Reply #22: Sounds fair enough to me. [View All]

[Jamastiene]

I have heard lots of people say that about price too. When I was a kid, my aunt would sometimes drop me off at this pawn shop with a friend of hers while she picked up some extra cash doing odd jobs. He worked there and he was Jewish. I remember asking him about his tattoo and he said it was a bygone era that he didn't wish to talk about those types of things with a a lady. I was 10 years old, so I took the compliment and dropped the subject.

Anyhow, lots of people would come in and say that right to him. He never said anything. One day my aunt heard someone say that to him and asked him did it not bother him that they did that. He said it did slightly, but not so bad in comparison. It wasn't until years later that I learned what his tattoo meant and what little I know about using the word that way. At the time, my aunt talked to me about it and said it was bigotry and to never repeat it. I always remembered that for some reason.