I tend to be blunt so I hope not to offend, I have no predjudices, but in this Politically Correct world we live in, I find that I rub people the wrong way. But nothing I say is based in hate, it's based in honesty. I find that people never take the time to really think about, well anything.
A good example of this is definitly the issue of race. I, coming from Orchard Park, don't know,(personaly) any Black people (I have like four friends and there all white). But, I worked with a gentleman named Ladarryl over a period of a few months. During this time I was constintly asking questions like, " Since your African American, are there African English, or African Irish ?", and " Since Dave Matthews is from Africa, does that technically make him African American ?" I know what your all thinking, boy Tim your an idiot, well maybe I am, but this guy told me that some days I was the only reason he hadn't quit.( and he nicknamed me "the wiza" ) And he would go home and tell his family about me, his sister wanted to meet me, and his brother wanted to beat me up. But he liked me because I was totally honest, which is out of fashion now. People traded honesty for nice. I don't work with Ladarryl anymore, and honestly I miss our conversations, because I still need answers. (to my stupid questions)
Well now that I alienated everybody, this German Irish American is going to bed.
Remind me with every thistle scrape, my love, with every stubbed toe, of the beauty in the lost art of imperfection, Hawksley