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(bg: I'm white. Awesome Coworker is black. Bum is black. This is important.)
My coworker just buzzed in a guy before I could get the words out to let her know, uh, NO. DO NOT WANT.
I turned around to grab a bottle from a fridge for one of my regulars as he indicated he wanted a business card. Which made me think maybe he wasn't the bum I thought he was, and I started to relax a little. Thinking maybe she judged correctly, and this guy wasn't gonna be all that bad.
Then he asked her for a dollar.
Awesome Coworker said, "No. What, you want me to open the register and give you money? That's not happening."
Guy stood there. Just...stood. Staring.
I turned around and added, "Sir, I'm sorry, but we can't help you. Have a good day."
He said, "Well, I KNEW not to ask YOU. YOU aren't MY PEOPLE."
Then he stared.
I told him he needed to leave.
He growled, "I expected that from a WHITE PERSON, but not from MY PEOPLE."
He continued to stare.
I told him with that sort of language, he needed to leave.
He said "I'M LEAVING."
I said, "You're saying that, but I don't see your feet moving."
Finally he turned around and kept grumbling about WHITE PEOPLE and "I'll leave when I leave you can't tell me when to leave". At which point I repeated that he needed to leave NOW.
He sauntered out finally. Still grumbling.
Awesome Coworker has now gained the understanding of WHY we have the buzzer system.
My coworker just buzzed in a guy before I could get the words out to let her know, uh, NO. DO NOT WANT.
I turned around to grab a bottle from a fridge for one of my regulars as he indicated he wanted a business card. Which made me think maybe he wasn't the bum I thought he was, and I started to relax a little. Thinking maybe she judged correctly, and this guy wasn't gonna be all that bad.
Then he asked her for a dollar.
Awesome Coworker said, "No. What, you want me to open the register and give you money? That's not happening."
Guy stood there. Just...stood. Staring.
I turned around and added, "Sir, I'm sorry, but we can't help you. Have a good day."
He said, "Well, I KNEW not to ask YOU. YOU aren't MY PEOPLE."
Then he stared.
I told him he needed to leave.
He growled, "I expected that from a WHITE PERSON, but not from MY PEOPLE."
He continued to stare.
I told him with that sort of language, he needed to leave.
He said "I'M LEAVING."
I said, "You're saying that, but I don't see your feet moving."
Finally he turned around and kept grumbling about WHITE PEOPLE and "I'll leave when I leave you can't tell me when to leave". At which point I repeated that he needed to leave NOW.
He sauntered out finally. Still grumbling.
Awesome Coworker has now gained the understanding of WHY we have the buzzer system.
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