Today, a customer called me "chink eyes", "dog eater", "bloody Chinese communist" and "ching chong." I'm black. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my coworker and I were swamped with coffee orders. I told him I would "take care of the blacks", and a customer who only heard that sentence screamed at me for several minutes about racism. FML
Today, an Asian man approached me and called me pretty. I thanked him and he asked if I'm Chinese. When I said, "No, I'm Taiwanese" he promptly spat in my face and called me a "traitor to the motherland." FML
Today, while I was working at a call center, a customer was pranking me using an obviously fake Asian accent. He kept saying his name was “Phuck Mi”, his phone number was 666-3629 (as in "Sex sex sex free sex tonight") and making moaning noises and sexual phrases. I don’t get paid enough for this. FML
Today, I was asked to prove that I was Chinese by translating the phrase, "Ching chong ming chang ho". I'm not even Chinese. FML
Today, I was with my grandma waiting in a line. She only speaks Chinese and there was a black man in front of us talking his phone. My grandma tells me that the black man's really loud and annoying. The man finishes and turns and said fluently in Chinese, "What's wrong with loud black men?" FML
Today, a customer at work pronounced the word "Asian" as "Ah-See-Awn" when ordering a salad. I wasn't allowed to say anything. FML
Today, my boss at my new call center job said he'd gotten complaints about me. Apparently I sound "too black" and it's "upsetting" some of our customers. I don't know what that even means, but my boss said I need to "tone it down or we're gonna have some problems". FML
Today, a customer threatened to smash my face in because I wouldn't give him a veteran's discount on a donut. He looked like he'd eaten his way out of fat camp, and it seemed the only action he'd seen was fighting his way into a lard factory. Still, he swung fast, and I now have a black eye. FML
Today, I called the Vietnamese teacher at my son's kindergarten by my Chinese colleague's name. Luckily, she didn't catch it. I'm not a racist, I was just tired after a long day. FML
Today, I became the town racist for saying "black" instead of "African-American". I'm black. FML
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Top comments
Mynameislinh 24
It doesn't matter what race you are. That's completely unacceptable, and you should never be treated that way.
mastervuk 9
That's some twisted kind of racist.
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Comments (40)
Squirrel1256 15
Just try not to squint your eyes at him, it could make things worse.
whiteboy896 9
Its obvious OP smoked way too much weed before going to work.
hessel 13
wow that racist guy just failed at being racist
\ 28
Working in retail a while back, this one guy called me a "kike" and "hymie" at the counter while he unsurprisingly smelled like chemicals. And I'm not even Jewish.
incoherentrmblr 22
Well, f**k me sideways...
Bquillero16 18
Maybe you need a tan?
annie_nk 23
Yes. Because a tan will miraculously make racist assholes see the error of their ways. Of course.
mastervuk 9
That's some twisted kind of racist.
Mynameislinh 24
It doesn't matter what race you are. That's completely unacceptable, and you should never be treated that way.
QQMorePlox 18
Well said (:
tyler384 6
Some people are just rude jackass idiots...
hope1103 20
Was the customer being serious?
HeyHeyFishFillet 34
Serious or not, that customer is severely ****** in the head.
NessaMae 19
It looks like that customer needs to retake history and refresh his memory on what an Asian looks like.
JustStella 28
History?
NessaMae 19
Communism. ^
julako 22
...because all Asian people look the same, right? Refreshing stereotypes or cliches won't turn that customer into an open and less racist person. To come to the point that all people are equal one has to really know what ALL and EQUAL refer to.
Wakachulak 22
And PEOPLE. That's also important.
\ 28
Do I look Semitic on first glance? Yeah, because all ethnicities are easily identifiable based on a few characteristics.
monnanon 14
16 are you trying to say the Chinese are not communists?
underthesea12 24
those are the wrong racist terms... that person is ignorant about being ignorant!
DreamStatic 8
Turn the other cheek.
CMC_LOVES_MGM 19
Drugs or not the customer is ignorant; I hope you had him removed or refused service.
annie_nk 23
Most customer service places have a sign that says "We have the right to refuse service to anyone" (or something close to that). I think this situation counts.