"You do realize I'm an immigrant too?"
"You're not like the other ones though."
I just... Wow.
I had a great conversation this morning too.
*Someone in the office is talking about the Elton John song "Benny and the Jets"*
Old 70+ year old co-worker that sits in the office behind me says "I always liked [Elton John's] music, even if he is gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I'm actually fine with that, I have some friends that are
that."
He goes on a little bit, without me saying a word to him to acknowledge what he was saying. Until he drops this little gem:
"The only thing I really have a problem with is when blacks mix with whites. In fact I once had a football coach that..."
I interrupt him there and tell him to stop talking. He looks at me confused and says "What! I was only telling a story." He then continues on with me not looking at him and mumbles something about how his high school football coach disowned his daughter for being in a relationship with a black man.
He isn't really my boss in anyway thankfully, but he literally sits right behind me everyday in the office. If he was my age and I was his boss I would have fired him on the spot probably, or reported him or something. Fucking south makes me so angry sometimes.