Friday, 2 January 2009

Am I Racist?

am i racist, do i hate foreigners, are my thoughts tainted by skin colour, or am i normal?

let me explain the reason for this blog.
the other day i was in a british shopping centre, trying to buy an american fast food meal, from an outlet staffed entirely by people who were not of british nationality.
so far, so good.
to all intents and purposes, a normal day out shopping then.
but no!
there was a fly in the ointment.
without warning, a race issue blew up and it was not of my doing.
now you are wondering, are'nt you?
okay, here is what happened.
i was out shopping and lunch seemed like a good idea.
so, i went into a BURGER KING and ordered a "cheeseburger with bacon".
nothing wrong so far then?
actually,,,, YES!
i was told there was no bacon cheeseburgers.
i said "yes there is".
to whit came the reply "no, there is no bacon!".
so i said, "do you mean there is no bacon? or you just dont serve bacon?"
she said " we dont do bacon "
so, rather than cause a scene, i simply said "oh well, leave it then" and i left.
so,, i went to McDONALDS just around the corner, and tried the same thing again.
"cheeseburger with bacon".
and she said,,,, YUP! you guessed it,,, "we dont do bacon!"
so i said, "so do you actually do bacon and you just havent got any? or do you just not do bacon at all?
and she said,, " will have to ask my supervisor" (fuckin Y.T.S's!)
anyway, she came back and said,,, "e dont do bacon!"
so i said "we have been coming to McDonalds for many years now and we allways have the cheeseburger with bacon!"
she looked at me funny!
i said, "look, you see the pictures on your buttons, you push the button with the picture of the cheeseburger, then press plus, then press the button with the picture of the bacon and hey presto, a cheeseburger with bacon appears in the hot cabinet behind you!".
she just looked at me funny again.
by this time i had had enough of speaking to moronic spotty school leavers on yts schemes who have a bad attitude and dont care a fig!
so i said "fuck this shit i am going for fish and chips!"
Since that time, i have made enquiries about it and it seems that the BURGER KING i went to and the McDONALDS too, were located in an area where there are several hundered thousand asian and foriegn workers and people of another religion and as such, the handling of pork products it strictly prohibited.
so, in short, SOME asians told me what i could and could not eat in my own country.
there were pictures featuring bacon in BOTH fast food places, but it was not stocked because of a religion.
now i live in and around all sorts of people from all backgrounds and all countries.
i have accepted these people into my country my street, my life, and they then tell me what to eat?
in both instances, it was MUSLIMS who would have served me.
so am i racist? or are they?
bear in mind i have a son in law from pakistan, he was born and raised there, speaks reasonable english, is father to my grandson (born out of wedlock!).
he is a practising muslim.
he does not know why he is not allowed to eat pork, he just knows its in his holy book.
he "tries" to fit in with our customs here, although he still prays 4 or 5 times daily.
he disagrees with suicide bombers and terrorism on all levels (dont we all?)
and he cooks a mean curry too!

so i ask again, who is racist?
me?
or
them?

Benny.

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