She didn't just confront store employees, she also confronted reality

The manager told her that [her appearance] “wasn’t the reason,” but Putnam didn’t feel like “that’s true.”

The 23-year-old went on to question how a young person without experience is “supposed to get employed” at these entry-level jobs.

“So younger people just can’t get a job because they haven’t worked enough? So, like, they’ll deny a 16-year-old a job because they don’t have enough work experience?”

Jesus wept.