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I usually volunteer every now and then at the local hospital. My assignment was at the front desk, near the Emergency Room entrance. So, I get to encounter all sorts of crazy individuals. However, today was not unusual, as always.
I stopped by the front desk in order to obtain a marker/highlighter. When I approached the desk, I saw this patient/individual who was sitting in the seat where we work. There are four open chairs for the patients to sit in, at the front of the desk. However, this lady decided to sit behind the counter where a uniformed employee/volunteer individual would sit. It is where the computer terminal and all the accessories are located.
I thought to myself, who cares where she sits, it is just a desk since no one is working at the desk right now. Mind you, she is an african-american lady. Black/brown, however you may refer her to or at the least, that is the color of her skin. She was in her mid 30's or 40's.
As I was searching through the two drawers, I had to get the key in an out-of-view place underneath the desk to unlock the third drawer where we would place miscellaneous forms, pens, post-it notes, etc. I unlocked the drawer, grabbed the marker/highlighter, then lock it back up again. During this time, this lady was watching what I was doing and this is what she had to say: "Oh yea! Lock it up..I wasn't going to steal anything! Pssst..."
I paused, think, and replied "I didn't mean to say anything about you, since.." She interrupted me and act like she could careless about what I was about to say. Further, she sneered and hiffed like a high school girl who would not warrant anything that doesn't stand her way, and continued on babbling to herself with her misfits.
I walked off with the maker/highlighter, thinking to myself..."what did i do wrong?" She thought I was being racist because I locked up the drawer? If that is so, I did not intend to be like that. That was the heavenly side of me. The devil side of me tells myself not to give a fuck what she thinks. She was in a prohibited section where she shouldn't be. Her negative thoughts are just evidence of her being racist to herself. That, I shouldn't apologize for any wrong-doing.
In the end, I know one person does not speak for all ethnicities. However, most of the time, I really come to the conclusions that african-americans are just like this: obnoxious, rude, thinks everyone is being racist to them, and that we should apologize for any if yet little mistakes that they think ought to deserve.
What's your opinion on this story, mateys?
I stopped by the front desk in order to obtain a marker/highlighter. When I approached the desk, I saw this patient/individual who was sitting in the seat where we work. There are four open chairs for the patients to sit in, at the front of the desk. However, this lady decided to sit behind the counter where a uniformed employee/volunteer individual would sit. It is where the computer terminal and all the accessories are located.
I thought to myself, who cares where she sits, it is just a desk since no one is working at the desk right now. Mind you, she is an african-american lady. Black/brown, however you may refer her to or at the least, that is the color of her skin. She was in her mid 30's or 40's.
As I was searching through the two drawers, I had to get the key in an out-of-view place underneath the desk to unlock the third drawer where we would place miscellaneous forms, pens, post-it notes, etc. I unlocked the drawer, grabbed the marker/highlighter, then lock it back up again. During this time, this lady was watching what I was doing and this is what she had to say: "Oh yea! Lock it up..I wasn't going to steal anything! Pssst..."
I paused, think, and replied "I didn't mean to say anything about you, since.." She interrupted me and act like she could careless about what I was about to say. Further, she sneered and hiffed like a high school girl who would not warrant anything that doesn't stand her way, and continued on babbling to herself with her misfits.
I walked off with the maker/highlighter, thinking to myself..."what did i do wrong?" She thought I was being racist because I locked up the drawer? If that is so, I did not intend to be like that. That was the heavenly side of me. The devil side of me tells myself not to give a fuck what she thinks. She was in a prohibited section where she shouldn't be. Her negative thoughts are just evidence of her being racist to herself. That, I shouldn't apologize for any wrong-doing.
In the end, I know one person does not speak for all ethnicities. However, most of the time, I really come to the conclusions that african-americans are just like this: obnoxious, rude, thinks everyone is being racist to them, and that we should apologize for any if yet little mistakes that they think ought to deserve.
What's your opinion on this story, mateys?
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