Soo I just started a job 2 months ago and everyone’s super nice except one girl. Ever since I walked in for my interview she was so rude. She looked me up and down with disgust. I was referred to the job my my mil. She’s the VP of this place. I have almost a decade of experience so it’s not like I wasn’t qualified, especially for an entry level position in it. I suspected that was maybe why she felt a type of way towards me regardless, especially after telling everyone that’s the only reason I got the job in front of me. I just let it go, I need the job and am not trying to cause drama, and it’s true.
I am one of two minorities at my branch. This girl is the chief of police’ daughter in my town and uses every opportunity to throw it around to the point that it’s said at least once every day I work. She’s always been rude to me. She’s rude to customers who don’t know English as their first language. Like practically yelling at them and throwing shit around aggressively. While I am Mexican, Spanish isn’t my first language, so it can take me a minute to think of what I’m trying to say to communicate with our Spanish speaking customers, if she sees me trying to think, she’ll take that opportunity to practically scream at them in English. All of this makes my blood boil.
What has pushed me over the edge is her talking ab an afternoon rush from construction workers cashing their checks. Word for word, she said “in ab 15 min we’ll have a rush from the construction workers trying to cash checks, all the Sergio’s”. I just said “wow” and tried to work. 10 min later she told my other minority co worker “omg this is the most Mexican thing ever!” Bc he had a bottle of tajin he uses on his fruit. She looks at me though as she says it. It’s just uncomfortable and it’s said like an insult.
If she was just rude to me over and over, I wouldn’t care or even think it was being racist, but with how she treats other minorities, especially the Mexican ones and the things she says, it really makes me upset. I live in a rural town with mostly white people. I come from a very diverse place though so it’s been an adjustment. I just went home and cried bc I was so angry. I felt like I’m always going to be seen as beneath her, bc of who I am and what I look like.
Is there even anything I can do? I need this job and I’ve been here such a short time. One of my thoughts was maybe purposing a racial sensitivity training to corporate so I’m not directly throwing anyone under the bus or seen as dramatic. I honestly don’t even want to try to get her fired, bc she’s the chief of police daughter.
Any advice is welcome.