Systemic / Institutional / Societal Racism

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I'm always amazed at people willing to take front-line employees to task for corporate policies. I'm sure they're just fed up with the bullshit, but why take down some poor kid over it? I promise you that cashiers are getting fucked by store policies at LEAST as much as customers.
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She wasn’t “hassling” the checker. She was mostly thinking out loud in the form of a non-Karen-esque dialog with the checker for however long it took her credit card to process. It was a friendly enough interaction.

Stop getting distracted.
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That he did but he’s also surrounded by wokes here who will focus on or ignore various elements of said anecdote.
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Don't hold us responsible for your shitty storytelling.
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Bammer wrote:Customer: Well yeah you’re supposed to give money to charity but that’s not how business works!
This is where you burst out laughing at the very idea of America as a place where we don’t give charity to business, I’ll bet.
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Now imagine bammer didn't fumble the messaging on this anecdote...
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Next time I witness something like this, I’ll convey it more clearly.

Lesson learned.
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I went to my kid's 5th grade science fair last night and had several kids tell me about their projects. I'm gonna lay off of Bammer a little bit.
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