Well, EXCUSE me for not perpetuating the stereotype...

[lupo pazzesco]

Quick one that JUST happened and I had to share!

I'm at work, at the buyback counter. Asian guy comes in to sell back his books and I request ID. He claims not to have any. We NEED an ID, can't do a buyback without one.

Him: But I don't have any!
Me: I'm sorry, sir, but without an ID, I can't do anything.
Him: But it was all stolen yesterday!
Me: I do apologize that you're in a rough spot, but I need an ID to do a buyback.
Him: Here. <Thrusts a card in my hand>
Me: ....sir...this isn't you...
Him: It's my friend's ID.
Me: Um, your friend kind of has to BE here, sir.
Him: <Yanks the ID back out of my hands> Why?
Me: because if it's his ID, HE has to be the one selling books.
Him: But we're both ASIAN!!
Me: ........ <trying really REALLY hard to keep a straight face>

He finally left, and said he'd be back with his friend. Right then...good luck with that.

I went back and told my manager, and she started laughing, and so did my CW. What an interesting way to start the morning...

[Sheldonrs]

I never realized that all Asians sell alike.

[Zellie Crescent]

I can't belive he actually admited that the books were stolen, and the ID he was trying to use wasn't his, what a dumbass. If that happened I would have told my manager and hold the guy there until the police show up, then again I don't really trust any of my customers.

[Magpie]

I think he meant that all his ID was stolen yesterday. Of course, I read this as "I did something really stupid with my wallet/had my student ID confiscated for trying to drink underage/etc"