Quadir Griffin | Page 4

I stopped in today with the intention of trading in two of my vehicles in order to purchase a Jeep Wrangler. I chose to go straight to financing before looking at any vehicles to see what I could qualify f of my vehicles in order to purchase a Jeep Wrangler. I chose to go straight to financing before looking at any vehicles to see what I could qualify for, in reference I make $80,000 a year and I was willing to have a car payment up to $650 per month, and while I do not have perfect credit it is a decent score. Unfortunately, I was told that my job was not a real job by the finance Manager. The direct quote was “Don’t worry about getting your paystub’s, I do not have the energy to deal with your situation because you do not have a real job.” I was in absolute shock that someone would tell me that my job was not a real job when I pay taxes, get pay stubs, work 50 hours a week, and do everything that everyone else with a “real jobs” do. I am a nanny, the state tax law states that I am a W-2 employee and categorized as a household employee. That means I was deemed an essential employee throughout this pandemic. I have not stopped working the entire pandemic only to be discriminated against because apparently my work is not real work. If you wouldn’t say that to a teacher do not say that to a nanny. We are real people, doing real jobs, making real money, paying real taxes. I’m curious if you would’ve said that to a male football coach, or a male teacher. Or was it simply because I am a woman that I was spoken to with such disrespect? More

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