What pissed you off today?

Zimmeh · 06-21-2011, 10:27 AM

A lady at DeVry University did this, when I was still working there. As she was walking out of the restroom, I said out loud, "That is fucking disgusting". The woman walked away very fast.

Invest in some 91% alcohol which is what we use at work.

Have a good day,

Zimmy

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Originally Posted by dixielady

People disgust me. I walk into my office tonight, sit down at my desk, and notice something out of the corner of my eye, on the floor near the other door. I walk over to see what it is. Oh. My. God. Ew. Why the fuck is there a used tampon applicator on the floor of my office???? There has been no one in here today other than coworkers and the boss. Seriously??? Are these people that disgusting?? Ugh. And I thought earlier was bad when I was in the restroom during a class break and the lady (who I'd like to punch in the back of the head most days) walked out of the stall, fluffed her hair and kept walking...without washing her hands. I say again...people disgust me. *shudder*

Gráinne · 06-21-2011, 09:08 PM

I call this "Attack of the Giant Assumptions"

I was in a class, and the teacher opened with one of those darn icebreaker activities. This one was a kind of "Bingo", with questions in squares. The questions were mostly things like "Someone who has three or more kids", or "Someone who has run a marathon". You had to circulate around and find those people, and they signed the correct box (did that make sense?).

First, there is one African-American woman in the class. As soon as the teacher said "Go", everyone else was swarming around her. The reason? One of the questions was "Someone who knows what Juneteenth is". I couldn't believe one student actually said, "I'm sure you'd know what that is!"

Another question was "Someone who knows what a Seder is". People were searching all over for someone to sign that one, and I'm just sitting there, sort of amused. Finally, I spoke up, and I cannot be sure, but I think someone really said "You don't look Jewish"

. If I'd really heard that clearly, I might have snapped back, "Yeah, neither did Sammy Davis Jr. and Marilyn Monroe." What do Jews look like, anyway?

What if the Black woman hadn't been born in America, or otherwise didn't know what Juneteenth is? Assumptions, anyone?

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