Maybe They’re Having A Pow Wow At Starbucks
Customer: “Excuse me.”
Coworker: “Yes, may I help you?”
Customer: “I just wanted to say how disappointed I am with your town!”
Coworker: “Okay, why is that?”
Customer: “I haven’t seen an Indian! This is supposed to be Cherokee Nation, and I haven’t seen one Indian! We came all the way down here from Illinois and wanted to see Indians!”
Coworker: “Come again?”
Customer: “All we’ve seen are normal people! We want to see Indians!”
Coworker: “Ma’am, they dress and look just like the rest of us. If you want to see reenactments, you need to go to Tsa-La-Gi outside town.”
Customer: “They don’t dress like that all the time?”
Coworker: “No, ma’am.”
Customer: “What about teepees?”
Coworker: “That’s plains Indians, ma’am, and no. They don’t live in teepees.”
Customer: “Oh…” *mutters while walking away* “… came to see Indians and all we get are regular people…”
This story is part of the American States roundup!
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