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Sometimes I forget there are, unfortunately, still people like this in the world, even in this day and age.
My wife and I went to Burger King for lunch yesterday. We sat down two tables away from this older couple, which turned out to be a mistake because they were talking quite loudly, and constantly. Somewhat annoying, but nothing to get too upset over. Still, I was wishing we had picked a table that was farther away.
At one point, I think they were talking about someone they knew who had just left his kids alone in the house and disappeared. Not sure, since I was trying to tune it all out. But then I heard the guy say something about how "those Mexicans are no good. And those black people are even worse. You can't trust those black people!"
My wife and I just looked at each other, not so much disbelieving that they said it, but that they were saying it loud enough for everyone to hear, including one of the employees who happened to be black.
As if that wasn't bad enough, the woman walked over and tried to make conversation with my wife, about how horrible it was that some guy had just left the kids like that. I'm guessing that she figured that she was one of those "no good Mexicans" her husband had been ranting out (she's actually Puerto Rican, but most racists are too stupid to tell the difference), and figured she was offended, and tried to make nice with her. In reality, all it did was made us both uncomfortable. I said absolutely nothing (although I was tempted to ask them their secrets to getting their sheets so white), and my wife said very little to her.
Thankfully, she left, and the husband was already gone. Don't know where he disappeared to, and didn't really care.
My wife lamented about how it's amazing that there are still people like that in this day and age. I told her not to worry about it, since both of them will probably die 50 years before we do.
My wife and I went to Burger King for lunch yesterday. We sat down two tables away from this older couple, which turned out to be a mistake because they were talking quite loudly, and constantly. Somewhat annoying, but nothing to get too upset over. Still, I was wishing we had picked a table that was farther away.
At one point, I think they were talking about someone they knew who had just left his kids alone in the house and disappeared. Not sure, since I was trying to tune it all out. But then I heard the guy say something about how "those Mexicans are no good. And those black people are even worse. You can't trust those black people!"
My wife and I just looked at each other, not so much disbelieving that they said it, but that they were saying it loud enough for everyone to hear, including one of the employees who happened to be black.
As if that wasn't bad enough, the woman walked over and tried to make conversation with my wife, about how horrible it was that some guy had just left the kids like that. I'm guessing that she figured that she was one of those "no good Mexicans" her husband had been ranting out (she's actually Puerto Rican, but most racists are too stupid to tell the difference), and figured she was offended, and tried to make nice with her. In reality, all it did was made us both uncomfortable. I said absolutely nothing (although I was tempted to ask them their secrets to getting their sheets so white), and my wife said very little to her.
Thankfully, she left, and the husband was already gone. Don't know where he disappeared to, and didn't really care.
My wife lamented about how it's amazing that there are still people like that in this day and age. I told her not to worry about it, since both of them will probably die 50 years before we do.
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