I Can't Let Her See THAT Cup!!!

[RetailSlave]

For the holiday season our 32 oz fountain drinks come in a collector cup, a total of 3 designs. Middle-aged female customer comes to one of my cashier's lane to purchase her groceries and get a drink. The cashier gets her a cup and scans it and hands it to her.

SC: "I want a defferent cup...I dont' want THAT design!"
Cashier: "Okay ma'am!" proceeds to go to several other lanes to get a different cup (there are two different Santa designs and the Coke polar bears..she is thinking she wants the polar bears.)
Cashier brings the polar bear cup back to the lane

SC:"NO! I wanted the OTHER SANTA cup!!"
Cashier hunts and finally finds the "other" design.
SC: "I didn't want the Black Santa...I wanted the WHITE Santa. I have my 4 year old granddaughter in the car and I don't want her asking questions!"

WHAT THE HELL??
To tell the truth, until she said something I hadn't even noticed that one Santa was black and one was white...the "black" Santa looks like he is tanned and doesn't have what you would consider overtly African American features. I doubt if her granddaughter would have even paid any attention.

Gee lady, maybe you could use it as a lesson that Santa doesn't look like any one person, it is how you see him in your mind. I would be more concerned about your prejudices and how that affects her than what picture is on a damn cup.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Bah. Everyone knows Santa is Jewish!

[AnaKhouri]

I heard an NPR report about black Santas. Basically they were interviewing people about whether they thought all Santas should be white or if it didn't matter. Here's the funny thing (and I don't want to send this to fratching, but this is actually what the reporter discovered), but all the African-Americans the reporter talked to said they thought Santa should be white. I guess it is because growing up they always saw white Santa and a black one would look strange to them. I really don't care either way, but it struck me as funny.

[wraiths_crono]

see this is the odd part, Santa should look like you believe him to be, I mean it is based with German roots, so shouldn't he look Germanic? It is also like Jesus, most 'pictures' show him different depending on where your located (IE mexico shows him with darker skin, than the pic my grandmother has) than his biblical description (its in there)

Personal perception.

[Kheldarson]

see this is the odd part, Santa should look like you believe him to be, I mean it is based with German roots, so shouldn't he look Germanic?

Actually, it again depends. There was a saint from the area of Turkey on whom Santa is also based...there are Russian legends...then of course the German tales...so depending on your background would kind of determine what he looks like.

[jerkface11]

Imagine what she would have done if the cup had a picture of Kwanza Bot on it or maybe even Hanaka Zombie.

[Mark Healey]

As long as they don't show him drinking Pepsi, it's all good.

[candyshopgirl]

Oh good lord
Am I the only one would doesn't give a rats ass about what color santa is.My mom bought me black,white,and asian dolls when I was a kid.She just never once thought it mattered. I think a black santa is cute. I think that is awful for parents to teach their kids that santa or jebus for that matter is one color only.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

As long as they don't show him drinking Pepsi, it's all good.

I saw him on tv while flipping through channels yesterday evening riding the waves on a surfboard.

Different strokes for different folks, I say. It was still amusing though.

BTW, what's so wrong with Santa drinking Pepsi? Mine always liked Dr. Pepper.

[Shironu-Akaineko]

BTW, what's so wrong with Santa drinking Pepsi? Mine always liked Dr. Pepper.

I think it's because the current Santa look, the one we're most familiar with, was created by Coca-Cola.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Am I the only to whom it never occurred that there is more than one Santa? I mean, obviously he was in every mall... not all of them can be the "real" Santa. I don't recall ever really questioning it...

[PepperElf]

it's santa! since when does santa give a flying reindeer poo about race? the only "race" he cares about is "naughty" and "nice"

though since the topic is black santa... slightly OT... been watching a lot of scarecrow & mrs. king vids lately. and now i'm reminded of one of the holiday episodes where the section chief (Billy Melrose) was dressed as Santa. (tho he didn't look to be too happy about wearing the red suit, lol)

[MystyGlyttyr]

So what was wrong with the polar bear cup?

[Mike Taylor]

Bah. Everyone knows Santa is Jewish!

Actually, the hometown Santa I grew up with WAS. One of the greatest people who ever lived, too.

But yeah... I think this mom has some serious issues.

[XCashier]

SC: "I didn't want the Black Santa...I wanted the WHITE Santa. I have my 4 year old granddaughter in the car and I don't want her asking questions!"

" O NOES! A black Santa Claus! What next, a black President?! Oh, wait..."

Sheesh. Welcome to the 21st century, madam.