horribly funny one-liner of the day
so, when you bring cups inside for refills, you're supposed to leave the lids & straws outside, to avoid cross-contamination, kay?
yeaterday, someone didn't do that. i said, "why are all those straws in here, spreading germs all over my store?" then, as i saw the customers for whom she was refilling the cups, i added, "& they're black, too!"
to which my (african-american) employee retorted, "black people ain't no dirtier than white people."
i replied, "that's true. you know, they say black people's mouths are cleaner than humans."
i know it wrong, but i'm fighting laughter right now. seriously, there are tears in my eyes. not that i'm in any way prejudiced or racist. farther from it than you can imagine. i once kicked a good friend out of my apartment for insisting on calling someone a "chink."
but it did seem a little meaner than i wanted to be, so i apologized before she had a chance to yell @ me. then i found a dime on the floor, & magnanimously offered it to her, for reparations.
i'm sorry, guys. really, i am. but i'm still laughing on the inside. not b/c i'm racist; i'm just mean, i guess.
posted by starbuck @ 4/18/2006 12:35:00 AM
3 Comments:
the way i see it, you're so far from actually being racist, that when you say something like that, you're making fun of idiots who really do think that way.
well, when i say something like that to a white person, yes. when i say to the minority in question, i'm just being mean.
like when alyssa (black employee) wouldn't leave my hair alone, so i started messing w/hers. she yelled & rann away, so i said, "what? you're afraid it might fall out?"
"black people's hair don't fall out," she replied.
to which i countered, "that's Black Beauty's hair."
yeah, i'm just a mean, mean person. ask my kids.
what's wrong with being mean? i mean, seriously, why did tiff get so upset when i distinctly wished a happy black history month to every black employee?
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