Friday, September 7, 2007

"Are You Oriental?"

A guy walked by the reference desk on his way out of the building...

Guy: Are you Oriental?

Me: Ah, no I'm not. [I'm most definitely a white chick.]

Guy: Oh...well, you look nice anyway.

Me: Um, thanks. Have a nice day.

Guy: Thanks, bye.

The guy headed up the stairs and left. The girl over at the Internet station next to the desk was trying not to laugh. Then an Asian guy (yes, he's actually Asian) who was working at one of our other computers nearby came up and asked me if he had overheard that correctly. Yes, yes he did.

One coworker thinks that perhaps he was trying a (very bad) pickup line on me. Ew.

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