People.........and their small minds

Here is a classic example of what is wrong with people today.

M and I were at breakfast this morning and there was a table of ladies beside us talking. Apparently, one of these ladies is living in Asia for a couple of years because her husband is teaching at a university. They are living the 'typical' life abroad...you know, where they have their own driver, house furnished and don't have to do anything for themselves.

Can we all relate here? Nah, didn't think so.

Her biggest complaint was their house is in a neighborhood with a lot of........wait for it....... Asians....Um, hello.....you are living in Asia, lady.

Here is part of what was said:

Lady A: So how do you get to the mainland to shop?

Lady B: We take the train.

Lady A: But how does the train get across the water?

Lady B: It goes through the underwater tunnel.

Lady A: Oh!

Lady: Yeah, the Asian's stole that from us...just like they steal everything else from us.

I almost spit my food all over the table. I mean holy crap. What a thing to say, especially in public.

Here is a small history lesson......In 1818, a french engineer (Marc Brunel) invented a device that enabled workers to tunnel under rivers without having mud and water ruin their efforts. It took nine years to finish a 1,200-foot passage below the Thames River in London-the first underwater tunnel in the world-but Brunel was knighted for his feat and engineers around the world began adopting his idea.

So, unless that chick was French (she wasn't) those 'Asians' didn't steal it from her.

I'll step down off the soapbox now....thank you very much....no, please stop the applause.....no really....