Was I right or wrong?

[hkellick]

indigoskynet's last post reminded me of an incident from Sunday. And I want to ask someone else's opinion.

Kristen and I were at the Laurel Mall on Sunday. Kristen found a summer dress she liked and she wanted my opinion.
We head into the store, which is relatively quiet, Kristen grabs the dress and goes into the dressing room.
Now.. like many stores, the dressing room was a small hallway with four or five "cubicles" each "cut off" with a curtain of some sort.
Kristen motioned me into the dressing room to see in the full length mirror with her.

At the time she did so, the dressing area was empty except for her, and the store wasn't particularly busy.

I go into the dressing room, look at Kristen's dress (which got a big thumbs up from me) and gave her a squeeze and a kiss. As I finish the kiss, some tall lady comes in and says "Excuse me. Men aren't allowed in the dressing room." and then slides by.

I apologize quickly and leave the area, embarassed, but my embarassment quickly turns into anger because I felt that she was being rude. I wasn't doing anything wrong. Wasn't looking through the curtains for naked ladies or some such. I was in one of the "cubicles" with my girlfriend, at her request.

It may be helpful to note that, based on the expressions of the girl at the counter as we left, we suspect that this was a customer and not someone who worked there.

So, I ask you, my livejournal users. Who was more wrong?

[Poll #491178]

Comments

[kareila]

The last time I was in a dressing room was waiting for my sister to try on things. The women's dressing room had a line, so we went in the men's. I sat on a bench and watched the customers. Four out of five people in there were women, and the few men who came in were accompanied by girlfriends to give opinions on what looked good on them.

Yay double standards?

[lite.livejournal.com]

I can honestly say that hasn't happened much around me.
And, sadly, this double standards occurs often in all sorts of settings (the more likely scenario I've run into, especially at large events like concerts are women in the men's bathroom. This irks me, especially when there are huge lines as it is and most of the... I forget the name.. have women in them.)
I've only invited Kristen into the changing room once and it was while trying on different work shits. Most of the time, she can hold it up to just under my head and decide if she thinks it looks good.