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I know some Indians that make three or four million a year with a couple of convenience stores. And I mean, that’s profit. They live in nice houses and drive nice cars but they are always there at the stores. The stores have a Subway and their kids will be in there wearing the hair nets and messing around with those schitty clear plastic gloves making crappy sandwiches.

Indians I know don’t really have jobs unless they are doctors. Most of them are entrepreneurs and they always have some kind of hustle going.

"Patel" owners of convenience stores

Folks from India have a very condescending attitude towards white folks, whites are considered servant class in India.

[smacks forehead][/smacks forehead]

Wow! Missed that completely.

Folks from India have a very condescending attitude towards white folks, whites are considered servant class in India. My late stepmother had a problem with that kind of attitude and was not shy about telling them about their attitude in no uncertain terms.

They own all the motels, too. The US Government gave them sweetheart deals on cheap business loans (not available to Americans), Guaranteed by the US Tax Payer, so they used them to buy all the motels up across the country, KFCs, too.

As I’ve gotten older I just refuse to compromise. I don’t get mad. I don’t cuss anyone or anything. I just turn around and leave without a word.

I refuse to pay for something that isn’t exactly what I want. If I go into a convenience store and they don’t have the drink I want, I don’t reward them for it by buying something else. If the drive through person doesn’t listen and interrupts me while I am telling her exactly what I want, I drive off. If someone won’t do what I ask them to I simply leave. Stores that asked me to mask back during the pandemic, saw me immediately turn around and walk out.

In the end, it’s my money and practically no one has anything out there that I must have. So, I just don’t deal with people not intent upon providing customer service.

I agree with that. It's your money and you should get what you want.

Just happened to me. First time ever.

Had an appointment this afternoon just to see if my prescription was still the same before I had my scratched lenses replaced. First thing they do is hand me a clipboard with forms to fill out, one of which was a consent to have my eyes dilated for a health exam. I explained to the receptionist that I was just there to have my prescription checked, and that I had an ophthalmologist that I see semi regularly for eye health exams. The receptionist explained that their optometrist insists on a full eye exam, and that requires dilation. I said I'd agree to it, but only from a newly opened bottle (I was always polite, calm, and friendly in demeanor). She said she'd speak to the doctor about that.

Doctor comes out, a Dr. Patel. She invites me in, and I can see she has a major attitude on. Her demeanor was quite annoyed. You could hear it in her voice and see it in her body language. I tried to counter this by being extra courteous and calm with her, but to no avail.

She continued to amp up the attitude, gave me a long angry lecture about why she needs to do a health exam that involves dilation. I assured her that would be fine, as long as she has a new, unopened, bottle of the drops. She said she did (and actually shows it to me, with the seal in place). I told her that there was no problem then, and I would agree to the exam. She then tells me she feels uncomfortable examining me, and would like me to leave and go elsewhere.

This was actually a relief, since the idea of having someone with an angry attitude working with me on something this important didn't particularly appeal to me. I informed the staff outside (very friendly folks), as I left, that I had been booted. They knew, as they overheard the whole thing, as the door was open.

Boy, it's sure gotten complicated getting an exam for new eyeglass lenses lately.

Patel means innkeeper.

J went to mine months after the paper mask mandate was lifted and when I walked in they said I needed go be masked up. I hold the receptionist no thanks and please hand me my medical records so I could go elsewhere and see a doctor who had a lick of common sense. She kind of stuttered and I said I’d leave as soon as I got the records so she produced them and I walked out.