Saturday, August 29, 2015

Tales From Behind the Counter: "This is why we need trump."


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/27/1416038/-Tales-From-Behind-the-Counter-This-is-why-we-need-trump?detail=email


This is a story related to me by a coworker. We worked together over the holidays before being transferred out to different stores. She related this to me a couple days ago.
She was in her store in the morning, with a customer at the counter whom she was assisting. A pair of ladies walked in, well dressed, well-off, both white. They immediately became impatient, tapping toes, drumming fingers, huffing and puffing. Eventually the first customer offered to step aside and browse the store so the associate could help the ladies.
They approached and asked for batteries. The associate said (paraphrasing) "Yes, ma'am. We have AAAs and AAs." Now, I'll pause here for a moment to explain that this associate is of Hispanic descent, though she was born in the US and speaks PERFECT English, not even a hint of an accent. The lady became irate, simply repeating that she needs batteries.
Then, out of nowhere she says, "You see, this is why we need Trump." And went on to complain about every racist, false talking point about Hispanics you ever heard. Taking over the culture, stealing jobs, you name it.
She asked for a piece of paper so that she could write down the word Battery, and draw a picture. The associate informed her that we didn't carry that type of battery. She insisted we did, continuing her racist comments, insisting that she knows that RadioShack sells these batteries.
Oh, did I forget to mention, we don't work for RadioShack. We work for a retail chain that sells video games and other related electronics. The associate explained, "this isn't RadioShack ma'am, this is _." The woman continued to berate the associate and insult her intelligence, suggesting that she somehow did not know the name of the store she herself worked out. "I'm sorry ma'am, the RadioShack that was here closed down about six months ago."
Now it gets bizarre. The woman asked the associate to step outside the front door, at which point she pointed to the sign above the door and demanded that the associate read it, specifying that she should "sound it out." The associate read, very slowly, the name above the door, which was not RadioShack. Only then, did the woman look to the sign herself.
Her eyes went wide, and without another word walked away, got in her car and peeled away as fast as she could.
short and sweet both Trump and the two..................you feel that one in are the posters for ugliness of racism and bigotry and how stupid it makes those who practice it.  wish they could have named names embarrassing those who still can be embarrassed is great weapon in the war of intolerant butts.

the audacity of arrogance equals you deserve to sit in a corner wearing a dunce hat.