Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Just to Clarify

An actual conversation:

Marcknal: "Miss, you look Chinese with your glasses."
Tiger: "Wait, miss, you're NOT Chinese?"

5 minutes later...

Me: "Ashley, Marcknal just asked me if I was Chinese."
Ashley: "Oh, a bunch of elementary kids asked me that the other day. You're not Chinese, right?"

First of all, I wish I had made those names up. Sadly, they are real. And sadly, these conversations are real. Do I look Chinese to anyone else?? My boss said she thinks maybe they have never met anyone of Asian descent. Regardless, this is what my day revolved around today. Me, attempting to convince everyone at work that I am not actually of Chinese origin.

3 comments:

La Guarderia Samuelito said...

maybe they saw the lights around the entrance of your room....ive thought you were chinese this whole time too!

colleen.shattuck said...

Wei ne hao pengyou!

Carol McCarty said...

Whaaaaat? Colleen, you've been hanging out at the nail salon too much!