Stevie_J Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 This story prompted the question. The world has gone mad. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...ar-chucker.html Ah, the joys of the Daily Mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I am a man who likes to call a spear a spear. Hang on, did I get that right? I think what we can say is, that you might see how there could be a bit of misunderstanding. I'm sure most of recall the term being used in as a racist term, and may well indeed have used it or laughed at it as uneducated youngsters (I'm sure I did). Language changes, and sometimes there is confusion in the meantime... I do agree that there could be some misunderstanding but I also think that there is actually a reverse type of racism going on by the offendees (which really pisses me off). Jim R calls Tessa a Spear Chucker, and the offendees straight label her based on her skin colour. Several years ago I used to work in a crappy motorway service restaurant where the cooks were rather tiny. We were having a bad day and one particular bloke complained and asked why his meal was taking so long. He then asked if it had to do with him being black. Personally I believe that he was being racist for accusing me of giving him bad service based purely on the colour of his skin. I responded to the fool that he should take a look around the restaurant and he would see that we were not discriminating against anyone when it came to the bad service that we offered. He actually did me a favour, I got most of the people in the restaurant on my side after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_KTF Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Several years ago I used to work in a crappy motorway service restaurant where the cooks were rather tiny. We were having a bad day and one particular bloke complained and asked why his meal was taking so long. He then asked if it had to do with him being black. Personally I believe that he was being racist for accusing me of giving him bad service based purely on the colour of his skin. I responded to the fool that he should take a look around the restaurant and he would see that we were not discriminating against anyone when it came to the bad service that we offered. He actually did me a favour, I got most of the people in the restaurant on my side after that. Fantastic. I can't wait to copy this tactic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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