"Can you send a white driver?"

[FrodosPet]

ARRRGHHHHHHH!!!!!!




Sometimes I think being jobless and homeless would be worth it just to tell a fecking racist idiot off.

[yuiyoshida]

1. Can we have more to this story...

a little more fill in please.

[FrodosPet]

5. I don't want to get into too many details b/c of stalkers

The post has the essential elements of the phone call though.

[yuiyoshida]

7. well gee... why post it

if we gotta guess...or just take it as it is... fill us in, and who we talking about.. the first rule of the press: what, when, how, where and why.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

12. I didn't have to guess. nt

[yuiyoshida]

15. CONGRATULATIONS...

here is a cookie

[yuiyoshida]

18. I REALLY HATE these

vague postings....where people on here HAVE TO GUESS what the hell is going on... okay SO if that MAKES ME A JERK, ...fine. So be it. No cookie for you.

[CatWoman]

20. i'm with you, Hon

This OP has a whole lot of blanks that need filling in......

[ohnoyoudidnt]

23. It sounds like a dispatcher for a driving service

had an encounter with a racist client and wanted to vent. It's just a post about a personal experience, not a news article. People have been fired for venting about such things and including enough details for someone to figure out who they are. I don't blame the OP for not wanting to give too many details. The specific company and city are not relevant to me.

[yuiyoshida]

25. I didn't ask for exact details...I wanted a little more fill in...

and the OP WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE despite your rude reply earlier.

[Aerows]

29. Right there with you, my friend

These posts come out of nowhere with no details and you are supposed to comment on them when you have no idea what exactly, they are talking about.

[yuiyoshida]

32. my dearest Aerows....cookies for you!!!!

OFF TOPIC: I just won a football jersey from the NFL on Twitter...wow. I guess I will have to wait and see if they really send me one.

[Aerows]

33. Cool!

I hope you get it, and thanks for the cookies

[yuiyoshida]

34. me too! and

You are welcome...

[yuiyoshida]

37. I just found it was a fake... offer.

Damn thing required me to give my credit card number. Screw that, I can buy my own damn jersey, ..

[NBachers]

39. These postings that give no information and assume the "in the knows" understand really piss me off!

Absolutely infuriating waste of time!

Stop this shit

[yuiyoshida]

42. totally agree...

but there is no way to tell everyone...

[FrodosPet]

19. I book transportation for a living

Mostly sedan and courier services.

Lady calls up and wants a ride to the airport. Easy sell, nice commision, give her a rate, get her pickup information.

She asks me who her driver is. I don't know. I just input the order and a dispatcher for whichever company ends up with it does the rest.

She then asked the question "Can you send an American driver?". I wasn't quite sure what she was asking, so I asked for clarification. "Can you send a white driver?". I was white hot. I put her on hold for a few seconds while I calmed down, then gave her a "No" answer in the most professional manner possible.

I suppose I could consider that at least she is an honest bigot, unlike the dog whistle of modern racism. But no. That request is bullshit in 2014.

[yuiyoshida]

21. Thank you for that...

a far more polite response than others on this website would have given me.

[FrodosPet]

27. As a wise monster once said...

[yuiyoshida]

28. which is why he has gained weight lately....

THIS monster needs a few months at GOLD'S GYM...

[irisblue]

31. a philosophy to live by. Cookie Monster is wise.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

11. Was quite obvious to me...

OP is relating a personal anecdote.

[yuiyoshida]

14. GIVE yourself a cookie...

it Was not clear to me.

[NaturalHigh]

47. I picked up on that too.

It wasn't really difficult.

[bravenak]

2. I would tell her. No.

We have none available. We can send a female.

[FrodosPet]

10. I told her in the most professional way possible

She's gonna get whoever she gets. I just sell the transportation, I don't assign it. And I am not going to put something as disgusting as "Please send a white driver to this ignorant individual" on a ride form.

[Nye Bevan]

30. Why would you offer to send a female?

Would that not be condoning sexual discrimination? And discrimination against transgendered people?

[bravenak]

40. Because she is a female who seems fearful.

So I would send a female.

[Nye Bevan]

41. What if she claimed to be fearful of blacks? Would you then send a white driver?

Why is not wanting a male or transgendered driver any more acceptable than not wanting a black driver?

[bravenak]

43. No.

I said what I would do.

[Nye Bevan]

45. I would send her a driver without catering to racism, sexism, or cisgenderism

but that's just me.

[bravenak]

46. It's good with me.

You are probably right.

[Cleita]

3. How do you know she was Latina because of her accent?

A lot of Southern European accents sound like a Spanish accent. This story needs more details

[FrodosPet]

9. By her name as well

I suppose that still is not proof of ethnicity.

My apologies about not being more forthcoming in details. Probably shouldn't have even put up the post. It's just sometimes you hear something that is SO BACKWARDS, so insanely bigoted, you gotta vent. And venting to other customers is not an option.

[B2G]

16. Insanely bigoted?

What is this?

"not your standard variety old rich white lady (who, amazingly enough, have never asked me that question)."

[FrodosPet]

22. Good point

I allowed myself to slip into the mode of who of our probable callers I would expect to say something like that.

I have removed that reference. Lesson learned: Never post when I am upset. There is no such thing as "good" bigotry against the "right" people.

[L0oniX]

4. So they send a viking in full attire for the pickup.

[LittleBlue]

6. No surprise here

People from South and Central America are more open about their racism. It's not seen as something shameful in other cultures.

We might think it's the default to be ashamed by racism but worldwide it's more rare.

[MADem]

8. Being Hispanic in heritage, sadly--even if one has an African great grandparent

in their heritage--doesn't make a person immune from racism.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. We all need to broaden our understanding of racism.

The desire to be accepted as part of the privileged class is a huge reason other minorities pick up these prejudices. To fit in. It's disgusting, but it happens.

[KansDem]

24. The customer is always right! Here you are...

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[FrodosPet]

38. You just had to make me watch Rob Zombie

[FrodosPet]

44. Hmmm...I just realized

Rob Zombie is a white American driver.

We need to get him on a contract especially for callers like this.

[Rhinodawg]

35. I could not care less about the color of his skin..

I just want a driver who is not afraid to go over 20 mph.

[hfojvt]

36. I have a request too. Can you send a

Minnie Driver?