(Old message from July 2008)
Something funny just happened. Was on the phone with AT&T paying our corporate long distance. The lady was "overtly" black, and apparently wanted me to know this. I personally do not take any issue with any race, opting to never even utter things like "my black friend", they're just my friends. :)
Ok, so we're going along, give out our info to look us up, and I get an "oh, Indiana huh?" but no other explanation like "my cousin lives there" or anything, so I just sit quiet. Everything's fine, but there's just this vague perception that you could tell she "wanted" me to know she was black.
This apparently backfired on her, big time, which is where the funny comes in. :)
She gets to the point of giving me the confirmation number, which was 1LS4IN. This is how she said it:
"Ok, sir, your confirmation number is the number 1, L as in Luther, S as in Sudan, the number 4, I as in Islam, and N as in Nigge... N... N as in ...."
To which I replied:
"How about N as in Nancy?"
She had it so on the brain I'm assuming that I was going to be some racist hillbilly that she couldn't keep from saying the word. :) I had a hard time keeping my "corporate voice" going instead of laughing.
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