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originally posted by: CagliostroTheGreat
Bone75
I'd hate to believe that some external catalyst has emboldened the racist among us but that is not for me to say, nor the topic of my rant.
originally posted by: CagliostroTheGreat
Justso
Okay
Why so angry? Same reason other injustices anger me. That's honestly a stupid question. I don't insult my customers or make racially charged remarks directed toward them or anyone. As such they are expected to behave civilly as well. No, in my mind if your "difference of opinions" involves any form of racism, you shouldn't be on the team. He is most certainly a worthless human nothing. Crustaceans surpass him in the empathic pecking order.
Addressing your second point, I was never dude to him, only a curt "yeah, sure" were our parting words. Also, I've already been greenlit to ban him from the store by not my boss, not the GM but the owner.
Hearing that was primally satisfying, I must admit.
originally posted by: CagliostroTheGreat
To preface this rant, some background information: I work as a clerk at a convenience store in North Carolina. Now, I am no stranger to rudeness, air head customers or people forgetting to remove the gas pump from their car. I've seen parking lot brawls erupt over bathroom usage, I've kicked drunks and panhandlers off our property, called the police on people I suspected were up to no good.
In short, I've seen and heard a lot in my field of work. Dealing as much with the public as I do, I had thought that not much would shock me anymore. After all, I had seen a woman just the week before come in beat up and bleeding from facial cuts and begging me to call the police because her boyfriend had just beat her up. So when I had the grueling displeasure of dealing with this, I would typically use the word gentleman here but this man was anything but so we'll replace that honorific with a title more suited for the mentally stunted, say... Ingrate? Yes, I rather like ingrate at the moment.
Now, I had just finished ringing up a lovely young interracial couple and, having completed the transaction, I bid them good night and turned my attention to the ingrate behind them, a 50 something white man dressed in a mechanic's get-up. As he reached the resgister I asked, "Hi, how ya doin tonight?" to which this inhuman pile of regurgitated pond scum says to me with a straight face, "Good until I seen that S***." followed immediately by a perfunctory and rhetorical, "but I should keep y mouth shut." Needless to say I was and still am appalled. Being behind the counter and not losing my job I muttered an unmistakably blunt, "Yeah, sure." as he said have a good one and left.
I've been working in this field for almost six years and this is the first time anyone has directly and without a veil made racially charged remarks toward me regarding other customers. It's sickening and disheartening to hear.
So here's to you ya bitter old coot. I hope one day you'll see how full of hate and bile you are and maybe change your ways. However, I'm not holding my breath.
originally posted by: Macenroe82
a reply to: CagliostroTheGreat
People like that are just stuck in some twisted dimension of idiocy.
Dude sounded like a creep.
He’s probably still living in his mother’s trailer with 2 confederate flags waving on the porch.
On hot days they leave the trailer door open and if you walk by you can hear American History X - VHS, being played over and over.
Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if the guy was authoring Mein Kampf 2.
Sick scum bag.
Not being a North American, or ever living in the USA, I can only wonder at peoples attitudes and what "Things" are like over there. ATS certainly has a cross section of views from USA folk.
While I can see someone being a little peeved at the gentleman's comment, in the PC hate white people World of nowadays, but Im a little confused why You Sir, are so angry as to take it to the World Forum.
So, you say, you have seen huge brawls, kick out drunks, helped a lady that had been physically assaulted, etc etc, but you are Most offended and worked up, over a simple throw away line, by some person, who perhaps, tried to identify some "White" comradery with yourself. I am presuming you are a "White Fella", like this "old Coot" as you refer to him.?
Dare I ask, were the brawls, drunks, abusive boyfriends etc that you have attended to, Mostly "Black fellas"?
And the "Interracial couple" you observed, were they a Black fellow and a white woman?
There seems to be a distinct movement of Black guys towards White women, appearing to be some sort of status symbol, look at me type of thing, so prevalent in society now.
Apparently Black women over there, are getting quite put out, that "Their" men are chasing the white meat, instead of the dark meat.
Either way, your anger towards this person seems out of proportion to other experiences you have had on the job, it seems.
How do you know this "Old Coot" isn't a charity worker, builds homes for poor people, runs an animal rescue farm, has a loving wife and 10 kids, and is a productive member of society.
Perhaps you could have said, "Well, that couple were nice, and seem to get along well, so it must be working for them....Have a nice day sir."
Either that, or hand him a guitar while you grab your banjo, and have a duel.
originally posted by: CagliostroTheGreat
Onlyyouknow
He directly gestured toward them as they left, there are, unfortunately, no assumptions being made on my part. He made it clear what the source of his ire was.
I've been working in this field for almost six years and this is the first time anyone has directly and without a veil made racially charged remarks toward me regarding other customers. It's sickening and disheartening to hear.
originally posted by: Macenroe82
a reply to: CagliostroTheGreat
People like that are just stuck in some twisted dimension of idiocy.
Dude sounded like a creep.
He’s probably still living in his mother’s trailer with 2 confederate flags waving on the porch.
On hot days they leave the trailer door open and if you walk by you can hear American History X - VHS, being played over and over.
Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if the guy was authoring Mein Kampf 2.
Sick scum bag.