Claire

As a 30-y-o- female customer at two different Bunnings Warehouse stores (hardware chain in Australia), harassed by same male, ~70-y-o employee in the space of a week. First time he touched my back when pointing to where I could find padlocks. Next weekend, at a different but nearby store, same man touched my shoulder and upper arm twice when my partner (male) and I were asking for some help in the paint section. Third time he went to reach for me, I took a step away from him. He also read out the name of a shade of blue paint (that just happened to be on the same colour-card as the colour we wanted), “teeny bikini,” and noted, “mmm, that’s interesting”. I’d bet my house that he would not have done this to a male or an older female. It made me feel angry and powerless.