here’s a trio of notes from california that each make me very uncomfortable…and not just because of the painful lack of irony.
first up: an excerpt from seating guidelines posted at the quaint little mexican restaurant in huntington beach where brynn used to waitress. so quaint, in fact, brynn says “they also posted a dress code rule that ladies must wear makeup and skirts could not be below the knee.”
meanwhile, a little farther south, a construction worker left this note for james in san diego…while he parked in front of his own house.
and the last word goes to this bit of social commentary, which jen spotted on the window of a soon-to-be-opened restaurant in san francisco.
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#1 claw71
1. What are those Mexicans waiting for? Applications?
2. I would say that if that truck belongs to a Mexican they’re probably cutting your grass but given the white trashy handwriting and grammatical errors I’d have to assume that this is a trailer park with a dirt lot. And you thought you’d never need apostrophes when you dropped out for fourth grade…
3. I love that note at the bottom but the break in the “o” makes me wonder….does Tom Cruise have xenuphobia?
Unfortunately bigots and racist don’t usually know what xenophobia is.
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:08 pm rating: +11
#2 bamBAM!!
If the sign telling one to speak English is directed at those who don’t speak English, wouldn’t it be more helpful to, perhaps, make a new sign that tells one to habla inglés?
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:17 pm rating: +5
#3 bamBAM!!
Morda a me!!
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:18 pm rating: 0
#4 Canthz_B
Shouldn’t the “Bite me” comment have been in some language other than English?
ouch, really close to #2.
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:19 pm rating: +1
#5 Canthz_B
Mexican people don’t like to wait?
You should see my local Home Depot!!!
i kid the mexicans, i kid!!
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:21 pm rating: +1
#6 bamBAM!!
Soo, if I’m making a reservation at a restaurant, I’ll get special treatment if I say my name is Jose Hernandez??
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:21 pm rating: +1
#7 bamBAM!!
Would a Mexican know how to park in America? Probably not, so maybe the owner of that unfortunate handwriting should learn Spanish, then teach the fellow how to park his fucking truck.
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:26 pm rating: 0
#8 Canthz_B
Just how much room does this rube’s asshole need?
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:27 pm rating: 0
#9 anthro.pophago.us snippets of media, anthropology, design, culture and politics.
[…] it’s not a race (it’s a social construct) […]
Mar 24, 2008 at 9:46 pm rating: 0
#10 darwinfox
Yeah, that ‘Speak English’ tag is all over San Francisco. Witty retorts seem to follow it like a plague too.
Mar 24, 2008 at 10:37 pm rating: 0
#11 ...
that xenophobe was fucking delicious
Mar 24, 2008 at 11:24 pm rating: 0
#12 J. Ust a Doc
“Lots of languages to choose before you get to Z. SF has a large Chinatown, does it not?”
OK, not to be too racial profiling - how many Chinese people do you know that drive really big trucks? I would have to say “zero,” and I know a lot of Chinese descended Americans.
Mar 25, 2008 at 12:35 am rating: 0
#13 Set To Evil
O’ wait! you can’t Fuckin spell!
Mar 25, 2008 at 12:50 am rating: +1
#14 Set To Evil
I live in a Mexican neighborhood in Los Angeles (called Los Angeles) Some of my neighbors have have a lot of cars and they always manage to park them so close together they can fit twice as many on the block. So I think the Dipshit from the second note is way off. It was probably an Asian. We all know they can’t drive! I kid I Kid!
Mar 25, 2008 at 12:59 am rating: 0
#15 known unknown
*scrolls through comments*
hmmm…
so I’m guessing, much like all cognacs are brandies but all brandies aren’t cognacs - all xenophobes are bigots but all bigots aren’t xenophobes?
or does the addition of a smiley or an “I keed” negate the affiliation altogether?
*shrugs*
okey doke.
Mar 25, 2008 at 2:59 am rating: +6
#16 Beanorse Noches
I don liek to wate, no! I seet mysefl on jor job and fock hyore mathar! Hieeee! Mi hermano!
Soon all of your “America” will be naught but an annex of the lazy brown grease stain that is May hee co! Ha ha! America, we’ve got you by the balls with our filthy, brown little fists! Ha ha! Keep your jobs! We want your SOCIAL PROGRAMS! Ha ha haaaa!
Mar 25, 2008 at 3:02 am rating: +1
#17 leelou
I’m agreeing with Known Unknown: I’m totally more uncomfortable by some of the comments *here* than by the original notes.
Guys, I know I’m a little new to commenting on the site here, so I can’t always tell who’s joking, but it’s one thing to hilariously render a kitchen sign about Garfield and an entirely other thing to take cheap digs at an entire nationality of people. You’re way funnier when you’re picking on individuals instead of ethnic groups.
Just sayin’ (and so ends my own passive aggressive rant at strangers).
xoxo,
the Kettle
Mar 25, 2008 at 6:13 am rating: +7