Going From Bad To Warsaw
RETAIL | RIGHT | MARCH 5, 2013
(I am half Polish, and fluent in the language, but have lived in England all my life so speak without an accent. Between my degree and my masters, I get a job in a pound shop—everything costs £1—to earn some money. I am on tills and call two young women forward.)
Me: “Can I help you?”
(The customer dumps her items on the counter without acknowledging me, and then turns to her friend and speaks in Polish.)
Customer #1: “Look at this dumb b****! How bad must your life get to work here?!”
Customer #2: *in Polish* “I know! And she judges us for being Polish! All English people are so racist!”
Me: *in Polish* “That will be £7, please.”
Customers #1 & #2: *both turn red and hurry out of the shop*
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