Counteragrument

Rodeo Drive

As I did my thesis worksheet I was thinking based on my argument, what would be a good counterargument. Seeing how I was basing my argument on the way people are treated by others in certain places where they I guess you can say "don't belong", for example high class stores. From the observations of the experiment my group and I made, people that don't quite look the part are not really welcomed in these high class stores. I observed many rude and at times obvious actions made by the store employees which was offense, because just because my clothes wasn't fancy and I was a teen, did not quite mean I was not able to afford the products or was already a loyal costumer. Wondering what the employees would say to excuse their actions I asked y sister to put herself in their shoes and tell me what she would say if asked a question like mine. Her opinion was real helpful and allowed me to come up with pretty good reasons which could help me have a none bias argument as well as make it stronger. I believe they would possibly give an answer like, as a designer store our top priority here is to protect our store products and reputation, causing us to be completely aware of all customers. Although from experience we can tel which costumer is truly going to purchase a product or just glance around the store, so we put more effort into those that will benefit the store. I think they can also come up with the fact that people are coming in the store with the mentality that they are out of place and because of that they will be treated different, so any little motion causes them to believe that they actually are being treated different. There could possibly be more reasons then these but so far those two are my strongest counterarguments, although I hope as I go along working with the essay I'll be able to come up with better ideas.

Space affected by us...

Space can affect a person as well as a person affect the space they are in or around. There are times where a person can be well educated, rich, possibly even famous in certain circles but they way they are portrayed or they portray themselves actually affects they are treated in certain places. The treatment maybe unfair or unnecessary but it shows how anyone can affect the way they are treated depending where they are and how they act. In the movie, Why Did I Get Married ? by Tyler Perry, four black, highly educated and wealthy women go on a vacation to a cabin. While the four women are there they go shopping and end up having an argument at one of the stores they were in, thus causing one of the employees to approach them and warn them that they do not carry any cash in the store. That was the same employee that followed them around the store since the moment they walked into the store, to show the women in action I attached a small video clip. Even though it's merely an example from a movie, they are situations that occur  in real life whether the person is dressed wealthy in a space of wealth to a regular person who can simply be shopping for utilities. Many people are followed for no reason only because the employee believes they are trouble when in truth it's ridiculous. Unless the person shows reasons to be worried about there should be no necessity to this type of actions in a work place or any space. A person can affect space in any matter and at times without knowing it, they can affect it in the wrong way unfortunately they are actions a person has to deal with at times whether they wish to or not. Especially when these type of situations have been occurring for a long time and will probably continue to occur.