Today, my coworkers have decided I'm a racist. Not because I started shouting racist slurs or something, but because I used to be a server, and they saw a TikTok video that said that all servers are secretly racist. Since it's on TikTok, it's obviously true, right? FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was accused of being a "racist whore" at work. I'd only asked a man if he needed help finding anything, as that is part of my job. FML
Today, my extremely racist coworker was doing his usual thing. Since it was 9/11 he went absolutely hardcore on his "jokes" so I reported it to my supervisor. She asked what did he say specifically and I recited it to her. She decided to write me up for "making inappropriate comments at work". FML
Today, I shared my opinions on ICE's recent murder of a mother on my TikTok, and shared it on my Bluesky account. I was still logged in to my work's Bluesky. A bunch of scummy bigot cavemen called my boss and complained, and the spineless fuckwit fired me. FML
Today, I got fired, apparently for being racist to black people. When I told my boyfriend, he couldn't stop laughing. He's black. FML
Today, I got called in for a second job interview for a position I'd applied for. When I met the interviewer, she smiled and told me to have a seat. She pulls out her phone and says, “So, care to explain this?” It was one of my TikToks from ages ago of me singing the "N-word" over and over again. I forgot I had that. FML
Today, I've now had to fire three employees this month alone. Why? Two were caught making TikToks while on the clock, “joking” about stealing customers’ credit card info, and the third posted a video of herself in a street fight while wearing her uniform. It should hurt to be this damn stupid. FML
Today, while working at Subway I joked with a customer asking him if he was going to order in Spanish. The women in front of him began yelling about how I was being racist and told my manager that I needed to be fired. The customer I was joking with was my Spanish teacher. FML
Today, I was at work and commented on someone’s YouTube video that they sounded “so white” when pronouncing “Tacos Al Pastor.” I didn’t realize I'd used my job’s Google account to post the comment. Someone flagged my comment, and our IT department told my boss, who then fired me. FML
Today, I was fired for "blatant, inexcusable racism". My boss had asked me which website background I preferred for our company, and I said that white backgrounds are usually best. He thinks that I believe in white supremacy, and that's bad for the company's image. FML
Today, I found out why my coworkers never invite me anywhere. Apparently, I "made a face" when one of them used the N-word, and it makes them uncomfortable to be around me. FML
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RichardPencil 32
What was your IP address?
Bogrbon 27
Well, if they had any knowledge about thing, almost everyone has some level of implicit bias and most of us are racist, even if unintentionally. So it isn’t that “servers are racist,” it’s that human beings are racist. The problem is that some people pretend not to be, and end up doing racist things unintentionally and some openly embrace and encourage that racism.
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RichardPencil 32
What was your IP address?
whydoyouneedone 8
😂
Bogrbon 27
Well, if they had any knowledge about thing, almost everyone has some level of implicit bias and most of us are racist, even if unintentionally. So it isn’t that “servers are racist,” it’s that human beings are racist. The problem is that some people pretend not to be, and end up doing racist things unintentionally and some openly embrace and encourage that racism.
RichardPencil 32
The problem for servers is there are stereotypes about how some groups tip. Some might feel clinging to those stereotypes is good for business.
Grizz8831 14
I don't even think it's racism, it's tribalism. I was born in a low income area, and I trust the people like me, skin colour wasn't the issue, circumstance was the important part. race is just the easier defining factor for a "tribe mentality" since it has been a major dividing line for neighborhoods a long time. but I am no sociologist.