08.22.05

Oooooooo, I'm so angry.

Today, whilst wandering across the lobby of the office building where the shop is, I saw a security/concierge dude hovering at the entrance of one of the banks in the lobby.

Curious (ah, the joy of being a writer), I peeked into the bank to see what the fuss was about. Everything looked normal; customers doing bank-y sorts of things, tellers doing teller-y things. No red faces. No pistoleros. No balaklava- or panty hose on their head-wearing thugs. Nope. Just one well-muscled black man wearing a tank top and cargo pants--doing his banking business.

It was obvious that the security dude (whose physique closely resembles an overcooked noodle) was hovering at the bank entrance to keep an eye on the well-muscled guy.

!!!!!!!

Because, as we all know, a well-muscled, shaved head-having, tank top and cargo pants-wearing white guy would never rob a bank.

Okay, maybe not in Poughkeepsie. Or the North County section of California. Or Texas. Even the FBI academy has got something to say about bank robber profiles. And the FBI itself has done a study which shows that, over time, a racial bias for bank robbers does not exist.

Security dude was just showing his prejudice. I suspect that if he had a large group of white-sheet wearing goons, he'd have been busily setting up a burning cross.

Asshole.

Now go, be fabulous.

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