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Good
morning/afternoon/evening
to
anyone
reading
this.
I
wanted
to
share
my
experience
when
I
went
to
Piada
in
Rocky
River
on
2/1/2023
around
7
pm.
My
cousin
and
I
(two
African
American
women)
entered
Piada
together
and
when
we
went
to
order
our
food
there
was
an
older
black
woman
already
there
having
her
order
made.
We
waited
patiently
and
then
told
the
servers
our
order
no
problem.
When
the
older
black
woman
who
walked
in
minutes
BEFORE
us
whom
we
were
not
even
conversing
with
got
to
the
register,
a
Caucasian
girl
says
she
believed
we
were
all
paying
together.
My
jaw
dropped
I
was
in
shock
because
like
I
said
we
walked
in
MINUTES
after
this
women
and
we
did
not
know
her
at
all
nor
conversate
with
her
that
whole
time.
If
anyone
is
confused
why
her
comment
irked
me,
it
is
because
that
comment
is
an
example
of
what
we
call
micro
aggression.
It
was
clear
as
day
as
one
of
her
coworkers
looked
at
her
in
disbelief
and
the
older
black
woman
turned
to
us
and
said
“she
just
said
that
because
we’re
all
black
right?”.
I
am
not
sure
if
Piada
is
not
used
to
serving
diverse
customers
but
I
felt
very
disrespected
by
the
comment
because
for
one
not
all
black
people
know
each
other
and
two
what
makes
you
think
we
can’t
pay
for
our
own
food?
Mind
you
she
wasn’t
even
the
one
ringing
us
up
and
if
she
was
there
are
alternative
ways
she
could’ve
ask
that
if
she
genuinely
was
confused
not
that
it
was
any
of
her
concern
because
as
I
mentioned
she
was
not
ringing
up
orders.
If
the
person
who
was
ringing
up
orders
was
confused
which
she
wasn’t
because
she
actually
paid
attention,
but
if
she
was
she
could’ve
just
confirmed
the
older
black
woman’s
order
prior
to
ringing
her
up.
For
example,
“
I
see
you
have
x,
y,
and
z
would
you
like
to
add
anything
to
your
order?
Does
that
sound
right?
Am
I
missing
something?”
Is
that’s
simple.
Clearly
the
staff
needs
to
go
through
some
sensitivity
training
or
the
managers
need
to
be
conscious
of
what
kind
of
people
they
are
hiring
and
having
interact
with
customers.
The
food
was
great
as
it
usually
is
but
no
food
is
good
enough
to
deal
with
that
kind
of
service
.
I
took
a
lot
of
me
not
to
play
into
the
stereotypical
angry
black
woman
role,
but
I
had
to
remind
myself
I
am
more
than
that
and
if
I
showed
out
I
probably
would’ve
been
arrested.
It’s
a
shame
that
a
place
so
good
could
be
so
unpleasant.
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