I am
SO ANGRY!!! Jody from work (a guy with a girl's name) has been saying racist comments, and it really annoys me. Kate told a story about this guy that was almost set alight by three people, and Jody goes "Are they black?" and Kate said no, and then he said "Well, I was going to say if they were, they probably used metho." Then he went on about how black people get drunk on paint thinner, etc. My blood was boiling! I have only been this angry 3 or 4 other times in my life, seriously. So I sent him an email:
So what's the difference between getting drunk on that and getting drunk on other stuff? It's just as bad either way, and you brag about getting drunk so you can't talk. I'm friends with 'black people' and they don't even drink, one of them is actually a really good Christian, so I don't appreciate those comments. And he started going "I only said
most of them do that, not all of them." and how he's friends with black people too. And I said "So you're racist against your friends!" Some friend he is, hey. Flaming heck I'm so angry! And he said "I'm just talking about reality!" >:( And "I don't want to get into this with you" and I said "Well, if you didn't say things like that you wouldn't have to!" And he always swears under his breath (
every time he gets a phone call, which is one of the main parts of his job), which really pees me off. I'm gonna bash him up one of these days!!!
He never says "sorry", either. We had an argument a few months ago, and I proved him wrong, so he admitted he was wrong (after some coaxing from me), but he didn't say sorry. I told him to, but he said he didn't feel he had to. and this time, he should have been sorry for hurting my feelings, but he obviously wasn't. I'm passionately against racism, and when you say something like what he said, you're obviously going to hit a nerve with someone. So he should have kept his mouth shut, or at least felt sorry that he opened it.
Melinda (from my office) is so nice! She was asking whether I was OK, 'cos when I was angry she came out and I was a bit short with her, just giving one-word answers, so she knew something was wrong. She was genuinely concerned, and I'm grateful for her friendship.
Kate's nice, also. She was joining in a bit with the racism (not as full-on as Jody, though), but she bought a chocolate cake in today for morning tea, and she's going to drop me home from work almost all next week (I catch the bus to work and usually get picked up by mum in the evening, but mum's on her honeymoon next week!), which I'm grateful for.
So those two make up for the idiocy of Jody. :)
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