Marc Santos
***I WAS WRONGLY PROFILED HERE***
Based on my APPEARANCE I was thought of as an individual that may commit theft.
I am a small business owner that owns my own practice, if anyone owns a small business knows that you are always looking for ways to write off expenses. I work in the health and wellness field, so gym memberships tend to fall under this category; therefore, I was looking for a "higher-end" gym to essentially have a recurring expense that I could write off come tax time. This is why I was looking into Forma.
There were no membership advisers available, so the front desk attendant was kind enough to let me take a look around on my own. As I was walking up to the second level to check out the group X room, I overheard several comments at the front desk by a gentleman named Tom, talking about how I dressed, my attire, that gave him the suspicion that I might have ill intentions. At which point he happened to looked up and see my staring down at the conversation.
He tried to eat his words, but the damage had been done. I walked down, expressed my disappointment that an establishment such as this, in 2017, in the BAY AREA would even consider profiling an individual based on appearance, or gender, or age, or ethnicity, etc. for that matter.
He said to me and I quote, "there have been a lot of thefts lately." To which I stated, "so I guess I fit the description...right??"
I then thanked the hospitable front desk person for his time, asked TOM for his name and walked out the door. The General Manager and Corporate will be hearing from me soon enough.
There is no excuse for these kind of actions.