Woman Checks Out Eyeliners in Sephora, Then an Employee Approaches Her and Compliments Her Belly: ‘I Hate Confrontation’
She just wanted to buy eyeliner.
People these days have become very creative while commenting on someone’s weight, often disguising their remarks as curiosity or giving backhanded compliments.
Bri (@limpbizkitfan123) said in a TikTok video that she went to the Urban Decay section in a Sephora outlet to look through eyeliners. While testing a few on her hands to decide which one she wanted, Bri said an employee approached her and complimented her belly.
She said she assumed that the employee was trying to promote body positivity, but later realized that she thought that she was pregnant when she told her, “Is this your first?… I miss my belly when I had a baby.”
“This girl assumed I was pregnant just because I’m a curvier girl, right? And yeah, maybe maybe I’m a little bit more bloated today than usual, but I don’t think I was given pregnant,” Bri said. She added, “I didn’t say anything cause I hate confrontation, and I don’t think she meant anything by it cause she was genuinely like being really sweet about it, and I decided to play along with it.”
Bri says she decided to “play along”
Bri said she chose not to tell the employee the truth behind her belly and kept the joke going. “I tuned into my actress side of me, and I was like, she was just like, she’s like, is this your first? I was like, yep, it’s my first. She’s just like, well, do you know what if it’s gonna be a boy or a girl? And I’m like, I don’t care as long as it’s healthy, and she gave me the sweetest smile, and she was like, she’s like, well, I wish you the…best of luck, and I was like, okay.
However, she did add that the whole experience was a bit off-putting. “And then I immediately walked out because I felt kind of sad. I felt kind of sad because I’m like, wow, like I’m getting pregnant allegations. I don’t think I’m fat, and who cares if I’m fat, but just don’t be saying that to a random customer you don’t even know.”
Bri also urged Sephora to train their workers better or “have people who know how to deal with customers” because she thought that the employee she interacted with was “rude,” and some of the people in the comments section of her post seemed to agree with her. One user wrote, “Did peoples mom not teach them not to assume someone’s pregnant? I thought that was like a key value thing u learn not to say.” Another said, “This is a manners thing, sephora doesn’t teach people manners. It’s a job. This is people’s upbringing unfortunately.”
A few spoke of having similar experiences at Sephora. One user commented, saying, “The Sephora saleswoman saw I was pregnant and said “a girl?” I said yes and she said she could tell because she was stealing my beauty.”
A Reddit thread discusses the kind of training provided to Sephora employees
A user on Reddit asked about the basic training that every Beauty Advisor at Sephora must complete before starting work. Several people responded, with many noting that they are required to watch videos, and some adding that this is usually followed by shadowing.
One individual said, “Just training videos. Thankfully, I’d been a customer for years and was knowledgeable about Sephora and the products. It’s a sink or swim kind of situation.” Another wrote, “They aren’t lol they’re told to watch videos on the company (not SOPs) and then just have a shift on the floor “shadowing” someone.”
It remains unclear whether training covers proper language and conduct with customers, which should be included given the role’s customer-facing nature. In light of this, the employee’s comments about Bri’s body were definitely inappropriate.
That being said, it’s concerning how common it has become for people to comment on others’ weight. Bri isn’t the first to address this publicly. Many others, especially women, have spoken out about it, including this woman from Texas.
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