I’m so sorry you’ve experienced that, people are super strange. Why do you feel comfortable going up to a stranger and touching them? And as far as being followed, that is just ridiculous. Those people don’t deserve your business anyway, glad you left.
I love that you don’t let where you came from stop you from where working towards where you’re trying to go. Everyone has the same opportunities in this life! I just wish more people would go after them instead of feeling defeated.