Near the beginning of my shift a guy probably about my age came in. He went to the back of the store and proceeded to pick up some Arizona Ice Tea. It's pretty popular, particularly with youth, and until last night I thought it only came in two flavors. Green Tea and Raspberry.
So much to my surprise the customer puts his three Ice Tea cans onto the counter, and I see a third Arizona Ice Tea can with a flavor I had never seen before: Watermelon.
I casually make a comment that I didn't even know Arizona Ice Tea made a Watermelon flavor, nor did I know we even carried it.
The customer looks at me and replies, "Well that's not surprising, this is a predominantly white neighborhood."
This blog reveals that when I don't know how to react to an unexpected situation I chuckle, because that's what I started to do. I didn't know what to say. The thing is it's really not. I get people from all races in all the time.
I suppose I could have told the customer that, but I was so shocked at what he said I couldn't say a thing. I could just chuckle, barely hide saying "Oh wow" and tell him to have a good night.
Next shift is Monday night.
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