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u/tereyaglikedi in 5d ago

I made Chinese scallion pancakes for breakfast. They're very good and smell amazing. I thought I put too much onion, but it was just right.

So, I would never begrudge my darling husband any happiness. But if there is one thing I am very very jealous of, it is that the mfer doesn't understand a word of what my mom says.

Yesterday we had a brief family visit. Now, my father-in-law is an old German man, and I try to ignore most of what he says because it's more trouble than it's worth. Yesterday he was talking about his adventures in the supermarketscape of his town.

"I saw that electric kettles were on offer at the supermarket, so I drove there. But they didn't have any! So I asked the employee, who was an Ausländer." At this point he looks at me. "But he was very nice!!

I'm like, it's okay, I get it.

"Then he says this is the shelf they're supposed to be, but there isn't any. He only speaks bad German, but he was nice!" again, looks at me. I get it. He was an Ausländer but still nice. It's fine.

"Then I say I can't leave without a kettle. He says, he needs to check in the basement. I wait, and I wait, and I wait. Then he comes back, and he has my kettle! And then I go to buy some of this beer that's on offer. But they don't have it. Then I talk to the employee, who is an Ausländer. You know, we only Ausländer working nowadays. But he was nice!" again, looks at me, I FUCKING GET IT.

People ask me if I face racism in Germany. The answer is, not in such big words. But shit like this, happens all the time.

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u/ramblingMess Lousiana, USA 5d ago

Old people unnecessarily mentioning the ethnicity/nationality of someone in a story they’re telling really is a universal constant I suppose. I have one aunt in particular who loves to mention that a waiter at a restaurant was Mexican, or that the person she chatted with in line at the grocery store was black.

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u/holytriplem -> 5d ago

Or that they were gay. Or that they had tattoos. Or that they had the wrong haircut. Or that they were fat.