Texan Bull In A China Shop
(I am Canadian; I was born in Canada and have lived here all my life. I don’t look Chinese at all, though my hair is brown. This day, a racist customer decided I was Chinese.)
Customer: “Hey, [slur for Asian people]! Hurry up; we didn’t let you in this country to laze about!”
Me: *calmly* “Nice accent. Where are you from?”
Customer: “Texas. Now, d*** well hurry up! I have places to be!”
Me: “Well, first off, you’re Texan so you didn’t let me into the country. Second, my mother may have come to Canada thirty years ago, but it was from England where she was born and her great-grandparents were born! Third, my father’s family emigrated to Canada from England in 1926! So, no, I am not Chinese! Now get out of my country!”
Customer: “Call your manager! Right now! I’m getting you fired!”
Manager: *who heard the whole thing, in his best accent* “You need to tell this [slur] something, sir?”
(The customer ran away from my manager: a very annoyed, very big Chinese man.)
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