First of all, ignore the changing blog titles cos i'm about to get really annoying until i find something i like. I have been a in shitty mood all afternoon and went to school a half hour ago to pick something up from my advisor. As i was about to walk in the building this white lady holds the door open for me and says "time to get work" or something along those lines. I was like wooh nelly, say what? That totally cracked me up and made me give her some serious side eye at the same time, but i was more amused than anything. She mistook me for one of the black cleaners who come in the evening to clean up the building. I was like woooohhhhhh, why does that have to be her first assumption? God forbid that i could possibly be a student, even if not med student, at least grad student, but nooooooo, i had to be a cleaner. Black people, shey you see? I'm going to need a LOT more of you to get your shit together and start going to school, preferably, my school. Please and thank you.
I know i've said it multiple times, my school is predominantly white and 99% of the cleaners are black, so in a way i don't blame her, but still, people shouldn't go making assumptions all willy nilly. U could end up looking like a fool. It got a chuckle and smile out of me sha, so it was all good. Then come to find out that the other student my advisor was also meeting had the same trauma surgeon as me this morning and had a similar experience, so i don't feel so bad anymore. I wish i got the first doctor who came in, he was way more easy going and full of jokes and didn't act like he had a stick up his ass. Mschewww.
I really want to paint my nails but don't have the patience for it. I guess i should just study. I don't need anyone to make me feel like a fool anymore this week.
I just finished watching the miniseries Wives and Daughters, it's a period drama. It's no Downton Abbey, but i would recommend it. It's just 4 episodes. It had me going awwwww.....at the end. I quite liked it.
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That's really upsetting. You should have told her off. How are you? I came here to escape from my life for a bit.
ReplyDeleteShe was trying to be friendly and stuff like that amuses me. Pele o. I hope things are sorted out for you soon. Can't you come back to America? Get into a Phd program somewhere where they pay most of your tuition and give u a monthly stipend for being a GRA. You should look into that or something of that nature.
DeleteLol... the funny side of the assumption she made got me cracking up...
ReplyDeleteIts laughable..
that happened to me while working as a volunteer in Africa shared a house with white volunteers one of their friends came over to visit one time and totally ignored me assuming i was the househelp until they heard me talk i have a british accent then it was like oh hey you from London as well like seriously? i said hi back answered her question and totally ignored her right back the rest of her visit smh
ReplyDeletewow...that is so amusing, mistake you for househelp...well one has to overlook the ignorance of most people.
DeleteReminds me of when I was in a BB conference with my boss and other guys from other companies. I am the GM of my company but I was the only lady on the BB group. When my boss wasn't replying as urgently as required, another guy from some other company pinged me directly asking if I was my boss's PA and ordering that I get permission from him to continue the conversation. While the conversation was going on, he was being rude and condescending until my boss stepped in and introduced me.
ReplyDeleteUnlike you, though, I was terribly amused. Especially when he called and was stuttering his apology.
more of the reason you have to come TOPS! :)
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