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(9,704 posts)I remember when I was younger and worked in a very popular North Beach (San Francisco) restaurant. A man who worked across the street often ordered a hamburger from us. One evening he came by, ordered one and said he'd come back in 20 minutes to pick it up. As usual that evening there was a line going out the door, when another man (African American) walked in and also ordered a hamburger. About 15 minutes later, the first guy came in and asked for his hamburger. He had to wait a few minutes, then we wrapped it up, gave it to him, he paid and left. The African American guy started railing us for being racist. He just went off about how he had been waiting longer and had ordered first. Finally, he paused long enough for me to explain to him the ACTUAL order of events. He humbly apologized. I commiserated that there is definitely racism in this world, and I could see how he had misunderstood the situation...
Sometimes though, it ain't what you think at first glance.