Possibly the worst thing I’ve heard...

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   In my life.
I went to sally's a little while ago to grab some vampire red haircolor so I can match it with my plastikhaar I plan on installing later this week.
While I was there I was browsing the hair care section for some silicone spray, hair cholestrol, and to see what was on sale.
Well the way it was set up was the ethnic haircare section was on the far wall, and the "white" products were on the shelf directly opposite.
Well while I was browsing on the ethnic wall, there was this blonde woman with a bad 80's perm and sally jessie raphial glasses on the "white" section.  Well she said hi to me and seemed friendly, so we started chatting.  She noted the "black" hair products in my hands and asked if I worked in a salon.  I said no they were for me.  She kinda gave me an odd look and said in a hushed tone "but those things are for black people"
Ok at this point Im uncomfortable but chalk it up to ignorance.  The media has made it seem that only white people can use white hair products, and because they are usually more expensive then ethnic products then they must be of a higher quality.  Now the reality is that afro hair is even more fragile then caucasian, and the products are more nourishing and moisturizing, as well as more inexpensive.  Basically I overall think they're better products, but a lot of white women just dont know that.
So I begin to tell her that they were better products and yada yada, when she cuts in saying (Im trying to recall her words as accuratly as possible) "Well yeah but they're black products.  You should support your white businesses and buy those instead"
I just kinda stared at her, and the lady working up front heard too, as it was early and we were the only 2 people in the store.  Now the lady at the counter was black, so Im thinking "oh my god this crazy lady just horribly offended this poor girl"
Well anyways I get offended and say that good hair products are good hair products regardless of who they're marketed for, and she rolls her eyes at me and says "oh, your one of THOSE people".
Ok ladies.  Im not usually one to go speachless, but I literally had my mouth hanging open and didnt know what to say.  She walks out of the store and Im hanging there going "wtf"
Then the lady up front hollars at me "thanks for getting that bitch out the store" and I start laughing, walk up and she rings me up.  Apparently she came in a few minutes before me and the lady who works there asked if she needed any help, and she said she didnt need any help from "no negro" 
sh*t like this makes my blood boil.  I bet you $100 if her whatever-the-hell-she-was-driving broke down on the side of the rode, and a black tow truck driver showed up, she wouldnt turn down help from "no negro"
Grr, I feel better for venting.  Ignorant people like that piss me off.  And who the hell still wears an 80's perm?  Maybe its a feature on "the klan weekly: makeover tips" 