Didn't Know How To Deal With This

[Quillback]

Slavery was very common in ancient times.  The Romans were notorious for enslaving people, you lost a war with the Romans, there was a good chance your people would end up as Roman slaves.  It is estimated that Caesar may have enslaved up to a million people during his conquest of Gaul.

The ancient world was a brutal place, Christianity offered hope and a better life in the afterlife for people who, for the most part, led a miserable existence.  The life we lead would be paradise to those folks.  They spoke of a land of "Milk and Honey", you can take a ride to WalMart and fill your shopping cart with milk and honey.  

The only time in my life that I have spent in daily contact with people of color was my time in the Army.  And there were absolutely differences from a cultural perspective.  But when it was work time, we'd say that we're all green and let's get it done.   

Maybe things have changed, I don't know, all the people I hang out with are white, and it is not because I want it to be that way, there just are very few people of color in my area.  

 

[oneshot 1]

Yelp only one color Green. 

oneshot 

[bfishn]

2 hours ago, oneshot 1 said:

Yelp only one color Green. 

oneshot 

That's the color that hoof of yours will be if you don't take care of it.

[oneshot 1]

13 hours ago, bfishn said:

That's the color that hoof of yours will be if you don't take care of it.

Going to the Doctor today. My wife gave me a shower it felt so good. 

I think she likes giving me shots in the stomach only 3 more days. 

She said I have to wear my special boot another 3 weeks. 

Hard just watching I have so much I want to do. 

oneshot 

[Hawg]

On 9/21/2023 at 7:55 AM, tjm said:

   But no I've never noticed who tips or how much, did you used to work for tips, or how do you know this?

 

FW is 100% correct about certain ethnicities and tipping. I worked in the front of the house, many places before and during college, and this was so well known that the industry had adapted to calling them a “table of Canadians” to prevent any possible blow back from mentioning specific ethnicities. As in “aw man who gave me the table of Canadians?”

I believe the tipping is the opposite of barbarism. It maintains a higher level of customer service because it’s commission based and people are incentivized to provide you the best service rather than just spending hours to get a paycheck on a job that they hate. 

That said, many wealthy Asians either don’t understand or don't believe in tipping culture.

I tip almost any trade or service persons that I feel deserves it even if it’s not customary as restaurants, hospitality, drivers, fishing guides etc generally are …

On a side note. Having been friends and coworkers with many ethnicities, in my experience “white” people can’t hold a candle to the distain harbored by Hispanics and Asians toward Africans and African Americans..

My parents had a couple from India and a couple from Bosnia move in on their street. They would fight so much we thought there would be a murder inevitably. Might have been a Muslim vs Hindu thing though. Who knows.

[oneshot 1]

My wife knows Persian,  Sign Language,  German and Spanish. 

And her former husband was wanting her to convert to Muslim. 

oneshot