1. Saying You Go Girl to or around me.
I've been sitting on this for a few weeks. Thinking whether or not if I should blog about it. Maybe I'm just tripping. Yeah, that could be it. I've been known to trip about a few things for no particular reason.
There's this chick that I met recently and I noticed how she always switches her pitch around me. Let me explain.
We're at a women's event and I notice when she speaks to the other (white) chicks in the room, she's all "Harvardish" when it comes to speaking to me she will bust out with something like: You Go Girl OR insert whatever slang-ish ignorant sounding connotations you can come up with. I love Martin like the next cat but, there's a time and a place for the crapola.
I've been pondering whether or not to say something to her. The last straw was when she put her hand up for me to give her a high five about something she said. WHAT THE HELL?????????? I laughed it off and acted like I didn't see her do that dumb isht towards me. Ugh!
She might be 'reaching' for a way to 'relate' to me. Who knows. To be honest, I am so turned off by the way she tries to address me on most times that I AVOID conversations with her. There are so many You Go Girl's I can take in one sitting.
Sort of how Hilary Clinton switches up her pitch according to her surroundings. She's traveling to the South, all of a sudden, she has a southern drawl. Stupid. She travels to Philly, and she's all up in the Water Ice. Stupid times 3.
Oprah does it sometimes on her show as well. She will draw out some of her words or make one of those, You go girl type of references. Please. Stop.
Maybe I need to send them an email to let them know they are NOT cute and should stop it now.
Back to chick. What would you do if you were in my situation? Would you say something to her? What would you say? I need help here. I want to be nice. I don't have many friends as it is and I'm not pressed on making any new friends but, I want to be 'civil' and not come out of a bag on her ya know?
Friday, April 25, 2008
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next time she does it just say "fer sure! like... totally!"
and walk away...
just like when people say "that's so ghetto" and have never experienced ghetto life! I know just what you are talking about!
lol i'm rude Tanyetta. I'd continue to ignore her. What you know about Water Ice though?
yeah i would do the "OMG like totally" thing also...but i can be an ass at times soo LOL
Am I a fool because I have no clue what Water Ice is?
Did you talk to her about it?
She's being condescinding and patronizing (maybe that's the same thing, hell, I don't know). If it were me, I would let her know about it...soon.
I've had white people do that to me too many times. Ignore her crazy ass! I usually just give the looks and then they try to backtrack. I'm sure they think that I'm that angry black woman.
You must have cringed a time or two from my comments or posts.
I am known to steal phrases that I like and that fit me.
Furthermore, I'm the white girl who still at over 40 will ^5 anyone.
^ You go, girl!
OH, you do not want to get me started on people who do this. You and I will have to discuss this some other time because it is too long for the "comments" section. lol.
I have a different experience with this one. I was an assistant manager at a bank and out highschool intern, a little mexican girl, would always say crazy things like,"What it do?" or "What's up homey?"
So, I just calmy asked her about it and she told me it was her way of trying to fit in. I explained that since I don't speak that way it was unnecessary.
She's cool now and everything worked out. We even laugh about it when I see her.
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