I feel badly you don’t believe my story.
I said it was hypothetical.
…you feel bad that someone doesn’t believe your hypothetical?
So now its my job to not only protect the black person from these evil, aggressive old ladies, but also to shield her from a mass shooter. Your point does not compute and proves the reason for putting the “don’t sit” signs has zero to do with the story.
…so what is it this thread is about again?
Apparently its about why a company would place “Don’t sit here” signs on display furniture at a trade show.
…why did they put don’t sit here signs on display furniture at a trade show, why did you run away when a black person broke the rules, and why did people laugh at the black person because they sat on a chair?
I didn’t “run away”, and I said the people “snickered”.
But here is my suggestion. Perhaps you can create your own thread and start a debate about the furniture signs there since you and several other posters are so obsessed with the reasons behind them. Maybe collectively you all can reach a consensus about why my company may have placed them on the chair.
Instead of hijacking this thread, all I’m saying.
I don’t think this “similar” anecdote paints the picture you want to paint.
Or maybe you could clarify how a black person at a booth (pergola) at a trade show is just like a smelly dirty homeless man loitering in a bookstore?
Did the woman sit on one of the signs? Did she move it out of the way?
Sat on a cushion next to a cushion with a sign on it.
What did the sign say?
This isn’t a gotcha. I’m looking at these comments and wondering how the one and only point on which you agreed with me was the minor one. The lesson you learned from this incident was hopefully not the last one you’ll learn because it’s really all based on your suppositions alone. How do you know they’re realistic? What would you do in a different situation? Like most of us, you have some work to do.
If you really, truly want to gain a better perspective, one that doesn’t rely on suppositions alone, you need to read more than some comments on a message board. The book I recommended is on nearly every book list for white people wanting to better understand the race situation. It’s not long, an easy read, and under $10–or free at your library. If you’re sincere in your desire to understand, surely you’ll be willing to put a few hours’ time into doing so.
It is not but it is a situation that could be a employee in trouble.
He does not want to say, why are you badgering him?
Just let it go.
I could give the smartass answer I want to give you but I don’t want yet another Mod warning (even though I’m the one being attacked).
So, I will direct you to the OP.
So, instead of sitting on a seat that seemed to be reserved, she sat on the seat next to it?
I appreciate the suggestion, but it’s unlikely I’ll find the time to read the book.
It was a love seat.
Say what?