Stereotyping...

Aw c'mon, tell me you don't do it.

So I'm standing in front of a mall this morning enjoying "a nice relaxing smoke", and I feel these eyes on me. Peripheral vision picks up this old, gray-haired, remnant, of the Trudeau era stealing glances at me. I know who he is just by type, and I know what to expect. He opens his mouth to speak, I lift my free hand to point at the public ash tray, and tell him to "eat shit". Now he could have just been a friendly old guy needing directions, but I stereotyped him, and reacted in what I felt was accordingly. Seriously, you've never done stuff like that?

Did you ever notice each day comes with, what for these purposes we'll call "patterns of irritations". Like you'll have days when you can't get anything but a stale orange at a traffic light, or every street intersection, or super market corner seems to come with a fat woman blocking your path. I was having a morning where everything in front of me was an old lefty. Maybe not, but that's what my vision saw through my stereotyping blinders. I'd arrive at a counter for a purchase and just before I got there some old, bespectacled, Trudeauite would slip in ahead of me. I know they were lefties, because if the item they were purchasing was sliced, they wanted it whole, if it was whole they wanted it sliced. There was always some niggling complaint and this smug assumption that if it wasn't the way they wanted it, it wasn't the way the whole of Canada wanted it.

And I swear it was like these guys were following me around with 2 way radios. "OK Rusty, he's going into Burger King. Get in there ahead of him and order something 'your way' ".

I almost see what creates those gang stalking conspiracy freaks. Expect with me it isn't a conspiracy of the mysterious military elite, it's more just a misalignment of the stars, kind of thing.

It isn't just with lefties that I stereotype though. Can it get racial? Sure it can. If I'm driving along slightly above the speed limit, peacefully minding my own business, as is my custom, and I see a little black head whizzing past me in the slow lane, I'm instantly aware, because experience has taught me this vehicle is going to cut in front of me without signaling. Is that racial stereotyping? Probably. Has it saved my life? I think so.

I'm a lover of European deli's. If I walk in, and see it's been taken over by orientals, I walk out. OK, so am I a racist dickhead, or just a guy who's whole day is ruined if he orders a smoked meat sandwich, and it's a thin layer of meat, between 2 stale pieces of rye? If I am racist, there must be a lot of us, because I notice there's fewer, and fewer European delis.

I've got multi-cultural pals, but when I'm driving around, and everyone blocking my way is a multi-cultural I've been known to mutter stuff like "Damned Pierre Elliot Trudeau".

I don't know. Is there hope for me? Maybe what's required is some kind Stereotypers Anonymous. I'd be standing up there going "I'm Infidel Dog, and I am a stereotyper".

oh without a doubt, you are an infidel dog.

you are a racist scumbag, a right wing nutbar, probably a sexist pig

as well.

You are so out of touch, and such a politically incorrect neanderthal,

you will absolutely burn in hell for your white supremacist crimes.

See you there.. I'll bring beer

i dunno, second or third generation immigrants make for pretty good drivers, but that's more because they practice with their friends rather than their parents.

That is something that is so weird to me... Practise driving with your parents or friends

You get your education by teachers, but you can be a roadhazzard because someone who proved once he knew the rules a bit teaches you how to do it...

Why not mandatory go to a driving school?

In the West yes.......unfortunately that's not the case here.

True story;

Last year as I was on the Yellowhead Trail in Edmonton, I came up behind a Honda Prelude that was doing about 40k. It was also 'continually bouncing off' right hand curb, tearing the shit out of the rocker panel and lower doors. But I couldn't see anyone driving the car! WTF!
Fucking drunk driver! I thought. 911 to the cops and followed her and stayed on the phone with the cops until they got a car in between me and the Honda. They saw what i had seen. Flipped on the lights and siren and still it took 3 blocks before the driver pulled over. I pulled over as well and waited while the cops went over to talk to the driver. A very small Asian lady got out of the car and was answering their questions.They saw all the damage on the side of the Honda and just shook their heads. One cop came over to talk to me.
He said, "Good news". " She's not impaired, she's just a terrible fuckin driver. The bad news is that tomorrow, she'll still be a terrible fuckin driver". Then he muttered something that I shall not repeat here. :lol:

Everyone stereotypes and everyone's a bigot in their own way. As long as no true evil is embraced and the line gets crossed into one of the various dangerous -isms I don't see what the problem really is.

I'd lose too many opportunities for good laughs if I didn't have numerous ways of making fun of everyone who isn't me. Just ask Chauchee.