Whose truth?

People always expect the truth. But when you ask them to prove it, they shy away and don’t want to deal with it…It is also ironic to note that in exposing the truth (relative or universal) one has to risk a lot of things.

Colorblind

Ever since I transfered to Seattle, people often mistaken me as Thai, Lao, Samoan, Indian, Hawaiian, and Filipino (thank God they go it right). Hmm…based on the color of my skin and my long hair may be. My friend, Nien, wrote one time in his blog that he has been mistaken as a Vietnamese, Japanese, korean, and Chinese (he’ll give you credit if you’re right). Color of the skin and chinky eyes for him. Amusing sometimes, but if you are going to look deeper, it reveals how fast we tend to stereotype people base on phenotypes.

Tongue Exercises

Due to the proximity of restaurants where I worked, there are numreous instances where the waitresses or waiters can be annoying. Let me share with you what I mean.

It was one of those days when you feel that you wanted to eat eaet noodles. So my friend and i went to a noodle place for lunch. There were a ot of poeple thatday. The only available seats were those for rour persons. We were seated anyways due to lack of space. After spending precious lunch time minutes waitingf for our order, we were requested to transfer to another table for two. There were white people who entered the restaurant and they needed to be seated. So the waitress appeared courteous,so we obliged to the request. We found out that we were to be seated near the entrance of the kitchen where all their junks were placed. My friend suggested that we just leave the place and eat at another place. The white people were seated and we Asians were made to transfer out in the boonies. I shared this incident with my friend. He suggested that I could have eaten their food first and put my payments on the floor and just leave. Next time that happens, I will follow his suggestion.

Have you experienced beimg asked by a waitress whether you wanted change after you gave your payment? Well, duh, I worked for those change. And that is just disrespectful for a working man. How about being asked by a waiter, whether you are still working on your food, when it’s obvious that you’re still eating.

If these sound familiar, just don’t give tips or simply say, “I”ll call you when I need you.” What do you think?