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10-15-2012, 09:15 AM
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#81
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Join Date: May 2012
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Maybe it's a Honey Boo Boo reference? I think they come in a giant plastic container and are like round cheetos.
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10-15-2012, 09:18 AM
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10-15-2012, 09:22 AM
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#83
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Oh...
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10-15-2012, 09:53 AM
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#84
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Join Date: May 2012
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10-15-2012, 12:24 PM
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10-15-2012, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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My daughter went to college in New Hampshire and there were some kids at her college that had never seen people of color except on TV.
And certainly here in Boston, some of the more affluent outlying suburbs like Needham and Newton, residents there wouldn't have much interaction with POC.
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10-15-2012, 12:51 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Sometimes we are falsely accused of things...
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10-15-2012, 01:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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I was going to say that about NH as well.
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10-15-2012, 02:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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I can actually see where Nej is coming from too. For me, 95% of the people I have dealt with on a regular basis for my whole life have been white or Asian.
Grew up in suburban NJ. Out of 200 kids in my graduating class, 3 were black and 3 were Hispanic. My friends were all white, Indian, or Chinese.
Went to school in upstate NY. Certainly more diverse than my hometown, but in my major and in my community service group, which together comprised the majority of my friends, there was one Hispanic guy, and one black girl.
Went to work at a big science company. Still surrounded by almost entirely white and Asian people. In my core group, it was me and about 8 white guys. Switched science companies. Same thing.
My biggest interest right now? Distance running. If you ever look at the mass of runners in a marathon, you will see how overwhelmingly white a sport it is.
I meet my friends through running and work, so most of them are white.
It's not like I'm actively avoiding POC, but I've just always lived/worked in environments where they are underrepresented.
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10-15-2012, 05:33 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I'm deleting them because they're just fluffy lines of nonsensical babble. I'm embarrassed and ashamed of having made such an ass of myself...
But I do have to ask one thing. I only know Yellow Submarine and I Wanna Hold Your Hand by the Beatles and I sure you're not referring to either of those...explain the analogy, please?
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10-15-2012, 05:53 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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My guess would be All You Need Is Love.
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10-15-2012, 05:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Thelio, I wouldn't necessarily say that things like that mean an inherent belief that white people are actually inferior. I think they point to other issues (and that is horrifying behaviour regardless) but they don't necessarily indicate a feeling of "Black supremacy" equal to the phenomenon of white supremacy.
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10-15-2012, 05:57 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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For sure, but thinking whites do weird or crazy things and aren't all that is a far cry from thinking Blacks are inherently superior to them.
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10-15-2012, 05:58 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,352
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Ok. I just googled the lyrics. Gotcha.
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10-15-2012, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Oh, lady! First of all, this situation sucks. Take heart, horrible complaints happen to us all... Ugh, the stories I could tell!
Don't beat yourself up, and (omg I sound like my dad!) this was a great learning opportunity.
You don't know the personality of your customers and they don't know you. At the first, slightest, ever-so-subtle, hint-of-a-complaint, misunderstanding, grumpiness, whatever, I send a neutral party over to do damage control. Manager, hostess, another waitress...
Sometimes it's just to chat them up, other times to help soften a mistake (like, "Hey, Christine is concerned we are are not doing all we could be to make sure you're happy. Is there anything I can do to change that? Tell me what needs to be done, and I'd love to do it!"). It shows that you are genuinely concerned enough to get someone else involved.
(Hopefully this doesn't come across as preachy! Just wanted to offer the point of view of someone who has done this for a million years... I've been a waitress, a patron, and a manager. This tactic has been successful for me no matter which shoes I was wearing.)
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10-15-2012, 09:00 PM
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#96
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Totally! I wish I had briefed the manager about what happened after he refused to order the first time.
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10-15-2012, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Also, yesterday I bought two greeting cards. I thought the total seemed high, but didn't want to be that person scrutinizing the receipt in front of the cashier, so I checked when I left and realized she rang me up for the same card twice.
I turned right around, told the cashier very nicely, she apologized and told me she couldn't do a return and got the manager, then went-off to help somebody else.
On my way out, I passed the cashier who had originally rung me up and made the mistake, and called out thanks to her. She said goodbye and sorry again for the mistake.
Everybody was happy!
And I couldn't help but think, "THIS IS HOW YOU ACT WHEN SOMEBODY MAKES AN INNOCENT MISTAKE!"
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10-19-2012, 08:54 PM
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#98
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 8,459
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The couple that stuck-up for me last Friday after this happened came in tonight.
They hugged and kissed me hello.
It made me feel totally better about everything.
I'm clearly doing a good job!
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10-19-2012, 11:46 PM
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#99
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 102
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YES! Yes you are, and don't give that freak-incident another thought. 😊
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