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[stephinika]

Hmph. Kk, soo today the weirdest but very irritating thing happened.

I was at my uni (which is attached to a mall) so I was with Larry and another friend (both are Asian and I'm half) and we're walking through the food court. Some little old lady was walking next to us and muttering to herself, and we just tried to ignore it but then we heard what she was saying.
"*mumble mumble* scram...damn Asians...*mumble*" so we turned and said, "Excuse me?" And she goes off on us!
"Damn asians, coming here from bloody China ... *mumble* stay where you came from, coming to our damn country ... *mumble*..Philippines too! *mumble*"
It goes on. Larry responds, "Um, you're being really rude ma'am."
And she just keeps going off so Larry told her to shut her mouth and eff off, haha but she had walked off.

Seriously, I refuse to respect someone if they don't respect me, elderly or not. WTF.

Just my story of the day. Soo, yeah. Have you ever had any thing like that happen to you?

[libertie]

Oh man, Steph.. That's seriously awful. I can't believe people act like that. =\

I've never had anything like that happen to me in public, no, but I can't believe other people have to go through stuff like this.

[stephinika]

It was so stupid though, because she's in an area thats majority asian/south east asian and whatnot. Seriously. Even if she didn't like it, you think she'd get used to the fact she's surrounded by immigrants. It's the west coast of Canada, I mean really.

[iDecay]

That's happened to me before! D: This Asian lady was complaining about Asians. WTF, ironic.

[libertie]

That's happened to me before! D: This Asian lady was complaining about Asians. WTF, ironic.

WTF?! xD

[iDecay]

I KNOW! She was all complaining about how Asians are so annoying and obnoxious. Jeez. >_>

[ForgiveTheSinner]

Happens at school a lot. It's the Chinese making fun of the Taiwanese.

[Gigi]

LOL that's hilarious. Why, of all places in North America, does she live here then? Honestly, you'd think she'd be used to it by now. I don't know about you, but like 80% of my school is some sort of Asian.

I've never encountered someone like that though, I guess there really are that many Asians around my area. Most of the people I meet are really sweet and, well, normal.

[stephinika]

^^
Yeah, this was at Surrey Central mall if you know where that is Gigi... blah. But yeh, that place is mostly asian/brown. I mean c'mon.

[Joanne]

Wow, that's pretty crazy... I've never met anyone that (openly) racist before! The worst I've ever heard was the use of "FOB".. but come on, everyone says that.

Hmm, university attached to a mall.. SFU Surrey campus?

[gojira]

a bunch of my friends and i were at 7-11 and this old greasy hair b, look-like a homeless grandma or one of those ladies that live with 100 cats muttered some random crap about asians. then she procceeded to tell the cashier that he should watch out for us, we might steal. the cashier looked at her with disbelief while shaking his head.

lols. i wonder who shoved that tampon up her ass and left it there to rot. she can be ignorant all she wants, i'm not going to take part in that.

[stephinika]

Wow, that's pretty crazy... I've never met anyone that (openly) racist before! The worst I've ever heard was the use of "FOB".. but come on, everyone says that.

Hmm, university attached to a mall.. SFU Surrey campus?

Haha, yup. So you're from the lower mainland too? Cool.

[Joanne]

Haha, yup. So you're from the lower mainland too? Cool.

Yep. Gigi and I actually go to the same school. =]


Oh, I just remembered: There used to be this social studies teacher at my school who was known for her racist comments. I remember I had her for about a week during my first year of high school, and she brought in a (really really obviously crappy) binder that was made in China. She brought it in to demonstrate how useless things from China are, and did so by pretty much stomping and jumping on it. People used to make some pretty pointless online petitions to get her fired, but they never worked. She recently 'retired' though, so I guess the message got to her somehow.

[emberfly]

thats so awful. most asians are so NICE! where I live, everyone is racist against blacks and mexicans. not extreme racist like above.. I dont know anyone that awful.

[Tung]

Yep. Gigi and I actually go to the same school. =]

Lawls, so you must know Liz too right? She goes to the same school as you.

[markmejia]

Oh, I hate when I come across those kinds of elderly people. It's just too bad they were born out of the wrong hole. It's like, you just wanna f**king smack them, but then again, they're elderly.

[synatribe]

lol where I live its all asian

[angelrevelation]

That's why I'm kind of scared of old people... Since they grew up in a really racist time, they could have been very racist in their younger years, and have just suppressed it because it's frowned upon now. It's really hard to grow out of your own upbringing like that.

[Reidar]

Yes, I've encountered people of similar sentiments. And this is actually true, from a couple of years ago:

I was stopped inside a convenience store because the owner thought I had stolen a candy bar. All I came in for was a water bottle. He flattered himself if he thought I would put his processed garbage into my body. So, I bring that up to pay and he goes, "Is that all for you?"
"Yes."
He leans closer. "Are you sure?"
"Yes."
He leans over more and wiggles his eyebrows. "Is that all you'll be buying?"
"Yes."
Exasperated, he finally says, "You took the candy bar. I saw you."
And here I thought he was trying to throw me a corny sales pitch for his stale hot dogs. "Oh, okay. You're right."
"Aha! All you Arabians do is thieve off me [I'm Persian, not Arabian]. So you admit it?"
"That's right. I took the candy bar. King-sized Snickers. That's half of your revenue, old man. And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling Americans!" He actually looked to be Indian.
He blinks, and demands, "Empty your pockets."
I take out the only object in them, a folded piece of paper that I open up for him on his counter. It's a drawing of a bloody bag of eyeballs tied to floating balloons. I was bored in band practice that day.
He just stares, so I put it back in my pocket and state, "This was a test of your emergency response system. My work here is done." And I left.

What a weak stereotype. Middle Easterners are terrorists, okay. That's on a grand scale. I admit, I am pretty terrifying. I take it as a compliment. But they steal candy bars? Low. Just low.

[annalucky]

^lol, wtf is up with that guy..

The exact same thing happened to my friend when she was waiting at the bus stop. This elderly lady was mumbling and then she started screaming at them. She was saying that white people were going to kill them and they should have stayed in their own country..

Newsflash: this country doesn't belong to any ethnicity.

[Joanne]

I wonder if any First Nations people go up to them today and say "GET OFF OUR LAND! GO BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG!"...

[Reidar]

^lol, wtf is up with that guy..

That was a true story, peon. Cherish it, because I don't share them that often.

[LennonLime]

hmmm...yep, I'd say that's pretty rediculous.

[stephinika]

what the fuk? dayum, that sounds fierce. I can't relate to any kind of prejudice like that. That sounds pretty harsh though.

How old was the lady that was "talking" to you guys? For some reason I picture her being one of those 105 year old ladies on a walker or something

Umm, haha I don't know, pretty old, but no walker. She was tiny though, so it was weird.

[Insurmountable]

Sheesh, thats odd. I don't know how I would take that Personally I don't mind people that come to this country and really try and make a effort to learn the language and such. But those people out there that move here and make us learn their language so they can make a living here annoy the hell out of me >_>