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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recall the time I was at a Whole Foods and a very petite AA lady asked me to get her something on an upper shelf.  She asked like it was a normal request for her, given her petite stature.  I didn't mind one bit - happy to help.

Then there was the incident this past summer where I had to get the last remaining bottle all the way at the back of a top grocery store shelf.  I was sadly wondering how to get it, when who should enter my aisle but a very, very tall AA man - maybe a former Redskins player.  I gratefully asked him if he could get it for me, he smiled, grabbed it, and handed it over.

People helping people.  Isn't that what life should be about?[/quote]

There have been people of all races and genders and ages who have politely asked me if I : can reach something, know where something might be, or can give them directions. I am happy to help, and these people usually seem appreciative and thank me.  Then there are those people who blurt out things like :” Where’s the coffee.  I Need coffee.” Or “Here. I need another size”.  One time, when I was walking down the street, with a rolling tote and a bag of groceries, a woman charged up to me saying, impatiently: “I’ve been Waiting for you. You need to let me in.” And pointed to the building that I had just passed on my way home.

People helping people is great.  People randomly assuming that I exist to serve them is not what my life is about.   
If someone can’t approach me politely, acknowledge that they’re asking a favor from a stranger, and notice that my winter coat strongly suggests that I’m not working in the store where we both happen to be — then they’re not treating me like “people”.  And yeah, the demographics of the people who have treated me this way have been startlingly consistent.  [/quote]

I’m so sorry this has happened to you too.  Totally feel you.  Who did the lady on the street think you were?[/quote]

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