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Bronx, New York, United States

8.12.2008

PEOPLE-COMMON SENSE=STEROTYPES

UGH!!!! PEOPLE SERIOUSLY DRIVE ME CRAZY. THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY AND DO SOMETIMES IS LIKE....FRANKLY...."WHAT THE FUCK"

THIS POST COMES FROM A SITUATION I JUST EXPERIENCED IN A KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN (NOT KFC...THE GHETTO VERSION...WITH BETTER FOOD) ON MY BLOCK. I MEAN IVE ALWAYS THOUGHT CERTAIN PEOPLE JUST AREN'T CAPABLE OF PUTTING FORTH A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMON SENSE.

SO I'M "CHILLIN" IN THE CHICKEN SPOT WITH Z (DETAILS LATER) AND 2 GUYS WALK IN AND START LURKING LOUDLY AROUND THE STORE. FRANKLY I NEVER KNEW U COULD LURK LOUDLY BUT HEY! THEY SURPRISED ME. I'M GUESSING THEY WHERE TWINS....OH GOSH I HOPE THEY WERE TWINS CUZ THEY WERE DRESSED IDENTICALLY, DOWN TO THE ULTRA GREASED "PONY TAIL"/"BUN" WHAT EVER THAT WAS. THE LOUDEST ONE DROPS $2.00 ON THE FLOOR & THEY BOTH GIGGLE THUGISHLY AT IT. SO THE LOUD ONE STARTS DECLARING THAT HE WOULD "FUCK ANYBODY UP THAT TOUCHES HIS $2.00" AND ALSO STATING THAT HE WAS TRYING TO SET SOMEBODY UP TONITE. WHAT EVER THAT MEANS.
LONG STORY SHORT. NOBODY TOUCHED HIS MONEY AND HE EVENTUALLY PICKED THE MONEY UP AND ORDERED A WING AND SOME FRIES FOR HIM AND HIS TWIN.

***POINT OF THIS POST: WHY IS THAT STEREOTYPES ARE ESTABLISHED? IS IT CUZ SOMEBODY SAT DOWN ONE DAY AND SAID HEY...FOR EXAMPLE..."JEWISH PEOPLE ARE STINGIE WITH MONEY YUP YUP...ALL OF THEM ARE GREEDY"...NO! THERE HAD TO BE NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN WHICH A JEWISH PERSON WAS TESTED ON THEIR PHILANTHROPY AND THEY FELL SHORT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS: STEREOTYPES ARE FAULT OF CIRCUMSTANCE & COINCIDENCE. NOW DONT GET ME WRONG. I'M SOOOO NOT THE ONE TO BELIEVE IN OR ADHERE TO STEREOTYPES. BUT I DO BELIEVE IN COMMON SENSE. AND THATS ONE THING SOOO MANY PEOPLE IN NEW YORK LACK.