The real story is probably just that the checkout person didn’t recognize her and that’s what upset her. I have provided as much evidence for my theory as she has for hers (none) but since she has a platform, her version gets the media treatment with a handwringing headline about racism being rampant.
That would not surprise me either. She pulls a do you know who I am?!? line and the put-upon cashier says, look lady you can’t afford this gift card so move along. And now it’s anti-black, er, anti-30 minutes-in-a-tanning-bed prejudice
this is actually really common. many banks will reject anything over $100 for a gift card as anti-fraud measures.
someone somehow got one of my CC numbers, and they went to some physical amazon store (didn't even know they existed) a thousand miles away... bought $500 in amazon gift cards. i got an email from amazon for the receipt and notified them and the CC company immediately. awkwardly, amazon didn't care, even when i said to cancel those gift cards, that it was definitely a fraudulent transaction and that i was on hold with the CC company to file a fraud report.
since then the CC company massively lowered the limit, and it requires 2FA via text to buy a gift card over $100. later on, i found out many banks do this now.
Probably never happened.
The real story is probably just that the checkout person didn’t recognize her and that’s what upset her. I have provided as much evidence for my theory as she has for hers (none) but since she has a platform, her version gets the media treatment with a handwringing headline about racism being rampant.
Or maybe her bank just erroneously declined the transaction, and she screams racism over it
That would not surprise me either. She pulls a do you know who I am?!? line and the put-upon cashier says, look lady you can’t afford this gift card so move along. And now it’s anti-black, er, anti-30 minutes-in-a-tanning-bed prejudice
this is actually really common. many banks will reject anything over $100 for a gift card as anti-fraud measures.
someone somehow got one of my CC numbers, and they went to some physical amazon store (didn't even know they existed) a thousand miles away... bought $500 in amazon gift cards. i got an email from amazon for the receipt and notified them and the CC company immediately. awkwardly, amazon didn't care, even when i said to cancel those gift cards, that it was definitely a fraudulent transaction and that i was on hold with the CC company to file a fraud report.
since then the CC company massively lowered the limit, and it requires 2FA via text to buy a gift card over $100. later on, i found out many banks do this now.