no. stop right there
Feb. 25th, 2012 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisNeighbor Ron recently had some kind of artery surgery and he slowly walks the hallways (since he can't get on the internet or make phone calls). When I came in just now he was walking the hall and
I asked "Did you get your phone back yet?"
He said "No, it was on for about 10 minutes this morning but not since then."
I said without thinking "Well, if you want to borrow my phone, come on down."
He said instead of Thank You, I will "Ok, I do have another number that calls to the U.S. directly and not the Philippines..."
I said "Stop, please. I do not want to hear that kind of talk. It offends me. If you want to use the phone, you can take it to your unit and use it, but I don't want to hear insults about other nationalities."
I did not even wait to get an answer - he looked pretty stunned and speechless anyway.
I am sorry they don't have service and know it is a hardship for them particularly now but that doesn't give him license to insult a whole country and make me hear it. They have neighbors/friends across the hall - they can use them for that.
I asked "Did you get your phone back yet?"
He said "No, it was on for about 10 minutes this morning but not since then."
I said without thinking "Well, if you want to borrow my phone, come on down."
He said instead of Thank You, I will "Ok, I do have another number that calls to the U.S. directly and not the Philippines..."
I said "Stop, please. I do not want to hear that kind of talk. It offends me. If you want to use the phone, you can take it to your unit and use it, but I don't want to hear insults about other nationalities."
I did not even wait to get an answer - he looked pretty stunned and speechless anyway.
I am sorry they don't have service and know it is a hardship for them particularly now but that doesn't give him license to insult a whole country and make me hear it. They have neighbors/friends across the hall - they can use them for that.
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Date: 2012-02-25 11:04 pm (UTC)On another note, I will say that I find it funny that he and Anne have no service after this announcement by Google: Google To Sell Entire Clearwire Stake At $453M Loss.
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