When I had enough I simply stopped fukking with them altogether. But surprise, surprise when they serve white customers they're certainly know to flash a smile then.
The sad thing is, the most local black business to me offered STELLAR customer service and even though they were a little more pricey, I still went out my way to support them. They should have been way more successful than they were. Sadly they had to shut down for good during the pandemic because they were struggling and now there's some Greek restaurant in their place.
If you don't make any effort and act like you're doing ME a favor, then adios.
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CreepyMcCreeperson
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Once again, our lower standards are excused, and we need our hands held to do something. We see everyone else doing something, and instead of doing it, we purposely don’t do it, and complain about the system.I feel you but I can't complain about it..cacs got 500+years of experience running business...how much we got ?
Maybe start a business helping businesses do better..like a business fixer..like Gordon ramsay fixing your kitchen
CreepyMcCreeperson
Veteran
It’s just that we don’t have a plethora of black businesses to choose from in every industry. So when we find one, we want to use it, but they end up fukking up. This isn’t always the case, but it happens enough that it’s noticeable. And don’t act like we don’t have a habit of not starting on time, and not having our shyt together. I recently got into herbalism. I’ve ordered twice from a black owned shop. It’s taken 6 weeks for the herbs to get here. I could have ordered from Amazon, or Mountain Rose Herbs, and gotten the package sooner. As much as we want to support our own, we shouldn’t have to settle for bad customer service. Our money is valuable.
Ding ding ding.
Most of these posters aren't black to be
honest.
Same posters out here bashing black women are the same broad stroking black business
WheresWallace
Superstar
100 true.
I think it’s weak sample size. There are thousands of white businesses that we patronize but maybe a handful of black businesses.
If we have a bad experience at a white businesses we don’t write off all white businesses because we had good experiences with the others.
If we have a bad experience with a black business we write off all black business because we have fewer total experiences with black business.
GreenGhxst
Veteran
Nah they rude as hell
Ski Mask
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The problem isnt criticism, its the way we do it. We need a better filtering system cause labelling bad experiences as a "we" or "black" problem is creating a stigma that drags down all of us(this isnt just limited bad businesses).
We have to create a system that filters out the bad and props up the good, cause the current one harms all businesses(regardless of quality).
They not trying to get arab or indian dollars though, they want everyones money. People here act like black businesses should cater specifically to black consumers. When they don’t they complain about them. When they do, nobody else shops there
Ski Mask
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Thats another problem. Countless clips/articles of arabs/chinese/others treating us like shyt in their establishments yet we still patronize them, we dont stigmatize their businesses like some of us do ours.
Mike Nasty
Superstar
Indians can be super rude.