This has nothing to do with the hijab. This is a matter of mixing perspectives.
All of the descriptions of the situation are rather mundane and bland. Only two extra details stand out: "Upper East Side of Manhattan (think pooches inside Gucci bags)" and "in a Hijab and was studying medicine and was helping her parents who immigrated from Turkey".
A significant percentage of "regular" stores in big cities are owned or at least managed and operated by immigrants from very different backgrounds.
These details being present in the brief story seem to have some significance, so my question was, "Why is this significant?"
This is not a judgement on the people running the store or of people in hijabs. It's a question for the poster about why those details were significant.
Maybe it was just the ramblings of an old person (which I can say as I'm an old person). But it is still fair to ask for clarification.
All of the descriptions of the situation are rather mundane and bland. Only two extra details stand out: "Upper East Side of Manhattan (think pooches inside Gucci bags)" and "in a Hijab and was studying medicine and was helping her parents who immigrated from Turkey".
A significant percentage of "regular" stores in big cities are owned or at least managed and operated by immigrants from very different backgrounds.
These details being present in the brief story seem to have some significance, so my question was, "Why is this significant?"
This is not a judgement on the people running the store or of people in hijabs. It's a question for the poster about why those details were significant.
Maybe it was just the ramblings of an old person (which I can say as I'm an old person). But it is still fair to ask for clarification.