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safeinOhio

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14. I've been aware of this for more than 40 years,

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 02:52 PM

Dec 2014

so, not as often. But I still do. I know I have to work on sexiest thinking more and find myself learning all of the time. Sometimes it is pointed out to us and other times we learn on our own. How often do we prejudge a person based on another person that looks like or has a mannerism that we can tie to another person. The new person is not the other person, so sometimes we have to realize that and sometimes that is not so easy, but we can move in that direction. It is always much easier to form a judgement about another person and not so easy to do that about ourselves.

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Was in line at a cash. Two people in [View all] applegrove Dec 2014 OP

I don't trust people who are "exceedingly polite" 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 #1

I had a grandmother who was exceedingly applegrove Dec 2014 #5

Thank you 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 #15

It could have been that he was short on change at the time pacalo Dec 2014 #2

I should have done that. applegrove Dec 2014 #10

Cashiers have a tough job helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #3

You would enjoy /r/TalesFromRetail over on Reddit. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #4

Does everything have to be racist now? Quantess Dec 2014 #6

My point exactly. I am primed for racism applegrove Dec 2014 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author WhiteAndNerdy Dec 2014 #7

I wouldn‘t have said anything about racism. applegrove Dec 2014 #9

I was a cashier at a gas station safeinOhio Dec 2014 #11

How often do you "catch yourself moving in the wrong direction"? (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #12

I've been aware of this for more than 40 years, safeinOhio Dec 2014 #14

you should have asked for change also JI7 Dec 2014 #13

One time I was at a Homeland grocery store and the hispanic cashier, he was speaking spanish CBGLuthier Dec 2014 #16