Some would describe me as “a little off,” but my mental illnesses are small potatoes compared to things like schizophrenia. Basically, “you” really have to spend a long time conversing with me (more than say 20, 30 minutes) for me to let my “quirks” show. 

An independent vintage clothing store in my hometown has done me dirty. They have actively, and very aggressively, blocked all 4 of my 5 Instagram accounts.

I’d like to know what my rights are in terms of this extreme level of forced restraint(?). I may not be the easiest shopper in the world, but I’ve spent some serious cash there (over less than a year’s worth of time that this store has been open). I’d venture to even say I’m one of their top spending customers (if not THE highest, cumulative paying customer)!

I’m never rude, visibly emotional, I’ve never stolen from them, or ruined a garment by accident/treated their garments poorly, been disrespectful in any way (aside from occasional haggling, etc.) MAYBE, the “worst” I’ve ever done is pick out a lot of items (at a time), go back and forth a couple of times on whether or not I want to buy an item (a FEW times bartering for a price adjustment on an item), or I hog one of their (only two) dressing rooms. The worst thing I’ve ever done on INSTAGRAM is like their posts (usually several at a time, which I realize can look “spammy”, use DMs, or tagged them in a comment. Basically, interact with their content. Which is why stores create pages in the first place???…

When the store gets crowded, I try really hard to let others have their turn (in the dressing room), and the worst or “weirdest” I’ve ever been in THOSE situations is to maybe get slightly flustered, re dressing in my street clothes, and clearing my items out. 

Are these employees, or AN employee, singular, allowed to just cut off my access to the store social media page (updates) like that? Because of the 4 Blocks, I’ve been unable to see images of new product(s), announcements of sales, unexpected store closures, etc. I may be weird, or even make people slightly uncomfortable (with TMI, for example, I tend to tell my life story to anyone who’ll listen…)

I know I can be a little intense, but it’s just me showing my enthusiasm!
I can be “a lot,” but I rarely stay in a place long enough (to hit that 30 minute mark) to get to running my mouth, for anyone to pick up on my idiosyncrasies. 

It’s l also worth mentioning that I have (high functioning) Aspergers Syndrome (and possible Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as a host of other anxiety disorders), which makes it difficult for me to read social cues.

I mean well. I never mean to make people uncomfortable. I actually haven’t been to this particular store in several months, but something I saw on their Instagram, pre Blocks, caught my eye (that I’m tempted to go buy). 

Though on the other hand, if I can, I also feel like I should boycott their store for treating me like this!!! 

Worse, what if I go to shop, and they decide to completely ban me from being there/in the shop ever again?

I must have some rights(?!)…there must be some law or something to protect me from this sort of mistreatment/stigmatized bias???