I took my phone out while walking around. "No photography in the store, hun," to which I replied that I was not. "I know, sweetheart, I'm just sayin', there's no photography in the store, honey."
It's hard enough being a woman that can fix her own car stuff. Being called pet names by strange women does not help.
I contacted corporate and told them that the whole experience made me feel very uncomfortable.
This is where the obviously one star review turns into a five star review. The general manager was awesome in apologizing and assured me that she would receive some coaching on subtlety and proper behavior.
That really makes up for it. My greatest fear was that it was a given that if you're a woman in Autozone you're going to encounter condescending employees. I really felt like he was concerned and wanted that to not be the case.
Thanks for caring, AutoZone!