desh ([personal profile] desh) wrote2005-10-07 01:27 pm

Latent racism

So you walk into a dry cleaners or tailor that you've never used before. You're greeted by an Asian person with a thick accent.

[Poll #585314]

(Results are private. No one except for me will see how you voted, but anyone will be able to see the aggregated answers. Please answer honestly; I'm rather curious here.)
trelana: (House -- Maybe I'm wrong)

[personal profile] trelana 2005-10-07 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Agree with everyone commenting re: "It only bothers me if the person's accent is so thick that I'm worried about them understanding me." I'm not worried about them misunderstanding my words -- I'm mostly just concerned about inadvertently offending someone if I do ask someone to repeat themselves because I didn't quite catch what they were saying.