While standing in line waiting to pay for misc. items, a man got in line behind me. Here's what transpired:
Man (insert southern drawl): Is that your son? (referring to Eliot)
Me: Yeah!
Man: He mexican? (no verb required)
Me: He's Guatemalan, actually.
Man: Huh?
Me: Yeah, he's Mexican.
ignorant people are so frustrating! i had a man at costco one time ask me (when referring to the birthmark on bailey's lip), "what's that nasty thing on your baby's lip?"
ReplyDeleteseriously?
Oh my...the joys of transracial adoption. People seem to think they can ask you ANYTHING, and they end up saying the stupidest things.
ReplyDeleteDavid actually had someone use the N word the other day when referring to the candidates for presidency. Seriously...what year is it???
someone asked me once (about my two adopted kids) "guess they look like their father"..
ReplyDeleteI said,
"I dont know, they might!"
teehee!!!
One of my friends from college went fishing down near my hometown, which would seem to be dangerously close to Arkansas. They got pulled over, I'm sure by someone I must have gone to high school with, and my friend who is Hawaiian was asked "You Chinese or Oriental?" Again no verbs. Which was followed by, I'm not making this up... "We don't take kindly to foreigners around here."
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding me?
Just the other day a woman in Dunkin Donuts said to me "oh she's so cute I thought she was a dolly from outside" I said "thank you" and she said "oh but she's not yours" I said "oh yes she is" and she said "oh she looks like a little indian or something' not sure what the 'or something' meant.
ReplyDeletePeople are so dumb sometimes.
ignorance makes me angry... must... remember... to pray... for these people... :/
ReplyDeletemy fiance (also Guatemalan) has a t-shirt, and this is no lie, it says, "NOT A MEXICAN" is huge black letters over the Guatemalan flag!!! Thank goodness he only wears it under his work shirt. But it's still funny.
You crack me up Katie. That's freakin funny.
ReplyDeletePat Whitworth
You crack me up Katie. That's freakin funny.
ReplyDeleteTake care,
Pat Whitworth
Stinkin' funny!! That made me laugh right out loud!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite: A woman was googling at Soli at the airport and she said to her, "You must look just like your Daddy!" Me: "Not at all, she looks just like her uncle." You should have seen the look on her face. It just makes me chuckle!
Thanks for the laugh. ~H
oh geez.
ReplyDeletewow I'm reading all these stories and thinking to myself...crud do we all freakin live in anti social insensitive bubbles now days?
ReplyDeleteanyway Love reading your posts and it was so fun meeting you all this summer!!!
wow I'm reading all these stories and thinking to myself...crud do we all freakin live in anti social insensitive bubbles now days?
ReplyDeleteanyway Love reading your posts and it was so fun meeting you all this summer!!!
i've read this several times b/c its so funny i can't stop laughing. people will always say dumber things than you ever thought!
ReplyDeleteI laughed out loud sister!! Some people are just insane:)
ReplyDeletewow...
ReplyDeletesort of reminds me of the time a woman came up to me in wal-mart asking me "what kind are they?" - pointing to my little sisters Anna and Abby ....I grinned at her ..."they're the SISTER kind" - and then (was kind of myself ashamed later) ...asked her, "Why? ...what kind are YOU??"
ReplyDelete"I'm white" ... looking at me like I'd lost my marbles -
ignorance ... gotta love it.
I don't have issues with ignorant people since I KNOW that I've walked in ignorance about things at different points in my life - but when it's that open ... and pointed towards my priceless, precious sisters? ... I won't stand for it.