celaeno

I went to the mall today with a friend (you all may know her as Luki). It was really cool--we walked around, bullshitted, scoped out attractive (and some not-so-attractive) guys...

Anyway, at our mall, we have these mechanical wizard things, much like the one in the movie "Big" with Tom Hanks. Just for kicks, I put in 50 cents, and pressed the buttons and all that jazz and said, "I wish I were big."

It started making the weird wizard noise and it waved its arms around and its eyes lit up and everything. But no little card popped out like it was supposed to.

So, I said again, "I wish I were big, I wish I were big!" and I started banging on it.

Luki sort of nudges me at that point and says, "Uhh... Jeni?"
"What?" said I.
"Look behind you."

Sure enough, there was a family of midgets (excuse me: dwarfs) standing right behind me, and the mom looked like she wanted to kick my ass. She came about up to my waist, but I beat a hasty retreat nonetheless.

I feel like such an asshole, but honestly--what are the odds?

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Cynthetiq

it's part of life. seems to happen more often than one expects.

In my lifetime I've shouted to someone who couldn't find something,"What are you blind?" next to a blind man. I've retorted back,"Are you deaf?" right in front of a deaf customer.

And the piece de resistance, shouting at the top of my lungs,"What are you retarded?" right as I was helping a retarded customer.

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*Nikki*

Cyn I think you need to stop shouting at people when you dont know what they are afflicted with.....

Luki

yeah.. but then Cel you have little room to talk.. you weren't much taller then them.... :P and that friend of yours.. eek!

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SecretMethod70

heh heh heh, I wouldn't feel too bad...

now if it was actually directed to them, that's a different story

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k1ng

A similar incident happened to me. While working at a convenience store, I was selling cigarettes to a dwarf. I don't normally ask customers whether they would like the regular length or the longer variety of cigarettes, but I found my self asking, "Do you want the short?" By the time that I realized I had accidentally emphasized the word "short", it was too late.
I had a pissed off midget on my hands.

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Crack

and that is something nobody wants to deal with...

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PulpMind

oh man... woah hahah...
the fact that a card didn't come out just makes it even more ironic..

Luki

It's Karma man... either that or God was really unhappy that she has 20/20 vision and still didn't see them... lol you know you love me Cel...

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celaeno

Aye. But I guess I got my wish. I was bigger than them, at least.

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Kaos

Hilarious!

It sucks that they (little people) got offended, but you never directed it at them. And sticking around and trying to explain this would have been an even worse situation.

Luki

LOL...

I guess you gotta get what you're given.. lol

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Mephisto2

Yeah, but they probably THOUGHT she did, so their being pissed off is entirely understandable.

Mr Mephisto

SabrinaFair

Oh my god...
That was so good I had to share it with my roomie.

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WarWagon

That was some seriously funny stuff right there.

irateplatypus

ok, i'm not proud of this, i'll just say that upfront.

me and some friends took a trip to texas to go to a six flags theme park. on the "texas giant" (a big wooden coaster they have there) they take your picture during the ride and try to sell it to you afterwards.

me and my friends were reviewing all the pics. when mine came up. it showed my face pulled back by the g forces and my eyes squinted to shield them from the rush of wind.

without thinking i blurt out "man, i look like i'm a freakin chinese person!"

you guessed it, a nice asian gentleman was standing very near to me. i've never felt lower.

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kl0pper

celaeno i woudlnt feel bad
you were just making a joke
not making fun of them
if they were offended then they need to come to terms with reality...

Peetster

That's a funny story. I agree, though, it was just an odd coincidence. Don't waste any time feeling bad about it.

wubbawubba

Once I was driving and this dude with a handicap tag in front of me was stopped at a green light, I could tell that his windows were rolled up so I yelled "Move you crippled B***"
That's about the time that I saw the guy in the weelchair crossing the street.
He gave me a dirty look, and I felt pretty stupid.

flamingdog

If he was deaf, how did he know?

I dunno, I think people need to be a bit less sensitive to political incorrectness. Unless you're actually being malicious or bigoted, you need to have a sense of humour about it. I mean, I have a disability and I don't take offence to banter.