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Mike in Denver
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I had an experience the other day that was unexpected and weird. I was in a local craft brewery having a brew, as I do often. A man whom I know came in and sat beside me. We have chatted before, maybe four or five times. He is 81 years old, but fit and healthy. He is by appearance completely European, likely British or German. He is a retired, well-off, married man...seems normal so far.

Here it gets weird. He was angry, more than angry. He had contracted to have his roof replaced and the roofing company sent out a crew of white men.

[A company sending a white crew is ostensibly impossible in Colorado. All roofing crews are 100% un-documented spics. But, there is a thing, and I found out about it by accident a few years ago. The fucking spics do totally shit work, and take three times as long to do the job as it should take. If you know the right people and give the right code words, you may find a roofing company that will send out white men who will do excellent work in one-third the time. Illegal, but if you know the right folks...]

Back to the 81 year old man. He had contacted the roofer through a neighbor who did not know him well and who probably assumed the old man was sane.

Back to the conversation I was having with him. He was completely incensed that the crew was white. At first I didn't interpret his statements, and thought he was criticizing the spic roofing crews, but no, he actually said that whites were lazy, and couldn't do the job. This isn't just liberal, democrat...this is insanity.

Normally I would just go back to my beer, but I tried to set him straight, and even told him (excuse the polite words) that Hispanics simply were not mentally or culturally capable of doing quality work, and that they took forever to do what a white crew could do competently and quickly.

The old man jumped up, and left the brewery, flapping his arms. He hasn't been back. To repeat, this 81 year old man is white European, successful, and well-off. To put it mildly, I was and still am confused.

Mike


Hunter S. Thompson, "Big dark, coming soon"

 
Posted : 28/09/2019 10:21 am
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