Here Today... Gone To Hell!

I had a really bad day at work, and I was totally spaced out. I was driving home and I decided to get some KFC grilled chicken. It was alot more crowded then I expected, and I was really hungry. I had my purse on the counter, and I realized I better pick it up so I didn't forget it. The next thing I know this angry young African American man says  to me, "you thought I was going to steal your purse, I've got more money than you have in your purse."  I felt so bad and I tried to apologize, but everybody looked at me like I was the antichrist. Then the young man stormed out. It was surreal, i would have picked my purse off the counter at Neiman Marcus, it was stupid of me to have it there in the first place, I was just so spacey.Needless to say, I don't think I am going to dine there again. Oh well.  Now if you were at a fast food place, and a woman picked her purse off the counter would you be offended if she were a different race from you, or would you be offended regardless of race, or would you be like me and be totally oblivious?

I think he was just trying to pull the race card. There's no way anyone could be dumb enough to honestly mistake your action for racism, and the fact that he said it loud enough to get people's attention makes it obvious that he was trying to cause a scene.

Yeah, this was all on him. You did nothing offensive.

Thankyou, your words mean alot. I was the only white person in the restaurant, and everybody looked at me like I was totally evil. I was just so preoccupied with the stupid actions of some doctors at work that I really wasn't thinking much about anything but my hunger.

That is strange. I wouldn't take it personally. He may have issues from past experiences that makes him suspicious of everyone.

You didn't do anything wrong. Some people let every small thing enrage them. It has to be exhausting.

You should have backhanded that foo.

You shouldn't feel bad.  Sometimes people just read way too much into things, and sometimes they try the whole, "it's because I'm black" thing.  I used to get that a lot from students until they all met my black brother-in-law who I love dearly!!!  Then they're the ones left feeling goofy!

Maybe he would have stole your purse if he had a chance?

"welcome to the jungle!"

No worries Annie.  I have been in numerous situations where that card has been dealt.  I have put my purse on the counter many times and been concerned.  Leaving my purse anywhere except on my own person gets me upset considering half of my life is in it, the most important half I may add.

To bad for this man sounds like he left hungry.  Oh darn ::)

Thankyou, ever since my purse was stolen from my house, I do get a little paranoid. I was more upset by everybody else's coldness to me then him. I think they didn't want me in there. Who knows, i'll never go back there again. The grilled chicken was good though BTW.

Understandable, that is a almost scary, don't blame you for not wanting to return, completely uncomfortable in every aspect.  Still shame on that man, would he have done the same as you if it were his wallet?  I bet so.  I agree the grilled chicken is yummy, had it night before last  :yes:.

It was stupid of me to be so careless in the first place. I just wish that he would have accepted my apology. But he probably wasn't playing with a full deck to get so upset. Things could have gotten much worse. Stupid little things can set people off. I wonder what they would do in that KFC if I came in wearing a Bucket on my head. There used to be a KFC closer to my house where they graciously gave me a bucket to wear to a Buckethead concert.

Pretty racist if u ask me

Me or him? I had no intentional malice in my actions, I had been absentmined when I had it sitting open on the counter and I realized I should pick it up. If I were racist, I would have left the KFC as soon as I walked in. What's strange is that as soon as I picked it up, i had a very bad feeling that I had offended him, and then he started yelling at me. I didn't find him intimidating at all, I had actually thought he was kind of cute. I guess I'm lucky people didn't physically attack me after that.

I think he's kidding. Stay away from that KFC Annie!

OK. Last year when I was in Paris, the zipper on my purse broke and people told me to be careful, especially on the Metro, that having the open purse just invited thieves. So I used that as a good excuse to buy a Hello Kitty purse at Victoria Couture. I should have just gone home and cooked a frozen dinner. Oh well, what's done is done.

HAHA just kidding Annie

U can't trust people anywhere.

Now if u like quickly snatched your purse in frantic like action, then yeah that is kinda profiling.

Black guy storming out of KFC, there is a joke in there somewhere :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Dammit Annie, how many times do I have to tell you NEVER take off your Obama t-shirt!  You never would have had this problem.   :hihi:

Seriously, the guy was being a jack-ass. 

btw, next time you're in Paris, leave your purse open, and stuff some mousetraps in that bad boy!  Laugh like a motherfucker when some a-hole tries to go in for a grab.   :hihi:

This kind of thing sucks. I'm not racist, I actually think racist people should die, but this things are becoming more common everyday. Society and the whole 'politically correct bullshit' makes it like this. Now we have to watch every single word/action we do. Even my black friends say that to me, they've seen black people that use their colour as an excuse to get make a scene.

Annie, it wasn't your fault at all, you know that and still you think about it. I know exactly how's that, and it sucks.

I am too EMO! :hihi: I did some online shopping and i feel a little bit better now.

If you didn't do anything wrong, then WTF did you apologize for?  ::)

I notice in a lot of your posts, you tend to qualify people by their nationality or the color of their skin.  So maybe you just don't realize how offensive some of your words and mannerisms are?

And because someone doesn't think the same way you do, doesn't mean that they aren't "playing with a full deck" either.



You should've just replied to him ... FUCK YOU! ... and went on about your business.

I felt bad that I hurt his feelings, because I was in my own world being pissed off at the new doctors at work who had done some really stupid things that day and not taking care of my adorable tokidoki purse...  I  am  an aspiring screen writer and when I give details about a person's skin color or nationality I am trying to paint a picture with words. I think I need to refine my writing style a bit so thankyou for the feedback.. Screaming at somebody and storming off is not exactly rationale behaviour.  I just wonder if he would have yelled at an African American woman if she did the same thing. I want to go back there someday with a 6ft 6in tall guy dressed like Buckethead with a KFC Bucket and Jason mask. It would be funny to see their reaction. I don't think yelling Fuck You in that restaurant would  have been a very smart thing to do. That would have invited an escalation of potential violence. Some people just look for an excuse to let off steam, just like idiots who start riots at concerts. Anyway it's over, but the new doctors are still annoying.

cheer up annie there was nothing you could do for him. how would you apologise to him?
Anyone should look after their own belongings whether at their work, home or kfc.
why anyone should mind when you collected your own purse and not theirs?

It's not black or white some people are just easy to get offended. Maybe he had a bad day as well.
 

Very true.

Could've been worse.

U could've offered to buy him some fried chicken afterwards

He could've. As he had more money than annie.

Now that would have really set him off.  :hihi: No grilled chicken was worth all this drama.  I want to go back into my own little world with HELLO kITTY AND kERMIT THE FROG, reading the TWilight Saga and listening to CHINESE DEMOCRACY.

Don't they have drive-thru's in that God-forsaken part of the country?

That was my original intention, but I got confused and entered where you were supposed to exit and I just decided to go inside the restaurant.

Are u sure u didn't listen to "One In A Million" on your way home?

good one! : ok:

Thats crazy my friends once when they was eating at the mall by us had a experence like that in the food court someone flicked some food at some overe weight black women and she came over to my friends table and was ranting them thinking they flung it at her and they tryed to tell her it wasnt them but she was to occupied with her ranting so she wasnt listening and everyone was just looking at them the whole time I wish I was there to just laugh and try to get rid of her she was crazy!!!

It was an unfortunate misunderstanding. I will always keep my purse by my side and learn to not take things so personally. One of my African American coworkers said he only did that because I was white, that he wouldn't have reacted that way if she did it. KFC is bad for you anyway, so I just won't eat it.You never know how people are going to take things.

Yeah but it still wasnt right of him to make you look like a racist in there!!!

The sad thing is that he got himself all worked up for nothing. I was actually thinking he was kind of cute, not my type, but still attractive. Besides, this expereince gave me a good excuse to get some more TOKIDOKI stuff to cheer myself up. :hihi:

Nice any excuse to shop :rofl:

I said it was an addiction. ;)

lol. I would've just thrown my make-up at that guy, if I had a purse and I was a womanl.

My makeup is too expensive to throw away. I wouldn't waste my Mac Hello Kitty lipgloss like that! :hihi:

I had a much more positive experience yesterday. My Mom and I were at a Home Depot and a very nice young African American man wanted us to buy something silly at checkout and I said, OK, only because you are so cute, He said thanks for the compliment!  I spent .77 to make somebody happy. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with a HOME Depot canvas tool apron, but it was funny.

Guess I was wrong.  Since you find this African-American nice and cute, that just proves you're NOT a fuckin racist!!!  Only a descriptive aspiring writer/storyteller!!!!

My mistake.   ::)

The truth is I'm really a vampire and I don't like humans regardless of their race unless they are cute. :hihi: